: 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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Glenelg girls lacrosse is coming off a 2A state championship, and several other Howard County teams feel capable of reaching that level.
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Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2025
There have been multiple instances when baseball and softball, which share a complex with adjacent fields, and lacrosse played at the same time and literally across the street from each other.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Loyola High’s freshman class last season in lacrosse was judged one of its best, and now with a year of high school experience under their belt, the players are showing off their talent.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
Your accomplishments in women’s lacrosse over your career as a player and coach would take up this entire interview.
—Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
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Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2025
There have been multiple instances when baseball and softball, which share a complex with adjacent fields, and lacrosse played at the same time and literally across the street from each other.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Loyola High’s freshman class last season in lacrosse was judged one of its best, and now with a year of high school experience under their belt, the players are showing off their talent.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
Your accomplishments in women’s lacrosse over your career as a player and coach would take up this entire interview.
—Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
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“Lacrosse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lacrosse. Accessed 22 Apr. 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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