🐑💙 Congrats to the Freeman FFA Jr. CDE Members on a great day in Canton!💙🐑
This competition was open to students in 7th to 9th grades, and our Flyers represented Freeman with outstanding performances across the board!
🏆 Results:
🌱 Ag Business 🥇 Team Champions
• Reeslyn Hofer, 🥇 1st Place Individual
• Liam Loofbourrow, 2nd Place Individual
🔧 Ag Mechanics - 3rd Place Team
• Jackson Buchmann, 🥇 1st Place Individual
• Joey Kramer, 5th Place Individual
🐄 Dairy Cattle Evaluation - 4th Place Team
• Brogun Broders, 7th Place Individual
🌸 Floriculture - 3rd Place Team
• Penny Schultz, 6th
• Olivia Schultz, 7th
• Kenzy Penner, 11th
• Elsie Tietje, 16th
• Addie Waltner, 17th
• Rylea Timmerman, 21st
• Landrei Baker, 23rd
• Jennah Hafiz, 24th
🍎 Food Science - 2nd Place Team
• Meredith Becker, 4th
• Rylen Aschmeier, 6th
• Roselin Aroche, 7th
🐎 Horse Evaluation - 2nd Place Team
• Hannah Rigo, 5th
• Kendall Broders, 7th
• Roza Grams, 11th
• Maddie Lachman, 13th
• Victoria Wood, 18th
🐖 Livestock Evaluation - 6th Place Team
• Remi Weier, 4th
• Genna Kramer, 10th
🌿 Natural Resources - 5th Place Team
• Trey Maske, 🥇 1st Place Individual
🐾 Vet Science - 4th Place Team
• Alyssa Hofer, 10th
• Kylie Neuharth, 12th
👏 Great job, everyone! Way to represent Freeman with pride. Way to go, Flyers!💛💙 #FreemanFFA #FlyerPride #FFA
Good Evening Freeman Parents! 🌙
This message is to inform you that school will be canceled on Thursday, March 19th, 2026 🏫❌ to allow students and staff the opportunity to travel to Aberdeen 🚌 to support the Flyer boys' basketball team 🏀 at the State B Basketball Tournament! 🏆
Thank you, and GO FLYERS!!!
Shaunacy plans to attend Dakota State University in Madison to major in Digital Arts & Design 🎨💻 She’s ready to draw on her talents and design a bright future — talk about making her mark in pixels and style! ✨🖌️
Fun Fact: Shaunacy’s senior year motto: “I don’t care who is doing better than me, I am doing better than I was last year.” 💫📈
We’re proud of your growth and can’t wait to see the masterpiece you create next! 👏🎉
🏀🏀Congratulations to the Flyers Boys Basketball team! After a solid win against Lower Brule in the SoDak 16 last night, the Flyers cut down the nets and are preparing to head to the Boys Class B State Tournament for the second consecutive year!
📍The Boys Class B State Tournament will take place in the Barnett Center in Aberdeen, SD.
📣We will have a pep rally / send off for the team on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 @ 8:20 AM in the high school gym. The team, staff, and cheerleaders will leave at 9:00 AM.
🕔The #2 Freeman Flyers first game will be against the #7 Sully Buttes Chargers on Thursday, March 19, 2026 @ 5:00 PM.
Full Bracket @ http://bit.ly/4utNdZi
🎥Complete coverage of the tourney available on SDPB @ https://www.sdpb.org/hsactivities/sports/basketball/
Theme days!
Thursday - Black Out (*** UPDATED)
Friday - Neon
Saturday - Flyer Gear / Spirit Day
Go Flyers! 🙌🎉🏀
Reminder for all athletes and parents of students in 6-12 who are participating in a spring sport: There will be a 6-12 Spring Sports Sign Up/Meeting on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM starting in the high school gymnasium. 🏌️⛳🏃♂️➡️👟🥎🥎
https://freeman-bb-state-2026.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Riley plans to attend South Dakota State University in Brookings to major in Nursing 🩺💛 He’s ready to care for others and make a difference — looks like he’s already got a pulse on his future! ❤️
Fun Fact: When asked what food he could eat every day, Riley said potatoes! 🥔
We’re so proud of you, Riley — we know you’ll scrub in and succeed! 👏🎉
Ag Business placed 8th as a team. Reeslyn Hofer led the team with an 18th place individual finish. The team also included Alexa Nanninga and Liam Loofbourrow.
