Grand Rapids played in the first ever game in MILA history, where they defeated Columbus 18-17[1] in overtime.

The Dragonfish would go on to defeat the Chicago Outlaws in the championship on October 1, 2011, with a final score of 13–7.

Grand Rapids went on to play in the Third Place game where they defeated Pittsburgh 9–0.

[3] King commented after saying, “This was my last competitive game for the Fish; I want to work on growing the CILL and making it better year-after-year and spreading box lacrosse in the U.S.” In 2014 the Lansing Hot Rods joined the CILL, bringing the number of Michigan teams up to three.

[4] The Dragonfish made it to the CILL championship, but were defeated by the Chicago Outlaws by a score of 20–13.