2025 Fishers Freight season

2025 Fishers Freight season
2025 Fishers Freight season
Owner	Jim Hallett
General manager	Dixie Wooten
Head coach	Dixie Wooten
Home stadium	Fishers Event Center
Results
Record	4–9
Conference place	6th Eastern
	Freight seasons; 2026 →;

The 2025 season was the Fishers Freight's inaugural season in the Indoor Football League (IFL) and the first IFL season for the state of Indiana. The team is led by general manager and head coach Dixie Wooten.

Founding

On October 24, 2023, the Indoor Football League (IFL) announced an expansion team, tentatively known as "Indy Indoor Football", that would play at the brand-new Fishers Event Center and begin play in 2025.^[1] On December 15, the team was named the Fishers Freight.^[2]

Staff

**2025 Fishers Freight staff**
	Front office Owner – Jim Hallett President/CEO – Larry McQueary General manager – Dixie Wooten Vice president of operations – Matthew Louck Head coaches Head coach – Dixie Wooten Assistant head coach – Chuck Miller Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator/offensive line – Dixie Wooten III			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Chuck Miller Defensive backs – Kiante Northington Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Kiante Northington Strength and conditioning Head strength and conditioning – Bob Buckland Head athletic trainer – Madison Sikyta → Coaching staff → Front office

Roster

**2025 Fishers Freight roster**
Quarterbacks (QB) – Keegan Shoemaker – Jiya Wright Running backs (RB) – John Gay – Jon Lewis – Morian Walker Wide receivers (WR) – Jaelin Carter – Isiah Cox – Jordan Kress – Jeremy Singleton 1 J. T. Stokes 2 Julian Walker – Jordan Williams-Lambert Tight ends (TE) None		Offensive linemen (OL) – Johari Branch – Kaleb Brewer – Jeremy Cooper – AJ Forbes – David Munoz – LaQuinston Sharp – Geor’Terrius Spivey Defensive linemen (DL) – Tamar Heart – Robert Horsey 0 Krystapher Oakley – Kwame Sutton – Jaylin Swan – Brayden Utley		Linebackers (LB) – Trajan Stephens-McQueen Defensive backs (DB) – Kareem Gaulden – Devin Hafford – AJ Felton – Aaron Jackson – Chris Jefferson – Tyrell Pearson – Jaiden Roe – Shawn Steele II – Greg Thomas Jr. Special teams (ST) – Michael Baloga		Rookies in italics 30 active

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	Bye
2	March 29	at Northern Arizona Wranglers	W 41–29	1–0	Findlay Toyota Center	Recap
3	April 4	Tulsa Oilers	W 40–29	2–0	Fishers Event Center	Recap
4	April 12	at Massachusetts Pirates	L 47–50	2–1	Tsongas Center	Recap
5	April 19	Bay Area Panthers	L 41–57	2–2	Fishers Event Center	Recap
6	April 26	at Iowa Barnstormers	L 37–68	2–3	Wells Fargo Arena^[a]	Recap
7	May 3	Quad City Steamwheelers	L OT 48–55	2–4	Fishers Event Center	Recap
8	Bye
9	May 17	at Jacksonville Sharks	L 27–59	2–5	VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena	Recap
10	May 24	Jacksonville Sharks	L 40–46	2–6	Fishers Event Center	Recap
11	May 30	at Green Bay Blizzard	L 39–55	2–7	Resch Center	Recap
12	June 7	Massachusetts Pirates	L 23–40	2–8	Fishers Event Center	Recap
13	June 14	at Quad City Steamwheelers	L 28–45	2–9	Vibrant Arena at The MARK	Recap
14	June 21	Green Bay Blizzard	W 57–56	3–9	Fishers Event Center	Recap
15	June 28	at Tulsa Oilers	W 33–7	4–9	BOK Center	Recap
16	Bye
17	July 12	at Iowa Barnstormers	W 58–50	5–9	Casey's Center^[a]	Recap
18	July 19	San Diego Strike Force	W 49–40	6–9	Fishers Event Center	Recap
19	July 25	Iowa Barnstormers	W 81–40	7–9	Fishers Event Center	Recap
Notes: * Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. Legend: – Light green background indicates a victory. – Light red background indicates a loss.

