
The Fishers Freight will get another shot at the Indoor Football League’s top-ranked team Saturday, and this time the setting will be the Fishers Event Center.
Fishers hosts the Green Bay Blizzard at 5 p.m. in one of the league’s marquee matchups of the weekend. Both teams enter the game at 5-1 overall and 4-1 in conference play, making the contest an early-season measuring stick in the Eastern Conference race.
Green Bay is ranked No. 1 in the latest IFL Coaches Poll, while Fishers slipped one spot to No. 3 after Vegas moved into the second position.
The Blizzard handed the Freight their only loss of the season March 21 in Green Bay, 51-42. Fishers struggled through much of the first half, then mounted a second-half comeback that made the game close before Green Bay held on. Blizzard quarterback Liam Thompson accounted for seven touchdowns in that win.
Since then, the Freight have continued to build momentum under Head Coach and General Manager Dixie Wooten. Quarterback Felix Harper, running back Josiah King and receiver CJ Windham have helped give Fishers one of the league’s highest-scoring offenses, averaging 51 points per game through six contests.
King, a key part of the Freight rushing attack, has missed recent games with an injury. His status for Saturday’s matchup has not been officially announced.
Saturday’s game also gives Fishers a chance to show how far it has come since the earlier Green Bay meeting. The Freight showed resilience in that matchup, but will need a faster start and cleaner execution against a Blizzard team that has already proven it can finish close games.
The game is scheduled for 5 p.m. Saturday at the Fishers Event Center and is listed as a Yahoo Sports broadcast.