The spring play, The Diviners, opened on Thursday, April 15. An extreme change from the bright colors and sounds of the fall musical, The Diviners focuses on the character of Buddy Layman, played by Charlie Aldrich, who lost his mother in a near drowning experience earlier in his life. This leaves Buddy terrified of water, even though he has the ability to divine, or find it. The play follows a character named CC Showers, a…

The Buffalo Track and Field team kicked off their season with a meet at St. Michael-Albertville last Tuesday on April 6th. There are around 200  boys and girls that participate in track and field and roughly 15 different events ranging from running to throwing. “I run the 4 by 4. I enjoy running so I think it’s a good event for me. It keeps me in shape and makes me work hard”, said Junior Kendra…

It’s been two years since author Kao Kalia Yang wrote her first book. Her memoir begins in the 1970’s during the aftermath of America’s Secret War in Laos. Yang recounts her family’s narrow escape into Thailand, where she was born in Ban Vinai Refugee Camp. Six years later the family immigration to America, where they faced challenges of adapting to a new place, home and language. Yang presented her book, The Latehomecomer, to students, staff…

Lori Zumach has been the Varsity Volleyball coach for the past 3 years. After her husband getting a new job and her youngest daughter still in elementary school she decided to resign from the head coaching job. Buffalo High School math teacher Michelle Macalena was chosen to be the head coach for next years squad. Macalena was the 9th grade volleyball coach for 3 years, and was the assistant varsity coach for 2 years. She…

William McMillan has been apart of Boys Scouts since 2nd grade. He has earned the Eagle Scout rank which is what 2% of boy scouts earn because they usually do not stay in Boy Scouts until they are 18. McMillan is the highest rank in his Boy Scouts group and has over 100 community service hours. He just recently won the Presidential Volunteer Award for having so many community hours. For those who don’t know…

With only 2 days left of the third quarter, students are in a frenzy to get all of their work done. “This quarter has been really stressfull on me because I have CIS Psychology because it’s just so much more work because it’s a college class. It’s not that it’s hard it’s just all of the tests. Says Senior Hannah Otto. Other students are on the very opposite end of the spectrum and are ready…

With all this spring fever coming around, softball and baseball are officially back in session. Softball started up last Monday, while Baseball is starting today. “I like softball because it reminds me that summer is coming close. The nice weather just puts me in an automatically good mood and I can just relax and be outside with my friends.”  Said Junior Mary Zelko. The softball team starts out their season with their first game on…

Breakfast week is nationwide annually around the U.S. starting on March 8th through March 12th. They also have a national lunch week, although thats in October. With this year’s theme for breakfast “Ready-set-go” they are starting it off with chances to get free breakfast every morning in the cafeteria the lunch ladies set out a box where you can put your name in for a chance to win a free breakfast, like a breakfast sandwich. They offer breakfast sandwiches or muffins, burritos, bistro sandwiches, and much more along…

The Test of Emerging Academic English (TEAE) is for students nationwide that are not primarily English speaking. Thirty-Five students from Buffalo High School took the TEAE Testing; it is required nationwide by the Federal Government in order to get funding for their program. The testing usually takes the English Language Department (ELD) students approximately a couple hours for two days, along with a retake day. The ELD students took the test on March 15th and…

On Thursday night the boys basketball team fought hard to beat the very good St. Cloud Tech team. Earlier this season they defeated Tech, which gave them a lot of confidence going into Thursday nights game. The night didn’t end the way anyone cheering for Buffalo wanted it to, Tech defeated the boys 52-45.  It felt like this game was a repeat of last year. Tech ended the boys season last year with a last…