Game summaries

Week 2: at Northern Arizona Wranglers

Week 2: Fishers Freight at Northern Arizona Wranglers – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Freight	0	13	20	8	41
Wranglers	7	14	0	8	29

at Findlay Toyota Center, Prescott Valley, Arizona

Date: March 29, 2025
Game time: 9:05 p.m. EST
Game weather: None (indoor arena)
TV announcers (IFL Network): James Poovey (play-by-play), Brecken Poovey (analyst)

Game information

First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Passing

FF – Jiya Wright – 4/9, 47 yards
NAZ – C. J. Fowler – 14/26, 113 yards, TD, 2 INT

Rushing

FF – Jiya Wright – 18 attempts, 127 yards, 2 TD
NAZ – C. J. Fowler – 7 attempts, 55 yards, 2 TD

Receiving

FF – J. T. Stokes – 1 reception, 24 yards
NAZ – Marvin Kinsey – 3 receptions, 42 yards

Week 3: vs. Tulsa Oilers

Week 3: Tulsa Oilers at Fishers Freight – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Oilers	0	7	7	15	29
Freight	14	12	7	7	40

at Fishers Event Center, Fishers, Indiana

Date: April 4, 2025
Game time: 7:05 p.m. EST
Game weather: None (indoor arena)
TV announcers (IFL Network): Andrew Smith (play-by-play), Jim Leisure (analyst), Eva Hallman (sideline reporter)

Game information

First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Passing

TUL – T. J. Edwards – 11/18, 84 yards, 2 TD
FF – Jiya Wright – 16/23, 127 yards, 2 TD

Rushing

TUL – T. J. Edwards – 10 attempts, 53 yards, TD
FF – Jiya Wright – 16 attempts, 54 yards, 3 TD

Receiving

TUL – Phazione McClurge – 5 receptions, 40 yards, 2 TD
FF – Shavarez Smith – 7 receptions, 58 yards, TD

Week 4: at Massachusetts Pirates

Week 4: Fishers Freight at Massachusetts Pirates – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Freight	13	12	6	16	47
Pirates	14	19	7	10	50

at Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts

Date: April 12, 2025
Game time: 7:05 p.m. EST
Game weather: None (indoor arena)
TV: IFL Network

Game information

First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Passing

FF – Jiya Wright – 10/14, 65 yards, TD, INT
MAS – Kenji Bahar – 15/22, 179 yards, 3 TD, INT

Rushing

FF – Jiya Wright – 7 attempts, 52 yards, 2 TD
MAS – Pooka Williams Jr. – 13 attempts, 37 yards

Receiving

FF – J. T. Stokes – 6 receptions, 71 yards, TD
MAS – Thomas Owens – 4 receptions, 58 yards, TD

Week 5: vs. Bay Area Panthers

Week 5: Bay Area Panthers at Fishers Freight – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	0	0	0	0
Freight	0	0	0	0	0

at Fishers Event Center, Fishers, Indiana

Date: April 12, 2025
Game time: 7:05 p.m. EST
Game weather: None (indoor arena)
TV: IFL Network

Game information

First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Passing

BAP –
FF –

Rushing

BAP –
FF –

Receiving

BAP –
FF –

Standings

Eastern Conference
view talk edit	W	L	PCT	CONF
Quad City Steamwheelers	11	5	.688	10–5
Green Bay Blizzard	10	6	.625	10–4
Tulsa Oilers	10	6	.625	6–4
Jacksonville Sharks	10	6	.625	6–5
Massachusetts Pirates	7	9	.438	7–6
Fishers Freight	7	9	.438	4–7
Iowa Barnstormers	1	15	.063	1–13

Notes

1 2 Wells Fargo Arena was renamed Casey's Center on July 1, 2025.^[3]

References

↑ Van Beek, Eric (October 23, 2023). "INDIANAPOLIS TO JOIN IFL IN 2025". Indoor Football League. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
↑ "Kicking off March 2025..." Fishers Freight. December 15, 2023. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
↑ "Wells Fargo Arena to be renamed Casey's Center July 1". Iowa Events Center. October 21, 2024. Retrieved February 7, 2025.

[WFC-4] 1 2 Wells Fargo Arena was renamed Casey's Center on July 1, 2025.^[3]

[1] Van Beek, Eric (October 23, 2023). "INDIANAPOLIS TO JOIN IFL IN 2025". Indoor Football League. Retrieved February 4, 2025.

[2] "Kicking off March 2025..." Fishers Freight. December 15, 2023. Retrieved February 4, 2025.

[3] "Wells Fargo Arena to be renamed Casey's Center July 1". Iowa Events Center. October 21, 2024. Retrieved February 7, 2025.

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