Just Laxin'
My Background:
Lacrosse is the greatest game ever to be created. I can't get enough of it, and that's why it is my favorite sport. I started playing lax when I was in 4th grade, and haven't stopped since. I began playing goalie, then after just one year moved to attack. I was the leading scorer on my Rec team, the Owings Mills Eagles, for 4 straight seasons, and helped the team to win a championship when I was in 7th grade. When I got to high school it was almost the same. There were many better players, and I was second string my freshman and junior years. I was second in scoring both my sophomore and senior years, but led the team in assists and face off winning percentage. My junior year our team made it to the state championship game, where I converted 3 out of my 4 shots into goals but we ended up losing the game 9 - 6. Now I am playing club lacrosse here at Towson. It is my second year and I have already moved up to starting midfield. Last year we went to the NCLL Championship game but lost in OT to Maryland 9 - 8.
History of Lacrosse:
Lacrosse is the oldest game ever played on the North American continent. It was developed by Native Americans as early as the 15th century, and was played for both recreation and to sometimes settle tribal disputes. Games were played by as few as 100 and as many as 1,000 men and lasted two or three days, with play beginning at sunup and ending at sundown each day. Goals, consisting of rocks or trees, were generally 500 yards to a half-mile apart, but could be several miles apart. There were no sidelines, and players raced far and wide over the countryside. In the early 1800's white settlers in Montreal took up the game. When the Dominion of Canada was created a decade later, lacrosse was designated - and still remains - the national sport. Canadians introduced the game to the United States, England, Ireland, and Scotland. Today, lacrosse is played at home and in international competition by England and Australia, as well as the United States and Canada. In 1956, the game got a boost when a superior athlete from Syracuse University, Jim Brown, scored six goals for the North in the North-South Lacrosse game. Brown, one of the greatest running backs in the history of the National Football League, admitted he would rather play lacrosse than the grid sport. I guess I'm not the only person that would rather play lacrosse than football.
Greatest Players:
Gary Gait. Enough said...you do the research.
My Favorite Team:
My favorite lax team would have to be the Maryland Terrapins. They have been a great college program for years now, and I have loved them since I first learned about lacrosse. My favorite pro team is the Baltimore Bayhawks. They have two of the greatest players of all time, Gary Gait and Tom Marechek, as mentioned above.
Links:
National Lacrosse League Major League Lacrosse Inside Lacrosse Brine STX Warrior NCLL Towson Club Lacrosse