Buffalo Mock Trial heads to state.
On February 27, the Buffalo Mock trial team left the High school to board a bus and drive to a courthouse in Cambridge. It’s round five of regionals, the last and the final round determining who advances to State.
Upon arrival, Buffalo was greeted by the judges and St. Cloud Christian’s Mock Trial team. Buffalo was going as prosecution with St. Cloud Christian as defense.
“It’s tough being the Prosecution, seeing as how the defense has a slight advantage over us considering how the case is favored towards the defense,” says Junior Graham Wyatt.
Buffalo started with Senior Jacob Westmann delivering the opening statement, followed by witnesses Junior Lindy Jensen, Colm Macnab, and Micheal Chenowith. Closing arguments from Buffalo were delivered by Wyatt. Buffalo’s head coach who led the team is Social Studies teacher Mrs. Raymond assisted by Social Studies teacher Mr. Ronken.
“It was a complete toss-up, we put on an amazing performance but we just didn’t know. We were waiting for around ten minutes for the judges to come out and tell us our scores, and then they started to tell us about our performance, says Chenowith. After around 20 minutes they told us to come up and get our scores, they weren’t even going to announce it to us. All I can remember is Raymond coming up and giving us the thumbs up. I can remember how happy I felt, I wanted to get up and shout or something. It was an amazing experience I’ll never forget.”
Buffalo ended up with a point diffrential of 8 over St. Cloud Christian, advancing Buffalo to the State level. Buffalo will be competing in Duluth, MN on the days of March 10-11. This is the third out of four years Buffalo has advanced to state.
“It was awesome, the whole thing, I remember looking back at my dad and mom, both were really happy, I wanted to cry because of how happy I felt. I don’t think I’ll forget this, we’ve all worked so hard to get here and I feel like it’s really paid off, says Wyatt. On our way home we got some good news that our buddies from Monticello advanced to State as well, it was just a great day. We finished it off by going to House of Lo and drinking green tea. This is what Mock Trial is all about, working hard and feeling your work pay off. I couldn’t ask for a better team.”
Drug Awarness Week set to begin
Friday, March 6, will be the kick off of drug awareness week.
On Monday, March 9, there will be a show at 7 pm in the PAC performed by Teen Challenge. Teen Challenge will be performing Know the Truth.
On Tuesday there will be a lunch expo during all lunches. There for sure will be nine tables and at these tables there will be Teen Challenge, Adjust to Health Chiropractic, the BHS nurse, Central Minnesota Health, MEADA, Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-anon and Ala-teen, Wright County Public Health and Safe Communities of Wright County. This will be the third annual lunch expo.
On Friday, March 13, there will be an Energy Drink performance during AAA. This will be a performance telling about energy drink and what is good or bad about them and their effect on people.
Boys Hockey Team advances in Section Playoffs
On Tuesday, February 24, the Bison Boys Hockey Team defeated the Brainerd Warriors on home ice to end their season. The final score of the game was 6-2. Senior defensemen Cole Meyer scored the first goal of the game. Shortly after Meyer’s goal Senior Alec Ackmann scored, adding another point to the scoreboard for the Bison before the first period was over. The Bison were leading 4-2 late in the third period and Brainerd pulled their goalie, desperate to tie it up. Senior Zach Blaisdell and Junior Josh Gaughan both had open-net goals, leaving the final score 6-2.
Bison Hockey team watches as Senior Alec Ackmann takes the faceoff. Photo by Lauren Rosso
“It was a really intense game,” said Blaisdell, “Both teams had the playoff nerves and there were times when the game was really close.”
The Bison will play the Moorhead Spuds on Saturday, February 28. The game will be at the SCSU hockey arena in St. Cloud. Moorhead is ranked 1st in the 8AA Section, and Bison are ranked 4th.
“Moorhead beat us earlier this season,” said Blaisdell. “We could have played a lot better, and I think we will on Saturday. Brainerd only lost to them 3-2, and we beat Brainerd 6-2. They are definitely beatable.”
Early Dismissal
Due to weather condition Superintendent Jim Bauck announced that school will be let out early, Feb. 26 2009. There is no afternoon kindergarden. The high school and middle school are to be let out at 12:20 p.m. Two hours earlier than the usual time. The elementary schools are to be let out at 1:30 p.m. All after school activies have been canceled.
The night before the weather was predicted to have 6-10 inches of snow. So far the snow is covering the parking lot and students and staff cars. Good luck to students and staff driving home. Also to the students going on buses and the bus drivers.
Wrestling moving on to individual finals
February 26, 2009 by jgabrelcik
Filed under Sports
With Senior Captain David Baker leading them, the team got pumped for the meet against St. Cloud Apollo on Saturday February 21st. Although the team lost and will not be attending state as a team a few wrestlers stood out against St. Cloud.
