MILA

Kevin Tait was brought in to the Colorado Sabertooths as a veteran presence after playing in the National Lacrosse League with the Colorado Mammoth. He has helped lead the Sabertooths to the MILA Championship game in just their first season on the turf. “It’s an honor to represent Colorado in the championships.” says Tait. “There is still a little skepticism in the lacrosse community when it comes to any team…

Only two teams will be facing off for the MILA Championship, and Southern Ohio Box Lacrosse was not one of them in season one. The expansion team, however, is happy with their first season on the turf. “The season has been a challenge, as I anticipated.” said Sean Murphy, the team owner.  “Getting players to commit to the travel involved is always challenging.  With box lacrosse still being the lesser-known…

According to sources in the league, the Midwest Indoor Lacrosse Association will have a championship game after all. The undefeated Colorado Sabertooths will face the undefeated Grand Rapids Dragonfish on November 3rd. Playoffs had been scheduled for Milwaukee on October 6th with Colorado, Grand Rapids, Milwaukee and Chicago playing, but later it was found that Colorado would not be playing in it. Details emerged yesterday that Colorado had requested the…

After an initial report a few days ago regarding the Midwest Indoor Lacrosse Association playoffs, some new details have emerged. According to a source, the Colorado Sabertooths and Grand Rapids Dragonfish will likely be named co champions, as originally reported. However, some more details have come alive. According to this source, the Sabertooths and Dragonfish had agreed on a tentative basis to play a Championship game in Omaha. However, it was then moved…

The MILA Championship and playoffs are set to be hosted this weekend, but not exactly as it might have been expected. The Dragonfish were set to host the playoffs, but Colorado was not able to do that. The playoffs were then moved to Milwaukee as a better overall facility and to cheapen things for costs for the Sabertooths. In the end, the playoffs will be in Grand Rapids. The Dragonfish…

The Pittsburgh Octane tweeted this week that they will not be able to participate in the MILA playoffs due to not getting enough player commitments and not having the financial resources to play. Meanwhile, the Grand Rapids Dragonfish and Colorado Sabertooths ended their seasons undefeated. This weekend will be MILA exhibition weekend with several exhibition lacrosse games. There is one more regular season game, with the Dragonfish playing Southern Ohio…

Normally, expansion teams struggle in their first year in a league. Even in a smaller league like the Midwest Indoor Lacrosse Association, seeing a brad new team dominate is a little bit surprising. That’s why the Colorado Sabertooths season is a bit shocking. The only other team to go undefeated is the Grand Rapids Dragonfish, last season’s champion and they have some NLL players on that team. Colorado was going…