Mitch Green – The Hoofprint

Bison Softball with a tough 9-10 extra inning loss at STMA

Mitch Green — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 16:59:09 +0000

The Girls Softball team played against Saint Michael last night. The game came down to the second extra inning, in which they lost 9-10. The girls were down 4-8 after the 5th inning. They ended up putting up 4 runs in the 6th to tie it up. The next two runs to make the game 9-9 were in the 7th inning and the game-winning run was not until the 9th.

Softball captain Jordan Zrust gave her input on the upcoming games.

“We are a tough team, all of us are positive and we’re going to bounce back from this loss and try to achieve our goal to continue our season and go to state.” Said Zrust.

The girls now are put into a hard situation because of double elimination. If they lose one of their next three games they are done. They have two games Thursday, May 29th. Their first game is played against Elk River, and if they win that game they move on to play St. Michael again. These games will take place at St. Michael-Albertville High School. If they win their second game on Thursday they will have to play St. Michael again because of the double elimination rule.

Photo by Chloe Paul

Boys golf making history and preparing for sections

Mitch Green — Tue, 28 May 2019 18:00:53 +0000

The boys’ golf team just recently tied a school record at Riverwood National Golf Course in Monticello. The total accumulative score of 294 has now been reached twice by Buffalo’s boys’ golf team. With this record-tying score, it is giving the team some confidence and momentum moving late into the season

With the end of the spring sports coming fast and the golf season getting closer to playoffs, this means the boys’ golf team has to start preparing for sections. Sections are two days of meets that take place on the May 29 and the 30 at Site Headwaters Golf Club in Park Rapids.

Senior John Russett, a starter on the boys’ varsity squad, had this to say about sections which are coming up soon.

Russett said, “I think we have a really solid team this year. We are all talented enough to be able to put up a couple good rounds together to give us a very good chance of going to state.”

If you are planning on watching the sectionals, the first day starts at 1:30 pm followed by the second day which starts at 8:00 am.

Expectations for the 2019 Boys Golf Season

Mitch Green — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 17:26:24 +0000

With the spring sports season coming up, Buffalo High School’s Boys Golf team is getting ready for their season. The team is hoping for the snow to melt so that they can have normal practices. Last year, the team had to practice at Buffalo Civic Center because of the snow not allowing the courses to be open.

Their team consists of seniors and juniors that have been on the squad for 3 or more years. They are hoping to make things happen this year.

John Russett said, “Last year didn’t end quite as we’d expected but it served as motivation to get us prepared for this year. I believe that we have a pretty solid squad, and I’m looking forward to seeing what we can do in my last year as a Bison.”

The team has started practice early by going to places like Top Golf and simulators as a team.

Buffalo High School’s Boy’s Basketball Wins Section Quarterfinals

Mitch Green — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 19:22:14 +0000

Boy’s varsity basketball making their way towards that section finals game with a win at home against Elk River. The boys beat Elk River 85-66. The starters with a great game they had points from Aidan Bouman [29], Matthew Willert [20], Brandon Maatz [19], and Tony Dahl [12].

The game was very back and forth throughout the first half. The score was 36-30 with the Bison winning going into the intermission.

This is what Junior Matthew Willert had to say about their next section game, “We can’t make it bigger than it is, we just have to play our game.”

The Bison are looking to take another win against Moorhead. The game will be at Monticello High School tonight at 7:45 pm.

Boy’s Lacrosse Program to get a New Coach

Mitch Green — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 19:02:16 +0000

The Buffalo boy’s lacrosse team has been changing coaches in the recent years. They are adding middle school teacher, Jason Tornell, in the place of assistant coach. They are adding him because of the loss to the program of assistant coach, Louie Clifton.

Steve Lund, assistant coach for varsity and head coach of junior varsity, is hoping to make more of an impact this year.

Bjorn Pederson, defenseman on the team had this to say about the season last year, “We never showed up at our away games, we need to capitalize this year to get a better record.”

The boys held a record of 10-1 at home last year. Most of their losses came from away games. They are hoping to make big improvements this year for games on the road.

The boy’s lacrosse season starts with a game on Monday, April 15th at 7:00 pm. The game is going to be in Delano.