The Rapid City Marshals are a professional indoor football team set to begin play as a member of

Champions Indoor Football Champions Indoor Football (CIF) is a professional indoor American football minor league created in 2014 out of the merger between the Champions Professional Indoor Football League (CPIFL) and Lone Star Football League (LSFL), plus one team from ...

for the 2022 season. Based in

Rapid City, South Dakota Rapid City ( lkt, link=no, Mni Lúzahaŋ Otȟúŋwahe; "Swift Water City") is the second most populous city in South Dakota and the county seat of Pennington County. Named after Rapid Creek, where the settlement developed, it is in western So ...

, the Marshals will play their home games at the Summit Arena at The Monument.

History

The Marshals will be the third indoor football team to be based in Rapid City following the

Black Hills Red Dogs Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white have of ...

(2000–2005) and the

Rapid City Flying Aces The Rapid City Flying Aces were a professional indoor American football team in Rapid City, South Dakota. Like their predecessors, the Black Hills Red Dogs, they played their home games at the Don Barnett Arena in Rapid City. As of April 2007, t ...

(2006). On April 30, 2021, Keith Russ and Tel Koan, owners of fellow

(CIF) teams the

Wyoming Mustangs The Gillette Mustangs (formerly Wyoming Mustangs) is a professional indoor football team based in Gillette, Wyoming. The team was announced as a 2021 expansion team as a member of Champions Indoor Football Champions Indoor Football (CIF) is a ...

and

Billings Outlaws The Billings Outlaws were a professional league indoor football team based in Billings, Montana. They were a member of the Indoor Football League (IFL), of which they were the 2-time defending champions. They played their home games at Rimrock A ...

, announced launch of another CIF team to be based in Rapid City with their name, logo, and color scheme. The Marshals name was chosen to reflect the Rapid City area's passion for the Old West, as well as to provide a contrast to their CIF league-mates the Billings Outlaws and

Sioux City Bandits The Sioux City Bandits are a professional indoor football team based in Sioux City, Iowa, and compete as a member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). The team was founded in 1999 as the Sioux City Attack. In 2001, the team assumed their current ...

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External links

Official website
{{Dakota Sports Champions Indoor Football teams American football teams in South Dakota Sports in Rapid City, South Dakota American football teams established in 2021 2021 establishments in South Dakota