Lacrosse, which is currently the fastest growing youth sport participation-wise in the country, has its roots in a Native American game with roughly the same concepts of a stick to carry and pass a ball with the intent to score against your opponent.
 
Girls lacrosse has similar field dimensions to a soccer field, though the goals (also inside a circular crease) are placed only 10 yards in front of the endlines.  The field markings are also different to allow for differing rules of play – no body checking, no midfield line, offsides restraining lines marking the field roughly into thirds, and arcs in front of the goal for determining types of fouls and ‘free-position’ shooting situations.  Girls lacrosse is played with 11 field players (3 defenders, 2 defense wings, 1 center, 2 attack wings, 3 attackers or homes) and 1 goalie per team.
 
A girls lacrosse player is required to have a lacrosse stick (girls’ sticks have a different head design than boys’ sticks), eye protection, and a mouthguard.  Cleats are recommended and close fitting gloves are optional.
 

Younger teams (grades K through 4) play on shorter fields and/or with less players.

Sharon Lacrosse plays primarily in the Massachusetts Youth Lacrosse League