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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting, I don't think of lacrosse as a rich people sport, but I'm from upstate NY where every public high school has a team.

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It is viewed as a preppy sport full of "lax bros" by some.[/quote]

Sigh.  Only by people who don't understand the geography of lax.  The DMV is the only area where lax is a private school thing.  Everywhere else it is all public.  Long Island, Atlanta, New York, etc, all publics.  Some people in this area don't "get" that the DMV isn't on most people's horizon.[/quote]

Why bring up Atlanta in a thread about high school lacrosse?  I guess you don't really "understand the geography of lax" either.

Outside of Upstate New York and the NYC suburbs, the high school game is dominated by private school teams, and there's nothing wrong with that.

[quote=Anonymous]Activities such as fencing and squash can be a hook at some schools. For example, Lawrenceville squash players have a hook with Princeton University. Lacrosse is another sport which may indicate economic well-being to some. Golf as well.

After my morning fencing match, I like to engage in a spirited game of squash, then talk to my lacrosse coach while playing a quick nine about strategy for the upcoming game keeping secret my plans to pilot my plane to Tanzania to do a swift climb up Mount Kilimanjaro after which I will ride bareback to partake in a sailing competition on Lake Victoria before jetting--first class so that I can assist the pilot if needed--back in time for warm-ups prior to playing in the lacrosse match.[/quote]

Lawrenceville squash players don't have a "hook" with Princeton -- athletic recruiting just doesn't work like that, not even for fake sports like squash.[/quote]

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