With the New Year came the school board’s attempt to keep the student body healthy.  Soda machines were changed to diet-only and new healthy snack choices were added to the lunch menu.  With help from the Student Food Council, items such as 100-calorie snacks and baked chips instead of fried are now an option for students to purchase. “We’re hoping that the lower-calorie snacks and baked chips will encourage students to eat right,” said Food…

The Buffalo Bison Boy’s Basketball team plays Cambridge-Isanti tonight Thursday, February 12 at 7:30 p.m.  The game will be held in the Buffalo High School gym. Buffalo’s record stands at a strong 14-5-0, and Cambridge-Isanti’s record stands at 11-7-0.  Bison had a strong win over Zimmerman on Tuesday, February 10 with a score of 67-43. Senior Dan Ngandali says, “I think the game will go good because we had a hard loss last week against…

Despite the troubling economic times facing the rest of the school, the BHS agriculture students are thriving, proving that big things are being accomplished in the 2008-2009 school year. FFA in Buffalo remains stable through their many meaningful and prosperous fundraisers. The two best known of which, are the Corn Drive, and Fruit Sales, both of which were successful this year, despite the troublesome economic situation many people are facing. “With the economy being so…

This week, Feb. 9 – 13, is Snow Days: Boys v. Girls. A time to help unify students after the holiday seasons. Students are invited to be active, dressing up and participating in the after school and triple A games. During this time multiple fundraisers are occurring, including: the Sam Munoz Memorial Fund, donations of school and art supplies, as well as books for young readers. Previous Competitions: Mon.: Ball Games Tues.: Knowledge Bowl Wed.: …

On Saturday January 24, the Buffalo Showstoppers dance team competed in Zimmerman for the Jazz and High kick competitions. Showstoppers took second in the Jazz competition with dancers Tori Paone, Katie Kemp, Kayla Asplund, Jackie. Showstoppers also took fifth in the High-Kick competition with dancers Krissy Schumacher, Sadie Jepson, Kayleen Bourne, Tori Paone, Sarah Oliver, Katie Kemp, Kayla Asplund, Haley Grunwald. On February 5, the Showstoppers visited a Nursing Home and help make valentines and help…

On Friday, February 13, the Moorhead Spuds Swim and Dive team will make the journey down to Buffalo. They will be competing in a dual meet against our own Bison swim and dive. The Spuds have a very strong team and it will be a challenging meet for the boys. In past years, the Bison have been defeated by theSpuds, but with their best season ever and the potential cut of their own team, the…

Pen in hand, Senior Bruce Manz began signing his letter of intent to play football for the University of South Dakota on a full ride scholarship. “B-R…” Head Football Coach Gerard Rohl encouraged. “What’s the rest of it?” Manz asks causing the supporting crowd to laugh. Manz received over a dozen offers including full rides to first University of South Dakota and then to North Dakota State University. University of Minnesota-Mankato was the first to…

As valentines day approaches most students focus on significant others, and finding that perfect valentines gift.  However, the Students Stepping Up group focuses on something else.  With the thoughts of former student Sam Munoz, still close to students hearts, the group decided to sell Hershey’s Hugs and Kisses to raise money to perches a memorial bench in honor of his passing. “Losing a student is always hard, but the loss of Sam was harder then anyone…

“It’s great for our family to have the opportunity to remember Pat in such a great way. To have so many friends and family come together for a basketball game would make him very happy,” said Kim Sonju-Zrust. Saturday, February 7 the Boys’ Basketball team took on Cooper High School for the ninth annual Pat Sonju Memorial basketball game. Pat was the former boys’ basketball coach before passing away unexpectedly in October of 1999. He…

As school board meeting approaches, the reality of next years budget cuts are coming into play.  And the board memebers are seeing that the cuts that being made are affecting the community as a whole, not just the students at Buffalo High School. “I’m the coach for the speech team at Mankato” said Mike Wilson “and we had our levy fail last year and speech was on the chopping block to get cut.  But the school gave us the opportunity to raise money to…