Nick Vinar pinned his opponent at 1:39 before the match ended in 6 seconds. James Neddermeyer came back and pinned his opponent while losing. Some team hopefuls for individuals at state are Daivd Baker, Zach Smith, Nick Vinar, James Neddermeyer, and Mike Simeon.
The section tournament begins at noon with Mike Simeon wrestling first for bBffalo at 112 on Saturday February 28.
Boy’s Swim and Dive head into Sections
On Friday February 27th the Bison Swimmers and Divers head to Alexandria for the Section meet. There will be eight teams there and many of the teams they have swam against before.
In past years the Bison have not place as good as they wanted to. This year however they will have a very good showing and show the other teams to look out in years to come. With a team filled with strong lower classmen and middle school swimmers the team is going to be strong in years to come.
A few of the boys on the team have a serious shot at placing well in the Sections meet and advancing to the State meet. They have been working hard at practice all year leading up to this meet. For some of them if they do not do well it will be the last meet of their High School career.
In order to drop time the bots are going to do whatever it takes. This includes shaving off all extra hair on arms, legs and any other necessary parts. Many of the boys will even shave their heads bald. “It’s such a weird feeling, not having any hair, but it’s what you got to do to drop time,” says sophomore Zac Ransom.
Buffalo vs Brainerd for Boys Hockey sectional tournament
By: Cassie Jensen and Lindsay Jensen
Bison Boys Hockey will battle with the Brainerd Warriors tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the Buffalo Civic Center. Tonights face off will begin the section tournament for Minnesota State High School League. The Warriorshave a record of 10-15, while the Bison stand with a record of 15-10. Even with a 5 game loosing streak behind them they still have high hopes in the outcome of tonight’s game.
“We need to come out strong and fast, play with high intensity and stay out of the penalty box,” said Senior Ryan Cottrell. “If we do that we will win no problem.”
With a strong senior starting line, the teams experience playing and working together as a team is in high demand.
“We have a lot of seniors this year who have been playing together for a while so we are going to do everything we can to win,” said Senior Cole Meyer. “It should be a good game but I think we can win.”
The Warriors also have had their fair share of loosing streaks. Their last 3 games were upsets against similar teams the Bison have lost to. Teams such as Sartell, Roseau, and Duluth. With close records the game should be close in talent.
Burglary In Monticello
Silent alarm went off in a Smoke Shop on Feb. 7 at 5:10 a.m. in Monticello. It led to the arrest of a 35-year-old man from Minneapolis on burglary charges.
Wright County Sherrif’s recieved a report of a silent alarm 1200 block Highway 25. Deputies that arrived at the scene noticed the back door was not secured. Inside they had noticed a large hole cut in the sheetrock. While inside they heard disturbance inside of the building and saw a male run out of an adjacent exterior door. A chase ensued, the suspect was then later captured in an open field. The suspect was identified as Carlos Abriham. Abriham had left behind a bag that had stolen merchandise from the Smoke Shop and burglary tools inside.
Abriham was booked in jail on the cause of secondary-degree burglary charges.
Order your yearbook!
Although yearbooks have been on sale since August, the official deadline to order one before the price rises is April 4. There is only a limited amount of yearbooks available so student should order now to reserve their yearbook. After April 4, the price will go up from $65 to $70. The list of previously purchased yearbooks is outside of room A-210.
Extra effort has been made by the yearbook staff to cover as many students as possible this year. Not only does the book consist of each students school photo, but it depicts student life, academics, activities, sports, and additional student photos. The book also features stories, written by staff, that quote students.
New this year is the full color Spring Suppliment, which will include spring sports and activities, prom, and additional school coverage. It can be purchased along with your yearbook for an additional $10.
“We’ve had great opportunities to take good pictures, and have amazing writers that also have talent in taking pictures. Everyone involved is very passionate about their work, and we’re excited for it to come out,” said Senior Photo Editor Matt Ebeling.
Buffalo Junior Gold hockey ties last game.
On February 22, Buffalo Junior Gold hockey team played their last game against the Delano Tigers for a 4-4 tie. Buffalo Junior Gold hockey was celebrating two things that night, Seniors night and the last game of the season.
Buffalo started out by honoring all seniors and parents throughout the Buffalo Youth Hockey Association for their support and commitement over the years. Each player was given a rose to thank their parents with and a picture of each player. Junior Gold seniors include Max Graham, Ken Moussat, Robert Cooper, Chris Seiberg, Ryan Haasken, Jesse Doyle, Jordan Burns, and Guy Garavaglia. All were recognized as seniors before the game.
Max Graham started off the game by playing the “Star Spangled Banner” on a guitar, while adding his own style to the National Anthem. Robert Cooper played goaltender for Buffalo, taking 26 shots on goal with four goals allowed. Delano’s goaltender allowed four goals with 17 shots on goal.
“You know, I love this team and everything about it, said Senior Max Graham. I’m going to miss playing with these guys, I hope all of them come back to play next year. Altogether, this game meant a lot for me because it was my last hockey game of my senior year. I’ll never forget it.”