Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada.

The goals could be from around apart to about ; in Lacrosse the field is.

* Stockport Lacrosse Club is founded at Cale Green Cricket Club Davenport, Greater Manchester where they still play to this day.

The National Lacrosse League ( NLL ) is a men's professional indoor lacrosse league in North America.

In the NLL, the shot clock runs while a team that is killing a penalty has possession of the ball ; this is not the case in all box lacrosse leagues ( e. g. Major Series Lacrosse, Western Lacrosse Association ).

It is located across the street from Collingswood High School and it hosts the home games of the high school's sports teams, such as Women's Field Hockey, Lacrosse, baseball and softball.

The stadium is officially named " The Soccer / Lacrosse Stadium at Yurcak Field " in honor of Ronald N. Yurcak, a 1965 All-American Rutgers Lacrosse player.

It is also home to the Mitchel Athletic Complex, which hosts the Long Island Rough Riders, an amateur soccer team, and the Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse.

The town is also home to the Middletown Islanders Hockey, Football, Baseball, Volleyball, and Lacrosse teams.

LaCrosse is spelled in a variety of ways, including LaCrosse, La Crosse and Lacrosse.

The stadium is home to the university's varsity football team, and has hosted a number of events including the World Lacrosse Championships and the Canada Games.

* The 2nd World Lacrosse Championship is held in Melbourne, Australia.

* The National Lacrosse League of 1974 and 1975 is formed.

It is not related to the modern National Lacrosse League.

* Lacrosse is played in the Olympics for the first time but only three teams compete: one from the USA and two from Canada

* The Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association ( ILA ) is replaced by the Intercollegiate Lacrosse League, which will be renamed the U. S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association ( USILA ) in 1929.

* Lacrosse is played as an Olympic sport for the second and last time ( the first having been in 1904 ).

It is also included in the logo of the Toronto Nationals, a Major League Lacrosse team.

* The 9th World Lacrosse Championship is held in Perth, Australia.

Lacrosse is quickly growing in popularity on the island.

Lacrosse attendance has grown with the sport's popularity.

The RMLL is experiencing rapid growth as the popularity of box lacrosse increases, spurred on by the expansion of the National Lacrosse League to Calgary in 2001 and Edmonton in 2005.

RIT has 24 men's and women's varsity teams including Men's Intercollegiate Baseball, Basketball, Crew, Cross Country, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Track & Field and Wrestling along with Women's Intercollegiate Basketball, Cheerleading, Crew, Cross Country, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Track & Field, and Volleyball.

The rebirth of major professional box lacrosse in the United States came on March 13, 1986, with the formation of the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League ( EPBLL ), which was incorporated by Russ Cline and Chris Fritz.

In the 1930s he played indoor lacrosse under the name of Harry Smith with the Rochester, NY " Iroquois " of the North American Amateur Lacrosse Association.

** The National Lacrosse League ( NLL ) is formed from the Major Indoor Lacrosse League ( MILL ), with the decision to move from league ownership of all teams to individual team ownership.

Along with these varsity sports PLU also offers both men's and women's Lacrosse and Ultimate Frisbee as club sports.

Lacrosse was officially declared Canada's National Summer Sport with the passage of the National Sports Act ( Bill C-212 ) on May 12, 1994.

The second international box lacrosse tournament was held in 2003, with the inaugural World Indoor Lacrosse Championships.

In addition, the domain name washingtonbayhawks. com is registered with a contact name of Kerry Pucillo, Director of Corporate Operations for Major League Lacrosse.

He played five seasons with the Etobicoke Eclipse of the Ontario Lacrosse Association ( OLA ) Junior A Lacrosse League.

Oates played one season of Senior A with the Brampton Excelsiors of Major Series Lacrosse but left the game in 1984 to focus on his hockey career.

After winning two championships with the Wings while they were in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League in 1989 and 1990, Tucker had success in coaching the now defunct Baltimore Thunder and Pittsburgh Crossefire.

The National Lacrosse League would return to Pittsburgh in 2000 with the Pittsburgh Crossefire, but the team would only stay for one season before moving to become the Washington Power for two seasons, and eventually becoming the Colorado Mammoth in 2003.

** Matt Kerwick-professional lacrosse All-Star with the Major Indoor Lacrosse League's Baltimore Thunder

He is particularly enthusiastic about the school's athletics carnival and Astroball, ( a game that has some similarities with Lacrosse ), which he played in his student days at Stellvia.

In addition to his single cap with the U. S. soccer team, Arena also played for the national lacrosse team which won the 1974 World Lacrosse Championship and finished runner up in 1978.

As of the 2011 Men's and Women's Lacrosse season, Albion is one of only three NCAA sanctioned Lacrosse programs in the state of Michigan with Adrian College, and The University of Detroit-Mercy.

In 2007, it was home to four of the New York Titans National Lacrosse League team's eight home games ( along with Madison Square Garden ).

Lacrosse was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981-82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the AIAW for sole governance of women's collegiate sports.

The college offers 16 sports: Football ( currently at club level, but with plans to become a varsity program in 2013 ), Baseball, Softball, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Soccer, Men's and Women's Lacrosse, Men's and Women's Volleyball, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Men's and Women's Track, Women's Tennis and Cheerleading.

" Lacrosse, as women play it, is an orderly pastime that has little in common with the men's tribal warfare version except the long-handled racket or crosse that gives the sport its name.

US Lacrosse rules recommend that Middle School / Junior High players play with U13 checking rules.