1. INSIDE LACROSSE
ROBBY BOYK
PERIOD
10 MS.
RIEGER

2. Thesis/Purpose
To research the history
of lacrosse, raise money
for an important cancer
foundation associated
with lacrosse, and teach
others how to play the
sport.

3. Personal Relevance
Lacrosse is very important to
me because I fell in love with it
from the first time I saw a high
school lacrosse game. It
opened new doors for me and
allowed me to become more
disciplined, more athletic, and
make more friends. It’s time to
let the world in on this
amazing sport, since not too
many people know the rules of
the game.

4. Origins Theory
Haudenosaunee game of lacrosse
Mohawk
Oneida
Onondaga
Cayuga
Seneca
Tuscarora

5. Actual Origins
Southeast
Then spread to the North

6. Research of the Sport
Southeastern Tribes - Cherokee
Great Lakes Tribes - Santee Dakota
Northeastern Tribes - Iroquois

7. Facts
Intense Training
Cheating
War-like nature

8. More Facts
Only Males
No Hands
Named by the French

9. Expanding
East-Coast sport mainly
Fastest growing sport

10. Rules of Boys Lacrosse
10 on 10 including goalies
Must go for ball
Face-offs

12. Rules
Off sides
Penalties
Stick checks

13. Lacrosse Equipment

16. Offense

17. Defense

18. LONG POLE

20. Paul Rabil

21. Application
Raised money for the HEADstrong foundation
Shirts
Laces

22. HEADstrong Foundation
Nick Collelouri
Ridley High School
Get HEADstrong Foundation shirts or shoe laces to help raise
money for the fight against blood cancer. For shirts, pick any
of the colors above and sizes from Small to XXL for only $15.
Shoe Laces are $10. Limited supply of both items.
See Robby Boyk (in green above)
ROBERT P BOYK Thursday, February 24, 2011 4:25:38 PM ET

23. Non-Hodgkin’s
Lymphoma
General Name
Lymphatic System

24. SHIRT SALES
CHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL

25. RELENTLESS
27

26. $1,290

27. The Fight
14 months
Still worked out
regularly
November 28, 2006

28. Class Activity
What is one thing you would like to do before
you die and why?

29. Works Cited
Atonwah, Wi:se. “Lacrosse: Ancient Haudenosaunee Game.” Editorial. Peace 4 Turtle Island. Kanatiyosh, Dec. 2001. Web. 16 Feb. 2011. a
href="http://www.peace4turtleisland.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.peace4turtleisland.org/‌pages/‌lacrossewise.htm>. The main point to why I
am using this article is because it tells a tale about how these two gods played a version of lacrosse in order to see who would be the one to
create humans. Teharonhiawakon won and became the Great-Creator.Then after he created the people he passed down stories of their origins
and the game of lacrosse.
Frank, J. L. “LAUNCHED BY LACROSSE.” Louisville Magazine May 2006: 32-35. Print. J.L. Frank wrote this article to explain that in Kentucky in 1997
there was barely any interest in a sport called lacrosse. There would only be about 16 boys trying out for St. X high school in Kentucky. Then he
explains how by 2006 the sport has exploded. There is now almost enough teams to create a league and make it an official sport in Kentucky. This
article was written in 2006 and it says that in 2008 lacrosse is expected to be a varsity sport for boys at the University of Louisville. This relates to
my topic because it shows how lacrosse went from just a sport played by a couple dads back in the day to a huge sport now being played in high schools
and colleges.
McCluney, Eugene B. “Lacrosse: The Combat of the Spirits.” American Indian Quarterly 1: 34-42. JSTOR. Web. 23 Dec. 2010. a href="http://
www.jstor.org%3E" rel="nofollow">http://www.jstor.org>;. This Journal entry was very well written about how lacrosse was actually invented. It was
started by the French and the Native Americans. They had 2 foot long sticks with the top curved into a loop and the net made out of deer thongs to
stop the ball from passing through. The name was termed by the French. The article goes into detail of how the sport was made and and why it was
started: for religious reasons. It is perfect for my project because it explains in detail how lacrosse used to be played.

30. (Continued)
McPhee, John. “PIONEER.” New Yorker 22 Mar. 2010: 34-37. Print. John McPhee wrote this to share a coach’s story about how he spread
lacrosse. It is relevant to my topic because it explains how lacrosse is spread around the country and how it came to be what it is today. This
article is about a lacrosse coach named Bill Tierney who was a successful coach at Princeton but got a call from the University of Denver about
who they could find to be their coach. They asked Tierney to coach for them and he decided that he was definitely going to do it since there
were only two big lacrosse schools on that side of the Mississippi. He was going to show that lacrosse is not just an Eastern United States game,
but anyone in the U.S. can play it and be successful. This pioneered lacrosse and spread it around the country. It is safe to say that more people
are playing lacrosse around the country then ever before. It is a fast growing sport and that is what this article is about.
Price, S. L. “PRIDE OF A NATION.” Sports Illustrated 19 July 2010: 60-71. Print. S. L. Price wrote this article to show that the Iroquois started and
still play lacrosse today and it explains the history of lacrosse which is why I picked it. This article is about a lacrosse team called the Iroquois
Nationals who plays internationally and started from just playing with wooden sticks on their sacred lands. The game that we know today is based off of
what they played. Lyons leads the team, an Onondaga protector of Native Traditions, and assembles all of his players in the tribe to beat the English
National team. Their main game is box lacrosse which is lacrosse inside a hockey rink without ice. It is currently played all over and there are many
Native American players who play professionally and on a college level for lacrosse.
Vennum, Thomas, Jr. “Native American History of Lacrosse.” Editorial. http://www.laxhistory.com/‌. LaxHistory, 2001. Web. 16 Feb. 2011. a
href="http://www.laxhistory.com/%3E" rel="nofollow">http://www.laxhistory.com/>;. This article goes well into detail about the origins of lacrosse and
how it came to be such a fast growing sport today. It talks about how the game used to be played and what kind of role it played in Native American
culture. All of the tribes have different variations of the game and the present day game is based off of the New England tribes sport.

31. (Continued)
Freed, Stanley A. "Lacrosse yesterday and today."
Cobblestone 15.9 (1994): 32. History Reference Center. EBSCO. Web. 16 Feb. 2011. This article goes into detail about the deadly
sport, back then not called lacrosse, and how it has developed over the years. The game of lacrosse is not quite like it was when
the Native Americans first started playing it, we have modified it severely but it is still along the same lines.

32. Conclusion
“Make use of the time you have and don’t stress
the little things. Have a smile and enjoy what you
can get out of life.”
-Nick Collelouri