: 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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Practical issues may also be in play, such as when teens have to wear white bottoms, which are common in sports like field hockey, lacrosse, and cheerleading.
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Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 20 Oct. 2025
This includes senior running back and corner Gianni DePrimeo, who’s committed to the United States Naval Academy for lacrosse.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
The findings also cited instances of trans athletes competing in girls' Alpine and Nordic skiing, lacrosse, track and field, and volleyball in Minnesota.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Nowadays, young people who participate in sports, from football to field hockey and lacrosse to soccer, are less likely to play on natural grass than on artificial turf, also called synthetic grass, synthetic turf, or astroturf.
—Jon-David Regis, NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
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Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 20 Oct. 2025
This includes senior running back and corner Gianni DePrimeo, who’s committed to the United States Naval Academy for lacrosse.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
The findings also cited instances of trans athletes competing in girls' Alpine and Nordic skiing, lacrosse, track and field, and volleyball in Minnesota.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Nowadays, young people who participate in sports, from football to field hockey and lacrosse to soccer, are less likely to play on natural grass than on artificial turf, also called synthetic grass, synthetic turf, or astroturf.
—Jon-David Regis, NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Lacrosse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lacrosse. Accessed 28 Oct. 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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