Watch a Colorado Mammoth game at Ball Arena one weekend and a CHSAA high school match the next, and it can feel like two different sports sharing a name and a stick. Box lacrosse and field lacrosse both trace back to the same game, but the National Lacrosse League and USA Lacrosse govern versions built around different …

Box lacrosse packs a full professional season into fewer games than most sports play in a single month. The National Lacrosse League runs on an 18-game regular season — short enough that no losing streak goes unnoticed, tight enough that every winter home game at Ball Arena matters for the playoff bracket that closes …

The first time you watch a lacrosse game, ten players per side are moving at full speed with no obvious pattern. Within a few minutes of understanding the positions — who stays where, who can go anywhere, and what each role is responsible for — the action snaps into focus. USA Lacrosse governs the sport at every level …

For Boulder County lacrosse families, the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) is the easiest way to watch the best outdoor players in the world — and in 2026 there are more reasons than ever to follow along from the Front Range. Colorado has its own team in the Denver Outlaws, a Colorado-grown star starring elsewhere in the …

School's out, the spring CHSAA season is over, and your player still wants to pick up a stick three times a week. Summer is when Boulder County's lacrosse families start hunting for camps — and the search window is short, because the good ones fill up fast. This guide walks through the kinds of camps available near …

A Boulder County sophomore drops a highlight clip into a college coach's inbox, hears nothing back, and assumes the door is closed. It isn't — they're just early in a process that rewards patience and planning over panic. College lacrosse recruiting runs on a multi-year timeline, and Colorado players who understand how …

Getting a kid started in lacrosse in Boulder County usually begins with one confused question from a parent: which program, for what age, and when do I sign up? The answer depends almost entirely on how old your child is, because youth lacrosse is organized into age bands that determine team, level, and season. This …

Your kid signed up for lacrosse, and three days later the coach's email lands: "Players need to show up with their own gear." If you've never played, that sentence is intimidating — lacrosse has more equipment than soccer and different rules for boys and girls. This guide breaks down exactly what a beginner needs, what …

Eleven unanswered goals across one half of lacrosse turned a tight title game into a coronation. On May 25 at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Princeton beat Notre Dame 16-9 to win the 2026 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship — the Tigers' first national title since 2001 and the seventh in program history. For …

If you're new to the sport in Boulder County, one thing surprises most parents fast: men's and women's lacrosse are not the same game with different rosters — they're two distinct sports with their own rules, equipment, and style of play. USA Lacrosse, the national governing body, maintains separate rule books for the …