5/22/2007 9:24:48 AM
By Dave Campbell
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS -- Lacrosse players like to call their sport the fastest game on two feet. In Minnesota, interest and participation are increasing at a similar speed.
The Minnesota State High School League will sanction its first lacrosse tournament this week at Wayzata High School, the latest sign of progress this stick-and-ball sport is making in the Upper Midwest. There were 35 girls' teams and 32 boys' teams at the varsity level in Minnesota this season, with clubs at dozens more schools eager to find the money and support to move up.
"We've started to get some respect," said Ryan Ward, the head boys' coach at Eden Prairie who is also a forward for the Minnesota Swarm, the indoor National Lacrosse League franchise in St. Paul.
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