January 31 through February 5 kicks off the annual I Love to Read month with a book drive at Buffalo High School run by National Honor Society. Students may to bring in new or gently used books before or after school in the atrium. If you’re looking for opportunities to participate in this year’s I Love to Read month, you can participate in Buffalo’s Community Read. This year’s book is Vermilion Drift by William Kent…

The student group Students Stepping Up (SSU) is putting together the school wide clue game for the 2nd time with a new approach this year. The school-wide clue game was started during the 2009-2010 school.  The objective of the game last year was that one of the principles gets kidnapped by a faculty member of Buffalo High School.  Which was originally planned for this year as well, but they decided to shake it up a…

The Bison tied against St Michael on Tuesday, January 25th at the Knights arena.  The Bison were one point behind all up until the third quarter when Aaron Rouse scored a goal the last 40 seconds which made the game proceed into overtime. Within seven minutes of the first period St Michael scored the first goal. The Bison stepped up their game and came back shortly after with a goal from senior Cody Elleteson assisted…

The Buffalo One Act team received a Six Star Performance at the Conference meet at Cambridge-Isanti on Saturday. This ranking was the highest of any school at the meet. Mallory Nelson and Julie Bothum both received All-Conference honors, and D.J.  McMoil and Michael Patchen received All- Conference Honorable Mention. Rebekah Herdklotz was awarded with All-Conference Tech Team. “Buffalo does quite well, we take it quite seriously,” said Patchen. “We send messages through our characters, but don’t…

Match Maker took place in the cafeteria. This occurred from December 20 (Thursday) until December 21 (Friday). It is a Valentine’s Day activity where students fill out a form that lists a series of questions. After the questions are looked over, they evaluate whose answers are the most similar. In the end, you get paired with the person that shares the same interests as you. Results are based on compatibility. “A total of 1,200 forms…

The Buffalo Boys’ basketball team picked up a huge conference win over St. Michael – Albertville at home on Friday night. The Bison beat the Knights 65-52, in a rough battle to the end. The Bison led 27-18 at the half and came out firing on all cylinders in the second half to extend the lead and put the game almost out of reach. The Knights tried to make a run and pulled within seven…

AI Foundation Showcase 2011 featured The Artistic Unknown in the Performing Arts Center at Buffalo High School.  The AI foundation is students The show was on Monday, January 24 and at 7:30 pm the fun began. The show kicked off with the cast in “The Searchers”.  After the cast Cody Neukom awed everyone with his skills playing an electric guitar.  The audience was treated to poems, songs,  skits, and musical solos.  A skit about old people…

The Bison lost 6-0 against Moorhead on Tuesday January 18.  At 11:30 in the morning the Boys’ Hockey team started their 3.5 hour journey up to Moorhead. They stopped in Alexandria for food and restroom, and arrived in Moorhead at 3:15. The pucked dropped at 6:00 p.m. and the Bison allowed three goals in the first period. “I thought we came out strong and played well,” said Junior Tyler Burg. “Its just we had a…

The Boys’ Hockey team fell to Rogers 2-1 on Thursday. Aaron Rouse scored the only goal for the Bison, assisted by Cody Elleteson and Anthony Thein.  The boys game was marred with a bench-clearing brawl. Rogers scored with eight seconds left in the first period on power play, putting the Bison down 1-0, Rogers again scored with a minute left in the second period. The Bison stepped up their game  and gained possession most of…

Buffalo had a strong performance Tuesday January 18, beating the Cambridge Blue Jackets 3-1. Sam Noetzelman scored the first goal in the first period. The Bison lead 1-0 after the 1st period. Buffalo kept the strong performance and scored two more in the second; Lindsay Roethke scoring the 2nd and 3rd goals of the night. It was not until the 3rd where the Blue Jackets scored there 1st and only goal of the night. The girls…