Lacrosse Debuts in Washington, D.C. Inner-City School

Lacrosse Debuts in Inner-City Washington School

VOA - Jeff Swicord | Washington, D.C. May 28, 2011

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Some of the girls on the lacrosse team at Ballou High School in Washington, D.C., run a drill on the practice field, May 2011

The modern version of the Native American game lacrosse is a popular sport at many predominately white and affluent, suburban private schools in the United States. But it also has taken root at a predominantly African American, public high school in Washington, plagued by poverty, violence and low academic achievement. Girls are now playing lacrosse at Ballou High School, where educators and students there hope to gain from it.

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