Ag Mechanics brought home a 1st place team finish. Ethan Buchmann was the 1st place individual, Jackson Buchmann placed 3rd and Lane Becker placed 9th. The team also included Owen Andersen, Logun Pankratz and Gideon Rembold.
In Agronomy, Megan Mendel placed 18th individually.
Dairy Cattle Evaluation placed 5th as a team. Riley Gall earned 6th place individually. The team also included Axle Schultz and Brogun Broders.
In Floriculture, Olivia Schultz placed 49th individually.
Food Science earned a 1st place team finish. Isabel Waltner placed 1st individually, Katalyn Juhnke placed 3rd, Adelyn Becker placed 5th and Libby Ammann placed 10th.
Horse Evaluation placed 13th as a team. Maddie Lachman led the team with a 24th place individual finish. The team also included Roza Grams, Kendall Broders and Hannah Rigo.
In Livestock Evaluation, Genna Kramer placed 19th individually.
In Natural Resources, Lane McCune placed 32nd and Trey Maske placed 36th individually.
Great work by all members who competed today. We are proud of the hard work and excited for the rest of the CDE season. 💙💛
#freemanffa #cdeseason #ffa #freemanflyers #nationalffa
🏀🏀The Boys BB SoDak 16 is tomorrow night! The #2 Freeman Flyers will take on the #15 Lower Brule Sioux at 7:00 PM in the Mitchell HS Gym. Let's pack the gym and support our Flyers! UPDATE! The theme for the game has been changed to St. Patty's Day. Wear your finest green!
Mitchell LiveStream link: https://www.youtube.com/@Mitchell_Kernels
Go Flyers! 🙌🎉
Freeman High School All-State Chorus delegates and alternates performed the National Anthem at the Skyforce vs. Austin Spurs game on Sunday, March 8. The ensemble sounded wonderful, and we are incredibly proud of our talented and hardworking students for representing our school so well!
Congratulations to Kenzy Penner on representing Freeman Public Schools by participating in the 2026 South Dakota Middle School All State Band! She and her band performed an amazing concert. Our school was also awarded a 25-year participation plaque and Mrs. Sheila Wipf was proud to accept that award, having had students accepted to this ensemble for the last 25 consecutive years. It was a great day in Mitchell!!
Photos by Jeremy Waltner. Check out https://www.freemansd.com for the game summary and the upcoming full write up.
🏋️♂️🏋️♂️Congratulations to our Freeman Powerlifting crew! At the State A meet in Baltic earlier today, Owen Andersen placed third in the 132.25 weight class, Quentin Andersen placed second in the 181.75 weight class, and Alaric Knittel won the 165.25 weight class by lifting a whopping 1150 lbs. of total weight among squat, bench, and deadlift. Great job, boys! 💪
Due to icy roads, the Region 4B basketball game between #3 Freeman and #2 Parkston scheduled for 7:00 PM in Parkston on March 6, 2026 has been postponed. The game is rescheduled to Saturday, March 7, 2026 @ 7:00 PM.
🎶 Cheer on Freeman High School All State Choir Ensemble! 🎶
Join us in celebrating our talented students as the Freeman High School All State Choir Ensemble performs the National Anthem before the game between the Sioux Falls Skyforce and the Austin Spurs!
📅 Sunday, March 8
⏰ 3:00 PM
🎟 Tickets: $10 + taxes & fees
Get your tickets here:
https://www.gofevo.com/event/Freeman26?access_code=freeman26&area=
Let’s pack the stands and show our Freeman pride! 🐾
Our Elementary Music Concert will be held March 24 at 7 PM. This is a change from the original date, as noted on the March calendar sent last week. 🎤🎵
🔬 We will also host our Science Showcase one hour prior in the Elementary Gym, come check it out! 🎶👏
