1. By Phoenix LaVigne By Phoenix LaVigne
By Hailey Betz
“This year’s season went very well,” says Mrs. Russell, the 7th Mr. Hammond, 6th grade Social Studies
The new student teacher is here! Mrs. grade B-team coach. “We could’ve done better but I think the off days teacher, returned to CCMS after a one month
Hulet is originally from Kaycee. She has really got to us. However, we started playing as a team towards the and 18 day break to care for his newly adopted
a degree in English from the University end and played wonderful in state, winning third.” There were four baby, Reeves Douglas Kirubel Hammond;
of Wyoming. Now she is getting a teach- teams at state but B-team only played two of them, Twin Spruce and Kirubel means angel. Reeves was adopted
ing certificate in Secondary English from Sheridan. They really improved over the year, beating Twin after a from Ethiopia on October 18th and was
Rio Salado College in Arizona. Mrs. loss earlier in the year. brought home on his birthday, November 26th.
Hulet is hoping to gain the knowledge of Mr. Edgcomb, the 7th grade A-team coach thinks that
Mrs. Hulet He has adjusted very well and the Hammonds
how to help students achieve at their the girls did pretty well, winning 8 games are happy to have him in their family.
highest academic level, as well as to be confident in in the season and taking 3rd at Districts. Reeves is 13 months old
themselves. It is also her goal to become skilled at get- There were 4 teams at Districts. Buffalo and has an appetite for Ital-
ting students to take ownership in their education. She played a game against Sheridan, losing it ian foods, his favorites being
also hopes to not only be inspired by her cooperating and getting sent to the 3rd place game lasagna and spaghetti. He
teachers but learn from their learning techniques so that where they beat Twin Spruce. Mr. Edg- sleeps a lot, hiding his
she can someday make her own classroom a safe, invit- comb says that now the real work begins. brown eyes. Although his
ing, challenging and creative environment. To be a good player they will have to put time in to middle name may mean an-
Most of all, she wants to learn what interests her stu- practice during the off season. That’s the way many gel, he can still get annoying
dents, what excites them, and what really makes them good players become as good as they are. enough to get locked in a
tick. She is looking forward to covering great material
backroom by his big brother, Will.
with students including poetry, short stories, grammar
and narrative writing. Mrs. Hulet thinks that this experi-
ence has been amazing so far. Her first two days were
terrific, and she is looking forward to having the rest of By Tiffanie Shreve and Hailey Betz
this year like this. Her experience is full of opportunities Imagine being five thousand miles away from home and going to high school for your second
to help grow as she reaches her goal of becoming a suc- senior year. Pierrick Bultot is a foreign exchange student from Belgium. He will be here in Buf-
cessful educator. falo for about a year and plans to bring his family back in June. He decided to come to the United
She is focused on middle school because she loves States for a couple different reasons. For one, both of his brothers, Jean-Philippe and Maxime,
the students in these grades. She enjoys their blossoming came to the states as foreign exchange students in the past. Pierrick also said that the United
minds and their intellectual growth as they search for States sounds fun, very relaxed, and it’s a chance to experience new things as well as new people.
their identity and purpose in life. Each class she is teach- In Belgium, Pierrick enjoyed hanging out with friends, going to the movies and skiing. As an exchange student he
ing is equally enjoyable. Because she is a big reader and likes to participate on the Bison swim team and to watch the high school football games because they are just like
lover of all kinds of great literature, she is most excited what he has seen in movies. His favorite parts of being an exchange student here in Buffalo as well at Buffalo High
to share this with students. And because she lives in Buf- School include the following: the amazing school spirit, the YELLOW school buses, and the surprising fact that other
falo and knows how wonderful and supportive the com- students as well as the people of Buffalo are kinder than the students and community people of Belgium. Being an ex-
munity and school are, she knew it would be a great change student has its down sides too. In the first month it’s hard to be alone and it’s very hard to understand. The
learning opportunity to teach at Clear Creek Middle sense of humor here in the United States is different then the sense of humor in Belgium.
School. She enjoys the students and the staff, particularly It is not easy to become an exchange student. First you have to apply years in advance. You then have to fill out
the teachers who have all been so welcoming to her. She tons of paper work, and once that is finished and you’ve been accepted, you have to be interviewed.
is enjoying her time here. One of the biggest challenges I personally think being an exchange student would be very fun. After interviewing Pierrick it’s made me want to
for her is getting used to the school schedule. go to a foreign country. I would love to learn new things and be in a new place.

