The time has come again for all girls grades 9th-11th to show off their skills and tryout to be a 2009-2010 Buffalo High school cheerleader.  4 Clinics are being held before tryouts on April 27th-30th.  Tryouts will be held on May 4th and May 5th.  Girls trying out need only attend there designated day.   The girls will be learning 4 BHS cheers, and some basic cheerleading skills that will be needed for the tryout.   The will be three…

On May 17, Globally Minded Student Activist (GMSA) will be holding a fundraiser, dedicated to raising money to aid in the battle against human trafficking. It is located at Buffalo High School and cost of attendance is $ 7 USD. Flyers can be seen around Buffalo and the surrounding area. There is an estimated 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (UNESCO) people trafficked world wide. However, researchers find this number to be unaccredited. An often un-reported problem; most…

On April 23 Buffalo boy’s varsity tennis will be leaving the high school at 2:30 to compete in Rogers for 4:15. Members include Freshman Dylan Steman and Jack Becker, Sophomore’s Tony Thein, Reid Trousedale, and Taylor Skinner, Junior’s Erik Starr, Joseph Swanson, Robert Malmstein, and Zachary Danielson, and Senior Aaron Swandal. “I don’t really know but I think we could really surpise some teams this year,” said Thein. Tennis matches include four singles events and three doubles…

On Thursday April 30 from 2:30 until 4:30 the will be an Arts Magnet Fun Night in the main gym. This will be the first Arts Magnet Fun Night this year as the other one that was planed got cancelled because of a snow day. During fun night there will be many things going on, there will be DDR, Guitar Hero, open gym, a graffiti wall, a place to bring instruments and play for other people, concessions,…

            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…