The Boys’ Basketball team recently finished their regular season and emerged with the Mississippi Conference title. Their overall conference record was 15-1. The team’s first section game took place on Tuesday, March 9 against the Brainerd Warriors. The Bison are seeded second in sections, while the Warriors are seeded seventh. The game started out as close scoring and continued that way until the end, with a final score of 37-33, the Bison emerging with their…

After an unsettling seventh place finish last year at the State Tournament, the Buffalo Mock Trial team redeemed itself by earning second place honors at the State Tournament on Wednesday. Two Buffalo team members took All-State honors. Each of the twelve teams at State compete in three rounds to determine the top two teams that square off in a championship round. The teams are divided into winner and loser brackets throughout the three rounds by…

On March 7 – March 9, Buffalo’s DECA team was at The Hyatt in Minneapolis for State. Even though they sent 20 to district and 11 to state, no one made it to nationals.  “We have a small chapter,” said Senior Sara Watts.  “It’s hard because the other schools have DECA classes so more people participate.” Each person involved with DECA that went to State had to compete in a variety of sections such as…

Buffalo High School participated in The Red Cross blood drive that took place on Friday, March 5 , that NHS hosted. Our High School reached a total of 125 pints of blood donated. Our list of students who signed up reached to 174 students, although 147 people were able to come in to donate , 26 people were deferred due to low iron levels, not fitting height and weight requirements,hemoglobin, high blood pressure,or having a…

Seniors anxiously await the day they can leave early at 1:54pm. Seniors no longer have to go to SSR or AAA, starting after spring break. Administration changed SSR from being after third block, to being at the end of the day, so unlike the prior years Seniors also get to leave for SSR but still have the same amount of leave days. Another change the administration made is that the Senior meeting is no longer…

The Haiti benefit on Friday Febuary 26, raised nearly $800 that was donated toward the relief efforts in Haiti. Through out the night people kept donating and purchasing concession items. Donations from local businesses and churches included candy, pop, cotton candy, popcorn that were sold at the event. Bands were chosen for entertainment, bands included Undefined Purpose, Whosah, Icicles to Eskimoes, and Lydia Wagner. “I choose bands that I knew that people liked,” said Junior…

The JV Girls’ Basketball team recently ended their season with an undefeated record of 21-0-0. Their closest game was the first game of the season. “It was a really close game and eventually went into overtime,” said Head Coach Scot Sorenson. “but the girls were able to beat them at the end.” The majority of the JV team was made up of juniors who already had prior JV experience in previous years. This gave the…

Business Professionals of America is a school program that offers career and technical organization opportunities for all students. This week, BPA has been raising funds for the Minnesota Special Olympics.The chairwoman for this fundraiser is Junior Jessica Demeules – co-chairs are Seniors Joey Jordan and Michael Bonde. They are selling tickets at $1 a piece, and they can be purchased at sporting events and during lunches on Monday, Wednesday and Friday to win various donated…

Last Thursday was an interesting day for our Mock Trial team.  During Regionals against Elk River, the judges said that Buffalo lost by three points.   Senior Graham Wyatt’s dad checked the numbers and noticed that one of the judges forgot to copy a seven over to Buffalo’s score sheet.  With that seven, Buffalo was enabled to beat Elk River by four points. “We made sure we wanted to win.  We put a lot of…