: 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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Oviedo went 15-8 in 2008 and reached the state semifinal round in the first year that lacrosse was sanctioned as a state championship sport by the FHSAA.
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Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
Boys lacrosse In a nonleague matchup, Nick Pearce (3 goals), Eamon Steele (2 goals) and Michael Chetwynd (2 goals) paced Sandwich to a 9-3 victory over Plymouth South.
—Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
Casey, too, has a multisport background, playing football, basketball and lacrosse during his high school and collegiate career.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
Four Olympic sports — flag football, lacrosse, softball and squash — sold all their available inventory for the first drop.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
Boys lacrosse In a nonleague matchup, Nick Pearce (3 goals), Eamon Steele (2 goals) and Michael Chetwynd (2 goals) paced Sandwich to a 9-3 victory over Plymouth South.
—Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
Casey, too, has a multisport background, playing football, basketball and lacrosse during his high school and collegiate career.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
Four Olympic sports — flag football, lacrosse, softball and squash — sold all their available inventory for the first drop.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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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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