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Lacrosse, and all its coolness...

Posted: 2003-03-19 01:01am
by Sienthal
Well, I thought that I just might say this. Our team went to our first game today, and tied the state champions of last year! We're really hoping we can pull it together and go for the win this year. I was hit pretty hard in the arm during the game, and as I was checking it, I noticed a strange hardness on it. At first I thought I had damaged something pretty badly, when all of a sudden it hit me: Muscle! Holy shit! My arm is no longer the consistency of Jello, and it's not because of some malignant cancer! I'm so proud, :).



Anyway, if you don't know what Lacrosse is, I'll direct you to this site: http://www.lacrosse.org/. But, a brief description can't hurt. Lacrosse, albeit its name speaks of the French, or at least the Canadians, was not created by either. In fact, it was created as a war practice/game for North American Indians. From there, French traders took it, and from there, Canadians cultivated it into the modern game it is today. It involves a lacrosse "stick" and "ball". Such creative names, :). The game is quite fast paced and almost as fun to watch as it is to play. I reccommend it to anyone who's interested in nearly passing out for three weeks (Like me) before finally getting a hang of it and the conditioning it requires.

Posted: 2003-03-19 01:06am
by Joe
My sister plays lacrosse. It's getting more popular down south, also.

Posted: 2003-03-19 01:12am
by weemadando
Lacrosse is soft compared to the wonders of Hurling...

http://www.gaa.ie/html/hurling/

Posted: 2003-03-19 01:19am
by Sienthal
Hey man, I mean no dis to Hurling, but Lacrosse has some pretty nasty hits going on in it. In today's game alone one of our guys got sent a good yard or two backwards from a hit, and one of the opponents thrown even further from trying to jump a hit he was about to take.

And the ball...*Shiver* They are hard, and scary.

Posted: 2003-03-19 01:25am
by Zaia
I saw my first lacrosse game ever two weeks ago when I joined the Johns Hopkins pep band.

YEAH HOPKINS!! GO BLUE JAYS!!!!!



:D

Posted: 2003-03-19 05:14pm
by SoX
Lacrosse is soft compared to the wonders of Hurling...
i played lacrosse for my town once,,, i can tell you, them balls are damn hard and can really hurt. infact in between a match we were talkin to our hockey counterparts and someone threw one of em a lacrosse ball which he hit with his hockey stick baseball style and it totally demolished someones nose... they werent best pleased.