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Freeport Area School District
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...
June 19, 2025 Sports
$55 million project approved alongside district’s 2025-26 budget and tax increase.
$55 million project approved alongside district’s 2025-26 budget and tax increase.
June 11, 2025 Local News
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...
June 08, 2025 Local News
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...
June 05, 2025 Local News
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...
May 30, 2025 Local News
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...
May 25, 2025 Sports
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...
May 16, 2025 Local News
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...
May 15, 2025 Sports
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...
May 14, 2025 Local News
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...
May 07, 2025 Local News
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 ...
April 12, 2025 Sports
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...
March 14, 2025 Local News
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 ...
March 13, 2025 Local News
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 ...
March 12, 2025 Sports
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...
March 04, 2025 Sports
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. ...
February 28, 2025 Sports
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...
February 17, 2025 Sports
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...
February 05, 2025 Local News
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...
January 25, 2025 Local News
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...
January 17, 2025 Local News
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...
January 14, 2025 Sports
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...
December 31, 2024 Finance
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...
December 12, 2024
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...
December 07, 2024 Sports
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...
December 07, 2024 Sports
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...
December 06, 2024 Sports
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 ...
December 06, 2024 Sports
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 ...
December 03, 2024 Sports
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...
November 18, 2024 Sports
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...
November 09, 2024 Sports
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