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Sports medicine stats: The growth of lacrosse

Lacrosse is the fastest growing high school sport. The number of schools in the National Federation of State High School Association (NFHS) that sponsor boys’ lacrosse has increased 96% in the last 10 years. The number that sponsor girls’ lacrosse has jumped over 126% in the last 10 years.

At the youth level, participation in lacrosse has increased 57% for boys and 43% for girls in the last five years.

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Source: 2013 US Lacrosse Participation Report, US Lacrosse

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