Charlie DesMarais – The Hoofprint

Shoe Game at BHS

Charlie DesMarais — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 17:30:59 +0000

The shoe game at BHS is very diverse. From Skechers to Birkenstocks to Huaraches to Cowboy boots, BHS has a wide variety of shoes as well as people. Shoes tend to reflect who people are as a person for example, what friend groups they may be in. People tend to wear the “trendier” shoes then what is comfortable. When looking around BHS, you’ll see a lot of the same shoe brands,

A more recently popular brand is the Converse. For convenience and style these can be a nice go to. “I wear converse because they come in a lot of different colors and you can wear them with just about anything,” said Junior Hannah Willard.

Some people don’t wear shoes for convenience. They will wear shoes that hurt them just for the looks. “Beauty is pain that’s why I wear heels,” said Senior Gabbie Przekurat.

Shoes can really make or break an outfit. “I try to buy nice shoes because they bring the outfit together, you could be rocking green sweatpants and a bro tank but if you have the Air Force 180s you good,” said Junior Josh Anderson.

No matter what shoes you wear throughout high school; never let other people’s opinions get the best of you. That’s exactly what Senior Josh Skarin does. “My shoes are fresh to death. Some people say they look like old people shoes, but my haters are my motivators so I rep them even harder,” said Skarin.

A lot of kids. A lot of different shoes. A lot of different reasons why.

Pippin

Charlie DesMarais — Tue, 30 May 2017 18:30:14 +0000

This years musical “Pippin” performed by Buffalo’s Theatre Department was a big success. Many people attended to see our local performance and the performance even won an award. They got the “Outstanding Achievement” award in musical theatre; this award means that our musical department will have the opportunity to perform Pippin again at the State Theatre on June 12th in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
“This is Minnesota’s high school version of the Tony awards,” said Tracy Hagstrom Durant (HD) the head director of the Buffalo Theatre Department. “This is the highest honor we can get for musical theatre.”
“You gotta have kids be successful because, success breeds success”,
said HD as she explains how she has led such a successful team for so long and how she looks at it from a mindset aspect. Buffalo’s Theatre Department is undoubtedly one of BHS’s most successful activities and that isn’t excluding our sports teams.
This year the Theatre department will graduate quite a few seniors leaving lots of room for the younger kids to see how they can do next year and really opening up our department. When interviewed the cast said that this was a regular show for them.
“I would say it’s a crowd pleaser”, said senior Emily Twardy,
Pippin was just like any other show for our Theatre team and it won an award, Which really speaks about the excellence of what they do. The BHS Theatre team is one of the best in the state and that won’t likely change soon so if you haven’t seen one of their shows I highly recommend you take advantage of their talent and go check them out.

Home Town Hero

Charlie DesMarais — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:00:35 +0000

Being home schooled has never stopped junior Ben Ruhr in accomplishing his goals. On February 25, one of Ruhr’s many dreams became a reality when he qualified to wrestle at the 2017 Minnesota state wrestling tournament for the first time in his career.

To qualify into the state tournament you must be top two in your section. There are 8 sections in class AAA and Ruhr took second place in the section 5AAA to secure his spot in the 120 pound class tournament.

“The thing that excites me the most about state is the atmosphere and being able to say I went to state, that feeling of accomplishment.” said Ruhr upon qualifying. Although Ruhr didn’t place this year, he has high hopes for what senior year will bring. “I would like to finish my senior year as one of the top six at state.”

There is one thing that separates Ruhr from the rest of the high school athletes, the fact that he doesn’t actually go to high school full time. This year Ruhr is taking one quarter class at BHS, but other than that he is fully home schooled, and has been all his life. “I like the flexibility of being home schooled,” said Ruhr, “being able to do things on my time and not worry about due dates for everything.”

Home schooled or not, Ruhr had a great year of wrestling, and it should only be expected that more great things will come.

Seniors say goodbye to their high school sports careers

Charlie DesMarais — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 22:00:22 +0000

As September rolled in, seniors were suddenly hit with the reality that this would be their last year participating in high school sports. After four years, countless games, and even more practices, it’s time to say goodbye.

Looking back on memories and what they will miss most about their teams, seniors think back to what made their high school careers so special.

“I’m going to miss hanging out with the boys everyday after school and joking around with the guys,” senior basketball player Noah Evans said. The boys basketball team has become close this year, and Andrew Johnson said “I’m going to miss competing with the boys and having fun.”

Thinking back to freshman year, where it all started, senior basketball, softball, and volleyball player Autumn Senger said the advice she would have given herself was to “work hard everyday in practice because one day you’re going to realize you only have four guaranteed practices left.” The girls basketball season is finishing up on their last two weeks before sections and player Jordan Warner also had advice to give.

“Don’t take it for granted, push yourself to work hard and give your best because your time is limited.”

High school sports have not only taught seniors how to balance school, sports, and family at the same time, but life lessons that will stay with them forever. “Soccer has taught me to work hard,” said player Becky Horak.

Another senior reflected back on his career and what he has learned through high school sports. “Wrestling has taught me that even when I’m down or losing to not give up on my team,” wrestler and soccer player Josh Skarin said.

For some seniors this year marks the end of their sports careers, and for some it’s merely a new beginning. No matter where these seniors go, the memories they made and the work they dedicated to their teams and school will last forever.