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[CCboylax]

Where you think the game of lacrosse is breeding the most.
Not the best state like MD or NY im saying where do you think the uprise in lacrosse is beggining.

[CCboylax]

tex...jersey...FL....

[RHS attackmen]

sc is right now

[VeronaLax17]

I have to say Wisconsin. 3 years ago no one in the state really knew what lacrosse was and no were are finaly a school club sport. We have over 20 teams now in the state and have had a State tournments for the past 2 years. And we are still growing.

[spenny]

i'd have to say california or colorado, you ar starting to see kids from there turn up on D1 rosters, and the biggest part of those states lax boom isnt close to going to college yet

[shtbrkd00]

from what ive read and seen, its cali

but texas isnt too far behind

[AngryLongStick]

I am going to say Colorodo.

[WarriorLax22]

yeah, i'd definitely have to say colorado. i mean, they produced mike and dave law and nunziato (starting goalie in 2003 all-star game). but spencer wright came from california, so... i mean, the torrey pines over garden city thing was pretty big, too. i'd say colorado only because they're closer to the east (amazing logic, right?).

[allylax03]

Colorado for the girls too. We played them in a tournament and they were unbelievable. They are definitly becoming a powerhouse on the west.

[blckout20]

Yea I'd say colorado, california, and texas.

[tekz]

cali

[CTLaxer]

I'd have to say that arizona is getting pretty big. 60+ teams now between girls and guys in the state. We also have 2 top teams in the WCLL(competitve, ncaa rules club lacrosse with a national championship). We also just got a professional indoor team in the NLL. I think all these things combined has helped and is helping lacrosse in arizona take off

[RYU]

Boys lax in WI, MN, and even ID have become something out of nothing in a short time frame. The addition of new boys HS programs there are like 'just add water'.

CO - I think the biggest strides are/will be at the collegiate level. The men's and women's NCAA and USLIA club teams are becoming so competative nationally. The HS teams in CO I think have tapered off. Someone from CO correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think very many new boys or girls teams have been established over the past few years. The quality of play is certainly high and will continue to increase, but the quantity of players has kind of leveled off.

TX, FL - These two states already have a lot of boys (~60 in each) and girls (~35 in each) HS teams, and they haven't even begun to tap the well. The potential for growth at the HS level is virtually limitless. There are so many good athletes in these states that TX and FL have the potential to become breeding grounds for lax recruits what they already are for football and soccer. Ever notice the disproportionately high number of college football and soccer players that come from TX and FL? On the downside though is that decent NCAA ball is still decades away, although a small D3 school in TX added varsity women's lax this past spring (a significant step forward).

OR - I think has a lot of things going for it. U of OR added D1 wlax. There is a lot of growth among boys and girls HS. I think geography favors OR. It's a fairly small state, so the HS teams can all play each other easily. Plus out of state games to NoCal and WA aren't too inconvenient.

CA - Cali is the next big thing. It already has a lot of up-&-coming NCAA wlax teams. Varsity mlax is stagnant though the USLIA teams are always among the best in the country. The boys and girls HS teams are thriving and have the same potential as described for FL and TX, though CA is already farther ahead on the curve. Currently, it's not a really big deal to see a player from CA on a D1 mlax roster. One of the biggest hurdles lax has overcome in CA is that it's been approved as a public school varsity sport by the states' governing body, CIF. The importance of that can not be overstated.

[CTLaxer]

Getting lacrosse approved by your states athletic governing body is extremely important and extremely helpful. The AIA here in arizona has been considering lacrosse here for a few years. Down to lacrosse or hockey and hockey in the desert poses problems that lacrosse doesn't...hopefully it'll be an official sport soon *crosses fingers*

[georgialax1]

the same goes for georgia and north carolina ryu...

[lax1234]

i say its colorado and FL

[MassLax25]

I'd say lacrosse has been growing all over the u.s pretty much for the past 2 or 3 years, particularly in the west