Nordic Ski Girls take home the 2nd place, and the Boys take 3rd.

The Buffalo Nordic Ski team headed to St. Johns on Thursday, January 21st 2010. The girls placed second and the boys placed third overall in the 5k classic race.

On the girls Varsity side, the top 5 girls took the places of 5-10. Sophomore Emily Bedker took 5Thoverall with a time of 20:01, and Senior Mandy Samuelson followed shortyafter with a 6Th place time of 20:08. Taking 7Th and 8Th were Senior Megan Ackerman and Junior Nina Jepson. Ackermanfinished with a time of 20:15, and Jepson had a time of 20:19. Freshman Blair Solberg finished in 9thplace with a finishing time of 21:09. Sophomore Angela Eastlund was next to the finish line with a time of 21:34 and a 13Th place. Junior Sandra Ruhr came in quickly after with a 13Th place time of 21:39 respectively.

“It was so awesome seeing all the black uniforms come to the finish in a line one after the other” Said Ackerman. “I just hope we can pull this off for sections, during the race us four (Mandy, Nina, Emily) skied by each other the whole entire time, doing that is going to make us all the faster.”

Leading the way for the boys Varsity was Senior Ryan Strait. He finished 9Th overall with a time of 18:16. He helped carry along Sophomore Andrew Gutknecht(10Th place), with a finishing time of 18:21. The third Bison finisher was Senior Andy Nerison, he placed 17Th with a time of 18:46. Rounding out the Bison top scorers was Sophomore Michael Burgdoff. Burgdoff placed 33rd with a finishing time of 20:43. This was the last meet for the boys due to the budget changes last year; they aren’t able to compete in the official MSHSL section or state meet.

The girls will have a home scrimmage meet on Thursday, January 28th at the Buffalo High School and the following week they will head to sections at Camp Ripely.

-Mandy Samuelson and Cali Durst

Under-classmen Step up to Fill Varsity Spots.

The Buffalo Gymnastics team spent last week gearing up for the take on of Cambridge Isanti: the team took a mental approach by each athlete setting their own measurable goals for tonight’s meet. The dual meet is held on December 17Th 2009, and on the following Saturday the team will head to St. Cloud Tech to compete in the 8 team invitational. Last year Buffalo lost to Cambridge and they didn’t compete at St. Cloud Tech last year. The younger varsity will have to step up due to injuries of the upper-classmen.

“It’s frustrating not being able to go 100 percent,” said Junior Danielle Nordin. “But also gives the under-classmen a chance to step up and take on the responsibility of being a varsity competitor.”

Varsity competitors Nordin and Alicia Malawicki were unable to compete do to injuries last week. Malawiki will try to overcome that injury and compete in bars. Megan Durst an all around gymnast is coming off of a hamstring injury and is only able to compete on the vault and bars. Sophomores Paige Habisch and Nadja Vragovic are the all around varsity competitors (floor, bars, beam, and vault). Eighth-grader Brooke Simonson is stepping up to fill in the shoes of the injured athletes and will be competing in the all around also.

Mandy Samuelson and Calli Durst

Boo-ffalo Halloween Run

Buffalo held the 5th  Boo-ffalo Halloween 5k and fun runs on Saturday October 31st. The 5k started at 12:00 p.m and the fun runs shortly followed. The run was helped out by the Buffalo track and field teams, and lead by Track coaches Scott Palmer, Dave Knutsen, Mary Bremmer, Jason Karn, and Evan Ronken.

There were prizes for the top finishers on the boys and girls 5k. There were also 20 costume awards that went to each age group. There were two fun runs involving the younger children. First one was the half mile, and the second was a quarter of a mile

There were 101 people racing total. About 40 children and 60 adults. This race took a lot of preparation ” I am a teacher assistant  for Mrs. Bremmer and she had me organize shirts into their size and fold them during the block,” said Senior Hannah Brecht.

Buffalo High School students finished from all ages. Senior Nick Teetzel finished 2nd overall and Jon and Joshua Wedeiemier finished third and fourth overall. “This was a lot different than the cross country races, it’s not as serious and I had more fun,” said Teetzel.

By: Mandy Samuelson and Calli Durst

Runners place second at Conference.

The Cross Country team headed to Monticello to race for the Mississippi 8 Conference Title. The girls came  8 points short to host Monticello. Buffalo had a score of 49 and Monticello had a score of 41. The boys second place score was 54 and the champions finished with 51 points (Cambridge Isanti). (the boys race a 5k and the girls race a 4k)

Eight-grader Hayley Downing, Freshman Kailey Johnson, Seniors Jacque Thaemart, Megan Ackerman, and Jordan Skelly, placed in the top 16, receiving the All Conference honors.  Thaemart placed 4th overall and had a finishing time of 15:30.35.  Ackerman had an 8th place time of 15:48.45 and helped carry along Swimmer  Skelly. Skelly placed 10th overall and had a finishing time of 15:56.58.  Johnson finished 12th and had a time of 16:03.14. Downing had a final time of  16:18.64 and placed 15th overall. Also racing but not contributing to the score was Senior Hannah Brecht who placed 26th and had a finishing time of 17:13.33. Junior Katie Oden had a time of 17:34.64 and placed 33rd overall.

