: 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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Belichick has three children, and all of them are older than Hudson: Amanda, the head coach of women’s lacrosse at Holy Cross, in Massachusetts, is in her early forties; Steve and Brian, former Patriots coaches who have joined Belichick’s U.N.C. staff, are in their thirties.
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Paige Williams, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Baseball, softball, girls lacrosse, boys wrestling and girls weightlifting won district and region titles.
—Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
The field is currently used by several sports, including club-level teams playing soccer and lacrosse.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 16 July 2025
Little has changed over the years, other than baton twirling giving way to lacrosse, and a charm school class changing to beauty inside and out, where girls are taught that painting your nails red can help keep you from biting them.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 14 July 2025
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Paige Williams, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Baseball, softball, girls lacrosse, boys wrestling and girls weightlifting won district and region titles.
—Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
The field is currently used by several sports, including club-level teams playing soccer and lacrosse.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 16 July 2025
Little has changed over the years, other than baton twirling giving way to lacrosse, and a charm school class changing to beauty inside and out, where girls are taught that painting your nails red can help keep you from biting them.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 14 July 2025
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“Lacrosse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lacrosse. Accessed 22 Aug. 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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