Waccamaw Academy - Stump Yearbook (Whiteville, NC)

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q N Lacrosse Lacrosse is a spring sport which was originated by the American Indians as a conditioning for war. The modern version is played by two teams of ten men on a field roughly equivalent to a football gridiron, Each player wears a sturdy helmet with face mask, heavy gloves, and carries a crosse, somewhat resembling a long-handled fishnet, with which he may throw, catch, or carry a hard rubber ball, approximately the size of a baseball. The object of the game is to thrust the ball into the opponents' goal which is a cage standing six feet square, To achieve this end a wide range of activities is employed. The ball may be propelled by throwi.ng or kicking or any means excepting the hands, and a generous measure of physical contact is allowed. All of this combines to produce a fast and exciting game. Lacrosse is a major collegiate and high school sport along the East coast extending north from Virginia. Several North Carolina universities in- cluding Duke University, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, East Carolina University fGreenvilleJ, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Appalachian State University QBooney have adopted lacrosse as a major sport, However lacrosse on the secondary school level Xdid not exist in North Carolina until Coach Winsor Nielsen, who played for Rutgers University, pro- moted and pioneered a team at Waccamaw Acade- my in the spring of 1971. Being pioneers holds several prominent disadvantages, however, For instance so far the closest competition is in Nor- folk and Charlottesville, Virginia. During the 1971 season Waccamaw invaded the Charlottesville, Virginia, area and played two games. The first against Woodbury Forest Academy