On the boys side Senior Nick Teetzel finished 3rd with an overall time of 16:34.62. And brought along teammate Sophomore Matt Dietrich finishing 4th with a final time of 16:42.03. Juniors John Weidemeier and Blake Solberg finished 14th and 15th respectably. Weidemeier had a finishing time of 17:37.36 and Solberg had a final time of 17:38.95.  Those four finishers received the All Conference honors. “I was excited to find out that four of us received All Conferenced, we worked together all season for 2 important meets and this was one of them”, said Solberg.  Coming in 18th was Junior Josh Weidemeier who received All Conference Honorable Mention with the time of 17:44.72. Freshmen Dan Pettit finished 26th overall and had a time of 18:11.57. Freshman Andrei Casey had a finishing time of 18:37.92 and placed 37th overall.

By: Mandy Samuelson and Calli Durst

Cross Country Girls place first at Litchfield Invitational

The Bison Cross Country team headed to Litchfield on Thursday, October 8th, and competed in a 14 team meet. The varsity team dominated with 54 points and the following team (New London Spicer Girls) had 105 points. The junior varsity girls won also with 42 points and the following team (Mound-Westonka) had 83. On the boys side the varsity placed 5th with 144 points. The junior varsity placed 5th also with 94 points. The boys race a 5k and the girls race a 4k.

Seniors Megan Ackerman and Jacque Thaemart ran head to head in the finish and Megan came out on top by .36th of a second. They both had times of 15:35.70 and 15:35.96 and placed 2nd and 3rd. “It was stride to stride to the finish line and I just leaned at the last second”, said Ackerman. Freshman Kailey Johnson wasn’t far behind in 6th place with a time of 15:56.01. Eighth-grader Hayley Johnson finished 16th with a time of  16:32.69. Rounding out the score for the bison was Senior Hannah Brecht who placed 30th and had a time of 17:26.8. Also running but not contributing to the score was Sophomore Megan Ask who finished with a time of 17:45.14, she placed 40th overall. “This was a great gain in confidence before the conference meet, you get the feel of wanting to win again”, said Brecht.

Comining in first for the bison boys was Senior Nick Teetzel who placed fifth overall and had a time of 16:57.44. Junior Blake Solberg followed with a time of 18:01.15 and placed 28th. The third finisher for the bison was Junior Josh Weidemeier who placed 35 and had a time of 18:17.69. Freshman Dan Pedit pulled along Freshman Andrei Casey and they placed 37 and 39 respectably. Pedit finished with a time of 18:22.10 and Caswy had a time of 18:28.63. Also running but not adding to the score was Senior Ryan Strait who finished 41st overall and had a time of 18:34.98.

By: Mandy Samuelson and Calli Durst

Students go to “Fun Night” after the football game.

Following a long week of dress-up and a homecoming victory of 28-o, the students headed  to the “fun night”  held at the Senior High from 9:30-12, the cost was five dollars. Grades 9-12 were able to attend. The night had activites such as: volleyball tournaments, hypnotist, guitar hero, and a race mat. The hypnotist was the highlight of the night held in the Performing Arts Center, as students crowded by the door and piled their way in at 9:15.  

” I got stuck between the door and everyone else, it just doesn’t work when 50 people are trying to squeeze their way in a little entrance.” Said Senior Sophie Jundt

The Volleyball games held teams with 2 of the teammates of opposite sexes. The gym was filled with nets and bleachers for fans to cheer on their classmates. Guitar Hero was set up on the left side of the cafateria, and the racing mat was a little to the right of the Performing Arts Center.

Bison Cross Country Places in top at Hutchinson

Senior Nick Teetzel came in first for the bison and placed 4th overall with a season best time of 16:47.4. Following behind was Sophomore Matt Dietrich who placed 7th over had a time f 17:07.1. Blake Solberg placed 22nd with a time of 17:52.1 and Jon Wedemeier finished in 35th with a time of 18:19.6. Roundidng out the score for the bison was Freshman Michael Swearingin placed 46th with a time of 18:42.6 carried along teammate Andrei Casey. Casey had a time of 18:43.3and placed 47th. Also racing but not adding to the score was Sophomore Max Karels who placed 63rd and had a time of 19:33.2. The cross country team has a meet in Hopkins on Tuesday, September 21st.

Girls team just short of Section favorite Chaska.