Lacrosse

Having been one of the most decorated athletes and best lacrosse player to come out of my high school, my personal goal was to play Division I college lacrosse. You can image my personal satisfaction when I signed on to play Division 1 lacrosse in college. I thought there was nothing else I wanted to do for the next four years. I only went about looking at schools that fit my “lacrosse” blueprint, instead of looking at my college experience as something more than that. I didn’t take the…

Spring 2016 was my first season playing lacrosse at Edison High School. I was truly excited to learn a new sport. From what I knew, lacrosse was basically soccer with sticks; throwing and catching a ball with a stick seemed a relatively straightforward concept. In the first practice, I wasn’t able to throw or catch a single ball. Whenever I threw the ball, it fell out of my stick and whenever I tried to catch the ball, it bounced off the side or flew past me. Dismayed at my performance, I…

Pre-trial Statements The Duke Lacrosse case exploded into the national court of public opinion and polarized a nation in March of 2006. At its center was The case opened the door to discussions on social injustice and the rape culture on college campuses while also driving a guilty narrative for a weak, rushed case headed by a rogue prosecutor. The unethical actions and statements of the prosecutor, District Attorney Mike Nifong, in pretrial interviews asserted such claims as his conviction…

Honors English 9 March 21, 2024. No One Wants To Be A Lacrosse Goalie Do you know what position in a sport requires you to be mentally unstable, goalie? Who would want to sit around and not score in a sport? Who would want to take shots at upwards of 90-100 miles per hour straight to the shins with no protective gear over them? Well, those points are exactly why everyone says they don’t want to be a lacrosse goalie. No one wants to be a lacrosse goalie. Yes, the ball does hurt, they have that…

on a cool spring night in the middle of May. I was running on a field next to 11 of my teammates and 12 opponents. We were losing the lacrosse game by two points and we had four minutes left in the game. I instinctively made a choice that looked bad on the outside but ultimately… was still a bad choice. It was around 8 o’clock on a thursday night, our girls lacrosse team was playing a normal regulation game against the dreaded high school team from Hempfield. Hempfield wasn’t even that great of…

Watching the ball leave my teammate’s stick, fly through the air, and land in my stick was only the beginning of my love for lacrosse. Now, every time I shoot the ball and it strikes the back of the net, I remember the first time I played lacrosse and I am extremely grateful for it. I knew from the moment I picked up a stick, that I had a future and I would need to work extremely hard to become the best player I could be. Although I was not able to catch or throw my first time practicing, I kept…

Successful Lacrosse Goalie Goalies of any sport are never seen as stars or an MVP. It’s usually the guy who makes the most goals who get all the praise and that’s reasonable. I mean, after all isn’t he bringing home the win? Wrong. Although, the goalie position usually gets no merit but the goalie is the most essential player on the team. Google’s oversimplification of the goalie position in lacrosse is far too insulting to take seriously. It says all you have to do in order to be a…

One day I played a game. That game was lacrosse. When I first played I was 7; However I had never heard of lacrosse and chose to try It. After the first few weeks of practice we had our first game. I was excited for the chance to play a game. We got to the field early In the morning. The reddish orange sun was still rising over the horizon. The sun was a lantern that morning. The field was a green carpet with splotches of dark brown mud. As we walk across the field, I take a deep breath and…

Fall ball is a great opportunity for lacrosse coaching staffs to assess their team's strengths and weaknesses and see which underclassmen are ready to take on a bigger role. It is also a great opportunity for teams to build the camaraderie and communication skills that will be necessary for teams to have a successful season and a deep run in the playoffs come Memorial Day. While Fall Ball wins and losses shouldn't be taken too seriously, the scrimmages can be fans' and commentators' first…

Lacrosse Should Be For Everyone Growing up I learned that not many people in Merced County actually know what lacrosse is. Lacrosse is a field sport, just like soccer; there are goal areas on both sides of the field. Players have chest pads a helmet like football and a lacrosse stick. Most people do not know that today 's Lacrosse was influenced by a game that the Native Americans played. Lacrosse is a popular sport in other countries and in private schools, does not cost as much as football or…