The Saginaw Sting
is a team of the Indoor Football League that began play as a 2008 expansion franchise in the Continental Indoor Football League. The team plays its home games at The Dow Event Center in Saginaw, Michigan.
On June 29, 2008, the Sting defeated the Xplosion 41-37 to win the CIFL Championship Game.
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SAGINAW STING TICKETS
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History
Original Team owners are Mike Johnson, Mike Trumbull and Esteban Rivera who also own the
Kalamazoo Xplosion.
A number of Sting players and Xplosion players indicated at the end of the 2008 season that wages was in arrears from the owners. this lead to an investigation of Johnson in his roll as Sting General Manager. Trumbull, owner of Triple Threat Sports in Battle Creek, and Rivera, a Battle Creek police officer, have offered a deal to split ownership of the two team with Trumbell and Rivera owning the Sting and Johnson receiving the Xplosion. Trumbull and Rivera has indicated that they plan for the Sting to move to the new
Indoor Football League.
Season-By-Season
Note:
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties''
| Season
| W
| L
| T
| Finish
| Playoff results
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| Saginaw Sting (CIFL)
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| 2008
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 2nd Atlantic West
| Won AD West Finals (Marion)
Won AD Championship (Lehigh Valley)
Won CIFL Championship (Kalamazoo)
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| Saginaw Sting (IFL)
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| 3
| 10
| 0
| 4th United Atlantic
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| Totals
| 16
| 12
| 0
| (including playoffs)
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* = Current Standing
2008 Season Schedule
| Date
| Opponent
| Home/Away
| Result
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| March 9
| Flint Phantoms
| Away
| Won 51-25 [1]
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| March 21
| Marion Mayhem
| Home
| Won 54-48 [2]
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| March 29
| Miami Valley Silverbacks
| Away
| Won 70-26 [3]
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| April 4
| New Jersey Revolution
| Home
| Won 48-24 [4]
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| April 11
| Flint Phantoms
| Home
| Won 55-28 [5] [6]
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| April 19
| Rochester Raiders
| Away
| Lost 43-59 [7]
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| April 26
| Rock River Raptors
| Away
| Lost 50-51 [8]
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| May 2
| Milwaukee Bonecrushers
| Home
| Won 51-28 [9]
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| May 10
| Fort Wayne Freedom
| Away
| Won 34-21 [10]
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| May 24
| Chicago Slaughter
| Home
| Won 53-28 [11]
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| May 31
| Milwaukee Bonecrushers
| Away
| Won 54-28 [12]
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| June 6
| Muskegon Thunder
| Home
| Won 60-23 [13]
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| Playoff
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| June 14
| Marion Mayhem (Playoffs)
| Home
| Won 41-34
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| June 23
| Lehigh Valley Outlawz (Playoffs)
| Home
| Won 59-25
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| June 29
| Kalamazoo Xplosion (CIFL Championship)
| Away
| Won 41-37
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2009 Season Schedule
| Date
| Opponent
| Home/Away
| Result
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| March 13
| Muskegon Thunder
| Away
| Won 16-9
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| March 20
| RiverCity Rage
| Home
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| March 29
| Rochester Raiders
| Home
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| April 4
| RiverCity Rage
| Away
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| April 10
| Muskegon Thunder
| Home
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| April 18
| Bloomington Extreme
| Away
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| April 25
| RiverCity Rage
| Away
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| May 1
| Muskegon Thunder
| Away
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| May 8
| Maryland Maniacs
| Home
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| May 16
| Maryland Maniacs
| Away
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| May 22
| Bloomington Extreme
| Home
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| May 30
| Rochester Raiders
| Away
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| June 5
| Maryland Maniacs
| Home
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| June 19
| Sioux City Bandits
| Home
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References
- Flint Phantoms lose CIFL debut to Saginaw Sting
- Down big in final period, Mayhem comeback falls just short against Sting
- Sting remain perfect, 70-26
- Sting cruise past New Jersey, 48-24
- Phantoms fade after strong start
- Sting crazy
- Sting suffer first loss
- Sting fall in final seconds
- Saginaw ends two-game slide with dominating performance
- Sting 'D' delivers at Fort Wayne
- STING INSIDER: Saginaw Sting beat Chicago Slaughter 53-28
- Sting win, 61-28
- The Saginaw Sting cap their inaugural season with a 60-23 victory over visiting Muskegon