: a goal game in which players use a long-handled stick that has a triangular head with a mesh pouch to catch, carry, and throw the ball
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Kelly Reid was a junior at Huntington Beach High School who played soccer, flag football and lacrosse.
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Nathaniel Percy, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2025
In addition to football, Mr. Medhurst helmed play-by-play duties on the radio on men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and women’s lacrosse and handled other varsity sports that aired on ESPN+.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2025
Finneran is an All-Scholastic in basketball and lacrosse and will play lacrosse at UMass.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Emery’s focus and ability at lacrosse were a sign of what lay ahead.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024
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Nathaniel Percy, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2025
In addition to football, Mr. Medhurst helmed play-by-play duties on the radio on men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and women’s lacrosse and handled other varsity sports that aired on ESPN+.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2025
Finneran is an All-Scholastic in basketball and lacrosse and will play lacrosse at UMass.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Emery’s focus and ability at lacrosse were a sign of what lay ahead.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024
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“Lacrosse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lacrosse. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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lacrosse
noun
la·crosse
lə-ˈkrȯs 
: a game played on a field in which players use long-handled sticks with shallow nets for catching, throwing, and carrying the ball
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