On Monday, May 11th, the Buffalo FFA Chapter held its yearly Officer Elections in the Ag Room, D105A. Twelve applications were accepted, and 10 new officers were elected, some replacing themselves. The newly elected President is Junior Jordan Pahl, and taking over his place as Vice President is Junior Tanner Bauman. Resuming her job as Secretary is Junior Leah Petersen, and Sophomore Melissa Neske is replacing herself as Reporter. Sophomore Allison Mustonen is Replacing Tanner…

The Bison adapted softball team now has a record of six wins and seven loses. On Tuesday May 12 the Buffalo Bison lost to the Osseo Orioles 11 to 16. The game started with the Orioles getting four runs in the first inning and the Bison having none. Once in the fourth inning the Bison caught up to the Orioles with a score of six Bison and 10 Orioles. Bison held in there tell the end and…

Third block ends and the seniors file into their locker bay area, some gathering items for their next class, however many are filing toward the parking lot. This year because of the budget cuts and the limited number of classes many of the seniors are allowed to leave at 12:30. Not all have been given this option though; many are forced to be in elective classses and are expected to pass them while many others get…

The set up of a court room, crowded the stage with seven perfect name cards accompanied by seven perfectly placed water bottles indication where each of the state’s Justices would assemble for the day. After prolonged moments of silently waiting, the Marshall crosses the floor, bangs her gavel and demanded, “All rise for the Justices of the Supreme Court of Minnesota.” Immediately, more than 850 members of the audience obeyed as the seven Supreme Court…

Every year www.rockthebelt.org has a Buckle Up Teens! contest.  Minnesotan teenagers make their own T.V. commercials educating their peers about the importance of buckling up.  Eventually there are six finalists, and this year two of the six are from BHS.  Juniors Neil Gleason and Michael Bonde both made it to the top six, and now they are waiting for the results.      “I entered the contest last year and got into the top three,”…

Buffalo Bison Girls softball has really turned their season around with a five game win streak going.  Winning their last five games against Monticello, Zimmerman, St. Michael-Albertville, and a double-header against Princeton our Bison softball team has really been working hard.  With their last five games they have changed their record from 3-5-0 to 8-5-0, and are now 2nd in confrence. “I think that since we’ve been working mainly on our hitting we’ve been doing…

    The Track and Field season is quickly coming to a close. There are only a few more meets left in the regular season and then the Bison head to Sections and hopefully the State Track and Field meet. There are many Seniors on the team and the team is the strongest it has been in many years.       On Thursday May 7 The Bison will head to Sauk Rapids for the True Team Sections meet.…

On April 27th, Buffalo Highschool’s National Honor Society inducted over 100 new members into their ranks. Students with a GPA average of 10.0 or greater were offered the chance to prove their character by participating in National Honor Society. This year’s induction ceremony filled up the PAC with eager students and family members ready to applaud for the students’ success. With character, scholarship, leadership, and service as the four pillars that NHS is built upon, the…

The outbreak of H1N1 (Swine Flu or Mexican Flu) is believed to have started in March 2009 and was classified as meeting the criteria for the World Health Organization pandemic Phase 5 status on April 28. Local outbreaks of the virus were first detected in three suburban parts of Mexico, and other small rural areas throughout the country. Mexico started with only three infected. That number has now spread to a suspected 2500 persons. Mexico…

On Monday, April 27 the Bison defeated the Princeton Tigers twice.  Buffalo took an early lead and kept it throughout the rest of the first game. The team shut out the Tigers with and ending score of 7-0. The second game seemed to be a repeat of the first with the Bison taking the lead right away in the first inning. But this time Princeton fought back and earned one run of their own to…