Senior Shiori Heute gave a brief presentation about Japan during AAA on February 12.  “I’m from Nagoya,” Heute said, “the third largest city in Japan.” Throughout her presentation, Heute taught listeners a little about geography, government, schools, and customs/culture.  At the end, she also showed everyone how to say “hello” and “goodbye” in Japanese. When the audience got to ask questions, she talked about a variety of aspects of her daily life.  One student asked…

The boy’s hockey team had a hard lost on Tuesday in Princeton with the score 3-2. Senior Billy Ogdahl scoring the first goal, Senior Austin Perkins with the assist, gave the Bison a good head start to the game. Junior Cody Elletson scoring the second goal, with assists from Sophomore Sam Klein and Ogdahl, put the Bison up 2-1. Sophomore Blake Schmidt gave the team a strong defense with 29 saves; only allowing 3 goals.…

Rumors circluated throughout the halls. Yes, it was true – school would be dismissed early! At 12:30 on Monday students were having a hard time getting out of the parking lot. With the excitement of an early dismissal came some adjustments. All evening activities were canceled, and a band concert was rescheduled for next Monday, February 15. For some activities, lost practice time was a cause of stress. For the girls and boys basketball teams,…

The Green Team, a group of students and teachers dedicated to creating a better environment, began this year in hopes of bringing awareness to students about the importance of recycling and conserving energy. The Green Team is run by five staff members, including Charley Keifenheim, Brigitta Berquist, Katie Kunz, Rebecca Karna, and Daniel Schneider. “That specific group of teachers wanted a group at the high school that advocated for the three R’s – reuse, recycle,…

The boys’ swim and dive team lost a close meet to Cambridge-Isanti this past Thursday. The defeat put them in a tight conference raise with Cambridge and Watertown, who are all tied for second place. This has been a great season for the boy’s team, as they continue to be competitive in the conference and crush records. Most recently, the relay team of J.D. O’Donnell, Alex Ryan, David Zaske and Tanner Bauman broke the 400…

Saturday, January 30, the One Act play placed third place during Sections, one spot short of going to the State competition. Delano took first while Rockford followed in at second. The One Act team was recognized in their conference as a strong team and received a star for their hard work. Their public performance took place February 1 in the PAC (Preforming Arts Center). “We had a solid performance and worked together as a team…

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Basketball has been a passion of Math teacher Stacy Eggers for over a decade. For the first time, she has taken a season off of coaching girls basketball to have her daughter, Brianna Theresa. “I totally miss coaching,” said Eggers, “It’s really hard, like, I knew I was going to kind of miss it because I really love coaching. This is my first season off since I was 10. I’ve been playing or coaching basketball…

The Bison Varsity Girls’ Basketball team went into their game against St. Michael Albertville on Monday, February 1st with an undefeated record in Conference. They emerged with a loss, changing their conference record to 10-1-0. With only five Mississippi 8 games left, the outcomes will determine where the Bison are ranked for section play-offs. Because of the recent loss, the team is now tied with St. Michael Albertville, who also has one loss, for first…

Last week and this week, Buffalo High School and GMSA are hosting a fundraiser to help disaster victims in Haiti. GMSA members organized the selling of colored hair extensions throughout last week – students Emily Anderson and Sarah Oliver collected the donations and put the extensions into the hair. Over 150 people in the building showed their support by purchasing these extensions; If you donated five dollars, you got one extension, or a ten dollar…