On Tuesday April 21, 2009 The Bison Junior Varsity Track and Field team headed to St. Michael to compete against St. Michael, Monticello, and Princeton. The meet started at 4:00 p.m. and ended around 7:00 p.m. The meet was a great learning experience for the kids who do not usually get to go to meets. The conditions were extremely windy and the athletes struggled to round the corner and finish their races. The Bison not…

With this year’s yearbook coming to a close, the Tatanka yearbook’s staff decided to cover the school’s spring sports and activities in a spring supplement.  The supplement will consist of: the spring musical, boys’ and girls’ golf, track and field, prom, JV sports, state conference and section champions, boys’ tennis, baseball, softball, and adapted softball. The supplements will cost $10 each and can be ordered, along with the yearbook, in McCallum’s room A-210.  Order now while…

Facebook, Myspace and Twitter–although seemingly harmless sources for students to socially network, Buffalo High School freshmen learned the dangers of online predators. While the Sophomores and Juniors remained in the classroom completing MCA testing on Wednesday, April 15, freshmen gathered in the Performing Arts Center to listen to Kari Berzins. Berzins is a speaker with Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC), who explained the dangers of giving out information on the Internet.  Berzins showed students, through the mind of a predator, how…

Spring Lake Park Girls’ take a major defeat when playing Buffalo on Wednesday April 15th.  The Junior Varsity team started at 5:30 pm.  The center, Freshman Rachel Stenson, made a great first impression by scoring the majority of the points throughout the game.  SLP scored once during the first half and once in the second half, but hardly made a dent leaving the final score 13-2.  As the Varsity team warmed up, one of the…

By: Rian Anderson and Michael Pyka This year’s Varsity baseball team has been struggling early in the season with a record of one win and three losses. Their first game was held on April 4th against the Skippers, a difficult team from Minnetonka. The scores were consistant for the duration of the event, but ultimately the Bison lost by two runs after scoring four of their own. The Bison’s first win was against Zimmerman only…

The season got off to a rough start, but the girls are hanging in.  With limited practice space and snow on the ground, they were forced to practice indoors.  The practices wer held at St. Francis for the first few weeks, but are now held at the Buffalo High school.  Their first game will be on April 15th in Buffalo, and will be playing Spring Lake Park.   “We’ve got a lot of new girls this…

With a record of 1-2 Bison start off their season with a slow start. On Tuesday April 14th the Bulldogs defeated the Bison by the score of 1-5. Although the girls only had 1 run, they had 25 at bats. “Tuesdays game was not the greatest because for one we lost, but we also were not playing our best,” said Senior Dani Iverson. “But for the season I think we will do decent, we just…

This year, Buffalo High School’s Leadership Council, lead by Administrator Vicki Cary, has organized the eighth grade tour to double as a retreat. In previous years the tours have been lead by Students Stepping Up, but rather this year the groups have combined to lead the retreat together. Leadership Council consists of leaders throughout many of the schools activities, such as Student Council, Future Famers of America, Cultures United, and sports teams.   “We wanted…

          Spring sports have officially begun with opening games and meets having already begun as early as April 2nd. While, many athletes are excited to began playing the weather does not seem to be as eager to cooperate.  As many are aware the heavy snowfalls and recent rain showers have left many towns along the Red River facing flooding and evacuations. Buffalo may not be anywhere near these towns; however, it also faces it’s fair…

Our Buffalo Bison softball team has been practicing for about a month now, and got their first game in yesterday, Thursday April 10th.  Although they lost their game against Zimmerman 2-1, getting their first game in is always exciting for the girls.  “Getting outside and getting the first game in always feels good.  To get rid of your nerves about the first game is relieving,” said senior Dani Iverson.  Although Bison got the first run of the…