Tri-Cities Fire
| Founded | 2018 |
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| Folded | 2020 |
| Team history |
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| Based in | Kennewick, Washington at Toyota Center |
| Home arena |
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| Mascot | Sparky |
| League | American West Football Conference (2019) |
| Colors | Black, red, gold, white |
| Personnel | |
| Head coach | Kevin Heard |
| General manager | Andy Allord |
| Owners | Rampage Sports Entertainment, LLC (Kinshasa Martin) |
| Website | GoFireFootball.com |
The Tri-Cities Fire were a professional indoor football team based out of Kennewick, Washington, with home games at the Toyota Center during the 2019 season.[1] They were owned by Kinshasa Martin of Rampage Sports Entertainment, LLC.[2] They folded in February 2020 after playing one season, citing lack of support from sponsors and ticket sales.[3] They were the second arena/indoor team to play in the Tri-City region preceded by the Tri-Cities Fever of the NIFL, af2 and the Indoor Football League and followed by the Tri-City Rush of the AWFC.
History
[edit | edit source]On October 15, 2018, the American West Football Conference was founded by the Idaho Horsemen and added the Fire and two other teams to the league: the Reno Express, and Wenatchee Valley Skyhawks.[4][5] The Fire were the first indoor football team in the Tri-Cities following the departure of the Tri-Cities Fever of the Indoor Football League in 2016. Despite being announced in October 2018, they were one of the last AWFC teams to sign a lease with the arena in January 2019.[6]
Their season began on March 23, 2019, in a 42–24 loss at Reno. After a 0–5 start to their inaugural season, the Fire fired head coach Warren Reynolds and was replaced by defensive coordinator Kevin Heard.[7] The Fire finished the season losing all twelve games. The team abruptly folded two weeks prior to the planned start of the 2020 season.[8] They would be replaced a year later by the Tri-City Rush.
2019 standings
[edit | edit source]{{#section:American West Football Conference|2019standings}}
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