a game invented by American Indians; now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal
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lacrosse::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | field game |
Examples of lacrosse
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A significant change to the Division II landscape in lacrosse occurred Saturday.
From the newsday.com
The number of high school lacrosse programs has been growing by about 7% a year.
From the online.wsj.com
One of her sons plans to play lacrosse, while the other two may play basketball.
From the lohud.com
Lacrosse at the grass-roots and high school levels continues to grow nationwide.
From the washingtonpost.com
The new turf field will be used for football, soccer, field hockey and lacrosse.
From the democratandchronicle.com
It's also the experience of being a part of history on this first lacrosse team.
From the fresnobee.com
The real camaraderie clicked when she started playing field hockey and lacrosse.
From the signonsandiego.com
Which is why Gina opted to focus on lacrosse her final two years of high school.
From the signonsandiego.com
Staff writer Harold Gutmann writes a weekly high school girls lacrosse notebook.
From the lohud.com
- A game invented by American Indians; now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal
- Lacrosse is a team sport of Aboriginal origin played using a small solid rubber ball and a long-handled racquet called a crosse or lacrosse stick. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose netting designed to catch and hold the lacrosse ball. ...
- Lacrosse is a double live album by John Zorn. It is made up of different takes his early game piece, "Lacrosse". The first disc is from WKCR in June 1978 where Mark Abbott, Polly Bradfield, Eugene Chadbourne, and LaDonna Smith and Zorn recorded 6 different takes. ...
- Lacrosse and Onyx are the code names for the United States' National Reconnaissance Office terrestrial radar imaging reconnaissance satellite. While not officially confirmed by the NRO or anybody in the U.S. ...
- La Crosse is a town in Whitman County, Washington, United States. The population was 380 at the 2000 census.
- A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by achieving a higher score by scoring goals within the allotted time
- Lacrosse was only one of many types of stick-and-ball games played by Aboriginal people at the time of contact with Europeans. Players use a stick about .9 to 1.2 metres long. The stick is curved at one end with a small net to catch, handle and throw a small hard rubber ball with great force. ...
- Is a team sport that is played with ten players (men's field), six players (men's box), or 12 players (women's field), each of whom uses a netted stick (the cross) in order to pass and catch a hard rubber ball with the aim of scoring goals (each worth one point traditionally, but Major League ...
- A model of automobile manufactured by Buick Division of General Motors from 2005-current. In Canada, the name was changed to Allure because lacrosse in Quebec meant masturbation.
