Tales of Tenth Grade

Recently my club lacrosse coach asked everyone to write a "dear lacrosse" letter thanking lacrosse and saying what's done for us. At first I thought it was stupid because what would writing a letter to a sport do? You can't even right a letter to a sport because (obviously) it's not a person. I wrote the letter anyway, and I realized after writing the letter how much I miss lacrosse. I also decided that I spent time to write it, so why not use it for my blog too?  Dear Lacrosse,  I never realized how much I take being able to play for granted. I used to go to my practices and games without thinking twice about how lucky I am to be able to get up and play. Now I think about how much I miss playing with my teams. I miss laughing with my teammates and having a good time while playing lacrosse. As the days get warmer, I think about how perfect the weather would have been for lacrosse. It almost feels like a waste, having such a perfect day and not being out on a f...

One thing that has always been important to me is lacrosse. Since I began playing in fourth grade, I have been in love with lacrosse. I tried a lot of sports over the years and lacrosse has always been my clear favorite. It's important to me, not only because I love playing the sport, but also because it has given me my best friends and a lot of great memories. From 4th grade to 8th grade I played with the same group of girls from my grade. I made a lot of great memories with them. I will always remember the time one of my best friends, Sofia, was playing goalie at one of our tournaments in eighth grade. While attempting to block a low shot with her foot, Sofia somehow got her cleat stuck in the net of the goal. She bounced around on one foot trying to get her cleat free. Then, in what seemed like slow motion, the goal fell over as Sofia was trying to get her foot out of the net. Instead of picking the goal up, the two of us started dying laughing. The refs didn't find i...