Teaching is much more than just getting the lesson out and assigning homework. Teachers have a huge impact on students lives, inside and outside of the classroom.  But how? Senora Nancy Eiynck, one of the Spanish teachers at Buffalo High Schoo,l is trying to make a difference. “I’m trying to make a difference by making connections and interacting with students,”  Eiycnk said.  She has many students each year, so she meets many new people.  So…

The boys swim team won against Andover at the pool on Tuesday night. They won with a final score of 104 to 82. This also meant saying goodbye to seven seniors; Alex Ryan, Blake Solberg, Zac Ransom, Will Elliot, David Zaske, Brandon Morain, and Jamie Green. There were many highlights from Tuesday’s meet that left the boys feeling good about the future meets. Solberg took first place in diving with a score of 287.35 which beat his…

Buffalo plays Hopkins tonight at 7:00 P.M. at the Buffalo Civic center. The top three goal scorers for buffalo are Aaron Rouse with 15 points then Sam Klein and Tony Thein with 14 points. For Hopkins Tanner Holmquist is leading with 41 points. Kyle Dalton with 29 points and Conner Thei with 19. For goalies; Buffalo’s Blake Schmidt has a save percentage of .858 and Hopkin’s Ryan Hazuka has a save percentage of .864. Buffalo…

Most students, when the clock hits 2:20, hurry toward the doors to get to their cars, and buses so that they can get home or to work, but there are many others kids who continue their day not in the classroom but in the weight room or on the indoor track in the BAC, training and bettering themselves for the upcoming season. There is a long line of spring sports offered at Buffalo High School…

On Tuesdays and Thursdays students at Buffalo High School walk into the lunch room grab their lunch, grab any extra’s they want, and an estimated 5-10% of students purchase their “Berry Blendz” smoothies of all different flavors. The lunch room sells these smoothies for $3.00 during all lunches. The cost of the ingredients in the smoothies they sell at Buffalo High School is 20-30% of the cost of the smoothie; therefore they make $2.10 per…

Bison girls captured another Conference win over Cambridge-Isanti with a total score 62-43 on Tuesday at home. The win keeps the Bison holding the number two seed in the conference. The Bison are 10-1 in conference and 17-3 overall. The two teams were neck and neck throughout the first half resulting in a 23-18 lead over the Blue Jackets at halftime. The Bison came out during the second half with a consistant lead the remaining…

At the Tuesday evening “Senior Night,” Boys Varsity Hockey game the Bison suffered a tough 2-3 loss to Princeton at the civic center. The night started with a spotlight feature of the seven varsity Seniors: Christian Illies, Nickolas Jones, Cody Elletson, Anthony Thein, Reid Trousdale, Hunter Stenberg, and Nicholas Weeks. The Seniors were greeted by parents, and cheered on as their personal achievements were announced. Following the high-energy introduction Senior Captain Nick Jones scored the…

Beginning on Monday,  February 7th and ending on Friday, February 11th, Buffalo High School will be hosting a raffle. The grand prize of the raffle is a brand new Dell laptop. “[The Special Olympics Raffle] is for kids with disabilities.” said Sophomore Erin Mackenthun, one of the ticket sellers. Tickets for the raffle are one dollar per ticket and you can purchase many as you would like to buy. “Support Special Olympics and buy a…

The freshman, varsity, and concert band gathered in the BHS Performing Arts Center yesterday for their Winter Band Concert. The concert featured 241 BHS students performing a total of 14 songs playing a variety of different instruments ranging from the flute to the bass. During O Magnum Mysterium, the members of the Concert Band made director Scott Rabehl cry. “The piece is a really sad and moving song. It was the best performance we’ve ever…