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You said freewheel and you said cassette. I assume cassette is what you need, not a freewheel.
I use eight speed, not nine speed. I have always used SRAM 11/32 cassettes, they have had a couple different grades and they were only a few bucks different in price. The last one I bought was at REI because it was not more than Amazon. And the time before, I bought from Amazon.
You were silent on tools. Do you have the cassette lockring tool? And a chain whip? And an adjustable wrench, half inch drive ratchet or bench vice to put on the cassette tool? If you need that stuff, there probably is a good video on youtube from Park Tools on how to swap out a cassette. Park Tools and Arts cycle are the two places that I think highly of their youtube how-to videos.
It does not matter which brand nine speed cassette you buy. When I say that, there are Campy cassettes that will not work, but I do not think they made an 11/32, so that should not be anything to worry about. If you know that 11/32 is what you have used, stick with it.