INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's newest professional football team held tryouts on Saturday ahead of their planned debut in the spring of 2025.
The Indiana Valor, of the Women's Football Alliance, saw more than 170 women from across the Hoosier state show up for a combine on Oct. 19 hoping to make the team.
The team will be the first women's football team from the Circle City since the Indy Crash folded after the completion of the 2017 WFA season. The Crash played at Roncalli High School and won their division once in 2011.
Prospective players took their talents to the Mojo Up Sports Complex in Noblesville with hopes of playing professional football for their hometown. One player said she tried out to inspire her family.
"I didn't realize I could play football until about two years ago," Aaliyah Lockridge said. "I have a daughter and she plays flag football, so it means a lot to just be out here and show her girls can do this, too."