: 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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Baltimore police are investigating an incident involving a man who brandished a firearm at a middle school lacrosse game on Wednesday.
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Mathew Schumer, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2025
High School Sports Prep talk: Palisades goes for City titles in boys’ and girls’ lacrosse
April 30, 2025
Kailani Mercury, Desarae Estana and Taylor Christensen all scored for El Camino Real, which beat Palisades in the 2021 and 2022 finals, but lost to the Dolphins 13-7 in last year’s title game.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Growing up on Long Island, where lacrosse is almost a way of life, my high school program was relatively new.
—Dennis Volpe, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Hailey White, Foothill lacrosse: A freshman, White scored two goals and added a pair of assists in Foothill’s 6-5 win over Livermore, then added five goals and two more assists in a 12-2 victory over Granada.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
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Mathew Schumer, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2025
High School Sports Prep talk: Palisades goes for City titles in boys’ and girls’ lacrosse
April 30, 2025
Kailani Mercury, Desarae Estana and Taylor Christensen all scored for El Camino Real, which beat Palisades in the 2021 and 2022 finals, but lost to the Dolphins 13-7 in last year’s title game.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Growing up on Long Island, where lacrosse is almost a way of life, my high school program was relatively new.
—Dennis Volpe, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Hailey White, Foothill lacrosse: A freshman, White scored two goals and added a pair of assists in Foothill’s 6-5 win over Livermore, then added five goals and two more assists in a 12-2 victory over Granada.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Lacrosse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lacrosse. Accessed 7 May. 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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