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
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The 2025 season is 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  2Julian 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			Fishers Event Center
6	April 26	at Iowa Barnstormers			Wells Fargo Arena [a]
7	May 3	Quad City Steamwheelers			Fishers Event Center
8	Bye
9	May 17	at Jacksonville Sharks			VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
10	May 24	Jacksonville Sharks			Fishers Event Center
11	May 30	at Green Bay Blizzard			Resch Center
12	June 7	Massachusetts Pirates			Fishers Event Center
13	June 14	at Quad City Steamwheelers			Vibrant Arena at The MARK
14	June 21	Green Bay Blizzard			Fishers Event Center
15	June 28	at Tulsa Oilers			BOK Center
16	Bye
17	July 12	at Iowa Barnstormers			Casey's Center [a]
18	July 19	San Diego Strike Force			Fishers Event Center
19	July 25	Iowa Barnstormers			Fishers Event Center
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	GB	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Quad City Steamwheelers	10	3	.750	–	6–2	-	-	W1
Jacksonville Sharks [b]	9	4	.692	1.5	3–2	-	-	W2
Green Bay Blizzard	8	5	.615	1.0	5–2	-	-	L1
Massachusetts Pirates [c]	7	6	.538	4.5	2–3	-	-	W1
Tulsa Oilers [b]	7	6	.538	1.5	3–2	-	-	L2
Fishers Freight [c]	4	9	.308	4.5	1–4	-	-	W2
Iowa Barnstormers	1	12	.077	5.5	1–6	-	-	L10

Notes

1. Wells Fargo Arena was renamed Casey's Center on July 1, 2025. ^[3]
2. Jacksonville holds the tiebreaker over Tulsa by the strength-of-schedule tiebreaker. (15–13 to 15–14)
3. Massachusetts holds the tiebreaker over Fishers by conference record.

References

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.