FREEPORT — The ball is snapped into Ryan Weigold’s hands.

His next move?

Whatever he wants.

The Freeport High School offense seems to like it that way.

The Yellowjackets are off to a 5-1 start and host Deer Lakes tonight with first place in the Allegheny Conference on the line. A versatile passing attack is a big reason why Freeport is in this position.

“We run a read offense and the decisions are in Ryan’s hands,” Freeport coach John Gaillot said of his quarterback. “He knows how to read a defense and find the open man.”

Weigold knows how to do a lot of things. He carries a 4.36 grade point average. The bulk of his receivers carry a similar GPA. Weigold estimates the entire group averages about 3.9.

“We’ve got a kid with a 5.02 grade point,” Weigold said, laughing. “We call him The Calculator. The kid knows everything.”

Few know how to stop the Yellowjacket air game.

“If I’m running it right, nobody can stop it. Nobody can cover all of those guys,” Weigold said.

All of those guys include senior twin receivers Brandon and Dylan Hochbein, J.J. Brestensky and tight end Josh Beale.

Beale, a senior, is on the football team for the first time since his freshman year. He’s caught 10 passes for 169 yards and three touchdowns. Brestensky has hauled in eight balls for 216 yards and three scores.

The Hochbein numbers are almost as identical as they are. Brandon has 19 catches for 362 yards and six scores, Dylan 19 for 339 and two touchdowns.

“We run a spread and you would think it’d be complicated, but it really wasn’t hard to pick up,” Beale said. “We’ve got a lot of three-sport athletes on this team and we’re used to playing together.

“I came back out for football this year because I saw how much fun it could be.”

The Yellowjackets threw the ball well last year, too. Andrew Romanchak — now a freshman defensive back at Robert Morris — threw for school-record totals of 1,922 yards and 17 touchdowns in 2014.

Both of those marks are in jeopardy. With three regular season games and playoffs still ahead, Weigold has thrown for 1,126 yards and 13 touchdowns. He has been intercepted only once.

“Oh, those records are falling,” Weigold said. “Andrew and I are good friends. We talk all the time and I always tease him about that.”

Dylan Hochbein set single-season school records last year of 54 catches for 873 yards. Those records are safe.

The football hasn’t been finding Hochbein as often this season — and he’s fine with it.

“Our offense works better when the ball is spread around,” Dylan said. “We’re harder to defend.”

Besides, there’s still plenty of competition between brothers.

“If he scores, I want to score. If he makes a big play, I want one, too,” Brandon Hochbein said. “It’s a pride thing. It’s bragging rights at dinner.”

“It can get pretty intense between us,” Dylan said, laughing. “But it’s friendly at the same time. And it drives us both to become better.”

Because so many Freeport receivers can catch the ball and make plays, all are driven to fun clean, effective routes.

“Whoever gets open gets the ball,” Brestensky said. “You want to run a good route because Ryan reads the whole field so well.

“If you’re open, he’ll find you.”

And once the quarterback finds his target, the rest of the receiving corps does the same.

“I’ve never seen a group of receivers block for each other down field the way these guys do,” Gaillot said. “As soon as somebody catches the ball, the others are flocking to him to help.It’s impressive.”

It’s also effective.

“We get a ton of yards after the catch,” Weigold said.

“We work as a team that way,” Brestensky said. “We’re all responsible for moving the ball down field — not just the guy carrying the ball.”

When the Yellowjackets aren’t throwing the ball, they’re running it pretty effectively. Ian Miller has rushed for 400 yards and seven touchdowns.

“It’s definitely fun,” Brandon Hochbein said. “We’re always running the spread, running all over the place. Anyone can get the ball in his hands at any time.

“It doesn’t matter who’s making the catches or scoring the touchdowns, as long as we score them.”

Gaillot credits offensive coordinator Talan Conjack for conjuring up this offense Freeport hopes will lead to a section title.

“He came up with that whole spread scheme and the kids execute it,” the coach said. “Ryan can ad-lib when he scrambles out of the pocket as well as anybody. Our line gives him time to read through his progressions ... It all works.”

A football team’s offensive line is often overlooked. But Weigold appreciates his group up front.

“None of this can work without those guys,” the quarterback said. “They’re always giving me time back there. They’re great.”