The Buffalo Girls’ hockey team had a dramatic overtime win last Saturday afternoon in the first round of sections against Wayzata to send them into the second round of sections on Wednesday night, where the Bison faced off against the Minnetonka Skippers for the second time this season. On Tuesday, November 23, the two teams played at Pagel Ice Arena in Minnetonka, where the Skippers beat the Bison 5-0, scoring 4 of the goals in…

The girls basketball team conquered another conference game over Princeton, beating them 69-45. The bison are 19-3 overall and 10-1 in conference. The bison had a tough start trailing the tigers 0-9 in the first 4 minutes of the game, but managed to come back ahead before halftime taking the lead of 30-24. Kendra Wycoff, number 12, lead the bison with a total of 13 points. Behind her was Emily Spier, number 50, and Malorie Schmidt, number…

“You, my friend, look absolutely amazing today.” Starting last Thursday, ego-boosting notes such as this one have been mysteriously appearing in the girls bathrooms of BHS. Taped to the mirrors above the sink on notebook paper written in blue glitter-pen and construction paper written in pink marker, these phrases of encouragement have been displayed by an anonymous writer. “It immediately made me smile,” said Junior Stephanie Hansmann. “There was no way you could look at…

Tonight, the Girls’ Basketball team plays at home against Princeton, looking for its second eight-game win streak this season. The team is 18-3 this year. They started off strong with a 8 game win streak and had a couple games where they couldn’t pull it together. They’ve been as high as 4th in the state earlier in the year, but they lost to ranked Wayzata, number 8 Minnetonka and number 9 STMA. Senior Molly Muntifering is leading the…

Forty-five degrees and mostly sunny, that describes how this week will be. With Spring on its way and temperatures rising, Minnesotans went out and about this weekend to rid those Winter blues. This weekend students found themselves at concerts, spending time with distant family members, washing their cars inside and out and spending plenty of time with their friends. The burst of sunshine has got everyone smiling this weekend. “I spent my Sunday afternoon cleaning…

Junior Jade Dietz blew the audience away with his performance Saturday February 5 at the Buffalo variety show. Dietz sang a song entitled “Two Hands” in which he also wrote, while he played the acoustic guitar. “Two Hands” was written by Dietz with the help of Frannie Pearson. “It took me about a week to write the song then Frannie added some lyrics and tuned it up a bit” stated Dietz. The two have been good friends for about…

Last Friday took third place at the Minnesota State Music Listening competition, with a score of 83 points. Pine Island took first place with 85 points, beating Buffalo by 2 points. Montevideo took second place with 84 points. Representing buffalo at the state Music Listening competition were Seniors Anna Huff, Sam Bergstrom, and Elizabeth Thompson. Buffalo had been in the top two teams at the competition until the last round, when Montevideo pulled into second…

Former Media Center Specialist Todd Manninen is now teaching Minorities and Social Problems, filling the place of retired Social Studies Teacher Gerald Bakke. Mannenin officially filled the spot at the beginning of the second semester, after Laurie Raymond retired.  Social Studies Teacher Dan Dehmer taught Minorities and Social Problems during first semester. “I did my undergrad in sociology and I taught social studies before coming to Buffalo High School as the Media Specialist,” said Manninen.…

The Buffalo Bison wrestling team defeated Big Lake at home Thursday night 36-32. With this win, the Bison finishes their regular season with a 4-14 record, the team’s first win since December. The match came down to the wire in the last match as seventh grader Adam Treptau reversed a pinning predicament into a pinfall of his own. Treptau sealed the win for the Bison on Gerry Bakke Night, despite scoring fewer points in his…

“I loved when you get a good discussion going,” said Gerry Bakke, “you get both sides of the room really going at it. It is one of my best memories as a teacher.” Thursday marked the final retirement celebration for long time Social Studies teacher and wrestling coach Gerry Bakke. After 30 years of teaching, his retirement was finalized on October 25. Bakke greeted friends, family, and fans in the cafeteria from 5-7, when the…