2. By Trey Schroefel By TJ Bauer
By: Taylor Hepp January is the first The wrestling team wrapped up the season
The 8th grade boys basketball season has begun. Head coach Rinn is month of the year. There with a tournament in Gillette, “All of the kids did
really looking forward to having a great season and shaping the team up. is interesting history very well in the tournament. They never gave up
He says the team’s strong points are going to be their court awareness, about this month. For and they were very aggressive,” said Mr. Wodahl.
speed, and quickness. Twenty-one to twenty-two people are going out and one, many people make For next season Mr. Wodahl hopes that every-
the coaches are looking forward to a good season. The challenges, oppo- New Year’s resolutions. one that went out this year will go out next year
I am the king of this!
nent-wise, are going to be Twin Spruce, Wheatland, Douglas, and Sheri- This month all started a and bring even more kids with them. He thinks
dan. “The Flex” is Mr. Rinn’s favorite offense and he prefers to mix it up long time ago in 700 B.C. The word January was that they will have both strong 8th and 7th grade
on defense. He says that his coaching style is one of a kind and it devel- derived from a Roman legend about Janus. The teams, and he is excited to see what the 6th graders
oped from the way that he used to play in high school. He is going to Romans first gave the month 30 days, but then look like. The strength of the
make the 8th graders elevate their level of play and hopefully win a lot of later on 31.They also called it the wolf month team for next season will be
games. because wolves came down to Roman villages the experience of already hav-
Mr. Edgecomb is also one of the 8th grade B Basketball coaches. He searching for food. ing wrestled for a year, and
has a favorite offense that is called “Motion”. His favorite defenses are Did you know that in the southern half of the from learning from the mis- Fred gets ready!
man to man and a zone once in awhile. He says that his strengths on the world January is the warmest part of the year? takes they made. Mr. Wodahl
team right now are their height, shooting accuracy, and now he says they This has to do with the different hemispheres. hopes the kids keep on working hard because it
just have to play defense. The hardest team that they are going to play These are reasons why January is a great and in- makes all the difference. Mr.Wodahl was pleased
against is the 8th grade A team in practice. He says that he is always teresting month. with how the season ended and he saw great things
learning more about coaching and picking up bits and pieces of informa- and is very excited for next season.
tion. In conclusion he is looking forward to seeing the team play and is
going to enjoy the season.
By Taylor Hepp
The Costa Rica kids sold coffee as a fundraiser. They are also involved in By Trey Schroefel
other jobs to earn money from the community and from their families. Han- The 7th grade B team has a good coach in Mr. Glassock and he has a lot of coaching experience.
nah Pfister & Adrianna Verger are both working for their families. Sam Bing- The total amount of combined years he has coaching is 27. He is looking forward to growth in
ham continues to babysit. Zane Hengel and Kevin Medders cut and sell fire- players over time. He is expecting a team that plays hard and is willing to learn. I have found out
wood. Kody Moseman sold a bolt action rifle in an auction. Matt Scarlett that 7th B will practice with 8th B and 7th A will practice with 8th A.. This will take affect the second
worked for his uncle in Casper last summer. Abby Diefenderfer is working at week of practice. Mr. Glassock has said that he is good at making adjustments throughout the sea-
D.J.’s and Tim Cohoon is working at I.G.A. Everyone says they are looking son. We can only hope that if they are having a rough game that they will come back with some
forward to having a great time, watching turtles, zip-lining, learning about changes to get better. The most important part of the team to the coach is learning to work together.
frogs, and experiencing other fantastic science opportunities as well as the We can see that the 7th grade B basketball team is going to be good.
Costa Rican culture. The 7th grade A team has a very good coach too. He is Mr. Stafford. He has coached in the past
years for this team and he has had good results. He wants players that work very hard and that have
a good deal of respect for their teammates. He really wants team players, for in practice he wants
By Matt Nicholson
100 positives from each player by the end of practice. This is a hard challenge. He has had a lot of
CCMS 7th and 8th grade students kick off the winter with Cross Country experience coaching basketball, twenty-four years in all. Mr. Stafford said that they have a good
Skiing during P.E. Taylor Hepp says, “I have done it twice out of school.” working group that wants to improve and this will lead to success. By the end of the season he
He also enjoys skiing. He thinks that the first time can be challenging. He wants everyone to improve! He ended by saying that everyone likes to see an aggressive, competi-
says, “The best part about doing this is going down the hills.” He has skied tive team where everyone works well with each other and communicates well. Hopefully we will
at the golf course before trying it this time at the school. Learning to ski have this type of a team and students will enjoy watching us play.
across the flats can be a workout.

3. Want to have fun? Join the journalism class.
In this class you will learn how to take pictures , interview people, work with
all sorts of cool computer programs, and turn interviews into articles.
Journalism Class
Mr. Scarlett . . . Mrs. Russell . . .
Mrs. Stafford . . . And a class full of
FABULOUS JOURNALISTS!
Tiffanie Shreve Matt Nicholson
Lauren Rives Lenny Moseman
Taylor Hepp Jakob Kottke
Rileigh Olsen Tyler Shreve
Audryanna Hyesen Petry
Carder Jack McIntyre
Hailey Betz Phoenix Lavigne
Trey Schroefel Anna Wagner
TJ Bauer
Kinzee Seymour