Senior Zach Mellon, Track and Field Athlete of the Year, signed a Letter of Intent for the University of Wisconsin, Madison February 4, with the staff lounge full of onlookers. After signing the papers with his mom, Portia, Mellon was all smiles.  Recently, Mellon was on the cover of ESPN Rise magazine and featured in a four-page spread dedicated to his achievements. Including, breaking the Minnesota’s State record for the half mile and also finishing second place at the USATF Junior National meet. “It was…

On Friday, February 6, Bison Boys’ Hockey will play the Roseau Rams at Buffalo Civic Center, at 7:00 p.m. Bison’s record stands at (13-6-0) while Roseau’s stands at (8-7-2). Senior Forward Alec Ackmann said, “Well they’re [Roseau] not quite as good as they usually are, so if we are going to beat them it will be this year. It will still be a big challenge though.” With the Bison’s record being quite similar to Roseau’s…

The girls varsity basketball team is getting ready for their game at Pinceton this Friday, February 6. The varsity game starts at 7:30 and JV starts at 6:00 pm. The team has a record of 8-11 and have a good chance of making it 9-11 this Friday. The team has played Rogers twice this year and both have been close games. The team took the wins with the scores of 59-57 and 44-31. Princeton, on…

                This year’s Varsity Boys Hockey team has been going strong throughout the 2008-2009 season with 13 wins, and only 6 losses. Leading scorer, Zach Blaisdell, is a key player in the team’s success holding 27 pts followed close behind by Alec Ackmann and Josh Gaughan. Hopefully the team will be able to carry on their success to this year’s FSN game held Tuesday, February 10th. Last year the…

Photography and video by Sara Larson. Narration and production by Kaehler Reitz.

As students put off purchasing their semester parking permits, more and more warning slips are handed out.  Walking to their cars, students pass the rows of cars with the little slips of paper placed under the windshield wipers. “We try to give out at least two warnings before receiving the boot,” said Assistant Principal Brandon Prell.  “We try to avoid taking it that far because teachers don’t want to deal with it any more than…

  Fox Sports Television is coming to Buffalo for the Boys’ Hockey Team’s showdown with the Wayzata Trojans on Feb. 10. The game starts at 7pm at the Buffalo Civic Center. There is a tailgating party 4:30-6:30 in the parking lot for both student and parents. Around the high school flyers were posted by the team, asking that all fans dress in black to make a “black out”. A few weeks ago, fans created a white out. Like…

With a record of 6 wins and 2 losses, the boy’s swim and dive team heads into a challenging week.             They have meets on Tuesday and Thursday, one away and one home. Then on Friday they play hooky and leave school at 9 A.M. to head up to Hibbing for a dual meet. They will try to get some sleep in Hibbing because the next day they have yet another meet. The Saturday meet…

poolies for RSS buffalo and coon rapids meet with dill instroctor as parents ask questions about what boot camp will be like

Thanks to Cultures United and the Arts Magnet Program, the Mixed Blood theater presented Daughters of Africa in the PAC on Thursday.  This play was a monologue of  things African American females have been through over the years. The basis of the play was an airplane ride back in time. While music was played, many stories were told going from a women slave whose son was sold to Harriet Tubman. Some other stories and names that…