Two Freeport baseball players were named to the 2025 Pennsylvania State Baseball Coaches Association All-State Class 3A team Thursday afternoon.
Infielder Michael Hanz wa...
Freeport’s school board will decide either in favor of the overhaul of a high school in disrepair or to avoid spending on a project that will bring the district more than...
BUFFALO TWP — Freeport Area School District is days away from finding out if it’s $55 million in the hole for large-scale high school repairs.
Freeport’s school board is...
BUFFALO TWP — Cheers and tears set the scene for 131 Freeport Area High School seniors who marched across the stage to receive their high school diplomas on Friday evenin...
The WPIAL baseball tournament continues this week with the last quarterfinals and all semifinals.
The Butler Golden Tornado, Seneca Valley and Mars are the last Butle...
If you want to impact the future and shape the formative years of hundreds of youths, become a school board member.
“Great school boards understand they have (a) profound...
MONROEVILLE — Early success against a pitching ace can set the tone for an entire baseball game.
Freeport was certainly hoping so when it scored a pair of runs in the fir...
BUFFALO TWP — Freeport’s school board will have more time to make a decision on its high school’s future.
With questions over project funding and potential tax hikes, an...
BUFFALO TWP — Members of the Freeport Area School Board unanimously approved a preliminary operating fund budget for the 2025-26 school year during a special meeting on W...
Jack Huth openly admits he didn’t believe he was ready to carry the load for Freeport’s varsity football team when the 1973 season began.
That year, Huth was a 130-pound ...
As the Freeport Area School District get’s ready to craft its 2025-26 operating budget, a May 14 high school renovation decision also looms over future financial decision...
BUFFALO TWP — Freeport Area School District families will have an answer on the high school’s future by mid-May.
Gary Risch Jr., Freeport’s school board president, said ...
Kira Schrecongost knew what she had in the tank entering the 100-yard butterfly at the PIAA Class 2A girls swimming championships on Wednesday. By finishing the event in ...
Michael Braun is happy to head into the outdoor track and field season with the chance for a few weeks of rest to heal up.
The Freeport senior closed out his final in...
PITTSBURGH — Giona Lavorini used to have a lucky swim cap.
“It was my first YMCA team cap,” the Knoch senior swimmer said. “It had my name on it and the team and stuff. ...
BEAVER — A three-month lesson just concluded for Freeport’s girls basketball team, one that should serve the young Yellowjackets well moving forward.
In Monday’s 62-28 lo...
BUFFALO TWP — Freeport Area School District residents can expect a final decision on the high school renovation project to made in early March.
School board member Grego...
National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform placed Freeport Area Middle School on its Schools to Watch list, which acknowledges schools’ commitment to academic exce...
BUFFALO TWP — The Freeport Area School Board broke down renovation plans for the high school at a Wednesday, Jan. 15 meeting, but noted that a tax increase for the distri...
BUFFALO TWP — The score got out of hand early. Starters left the floor.
But one element of Knoch’s 71-29 WPIAL Section 1-4A boys basketball victory at Freeport on Tuesday...
Buffalo Township residents will see taxes to the township climb in the new year.
The township recently approved its budget for the 2025 fiscal year, complete with a 4-mi...
BUFFALO TWP — The Freeport Area School District board’s Jan. 15 meeting may be the last time the public gets to comment before moving forward with a vote on potentially r...
BUFFALO TWP — Butler boys basketball continues to learn something with each win this season.
This time, it was what to expect from backup guard Kyle Casteel when thrust i...
BUFFALO TWP — Freeport girls basketball will get healthier. But until then, and facing a challenging non-section schedule, the Yellowjackets are taking some lumps.
That w...
FREEPORT — In a game that featured 13 lead changes and eight ties through the first three quarters, somebody had to be a difference-maker.
Enter Stainton Forbes.
Butler’s...
FREEPORT — Freeport jumped out to a big lead early. But the Yellowjackets faded late.
The hosts managed to score only eight points in the second half in dropping a 43-29 ...
Freeport swimming has not had a pool to call home for a while.
In the past, the Yellowjackets, whose girls team tied for a section championship last year, have sparingly ...
Butler County cross country coaches have announced their 2024 All-County boys and girls runners.
Freeport’s Michael Braun, who won the WPIAL Class 2A boys championship an...
CENTER TWP, Beaver County — The big offensive plays that were such an important part of Freeport football’s season vanished during the first three quarters against Centra...
