SPARKS, Md. – USA Lacrosse’s investment in age verification provides a valuable resource for the lacrosse community to facilitate fair and safer play. For USA Lacrosse members, this is a free, one-time process in which they upload a valid proof of age document and their record will be updated to indicate age verified status.

Leagues and tournaments around the country can then work with USA Lacrosse — also free of charge — to utilize the service to appropriately segment players by age groupings.

LAS VEGAS, NV (June 12, 2025) – The Las Vegas Desert Dogs, in partnership with USA Lacrosse, proudly support Governor Joe Lombardo’s directive to sanction lacrosse as a high school varsity sport in Nevada, beginning with the 2026–2027 school year. This historic step marks a major milestone for youth lacrosse and the continued growth of the sport across the state.

The first season of the East Bay Adaptive Lacrosse program in Rhode Island wrapped up last month, and by all accounts, it proved to be a big success.

Through the efforts of 40 volunteers, including high school lacrosse players from five area schools, 20 adaptive students, ranging from kindergarten through ninth grade, took part in the four-week program at Barrington Middle School.

World Lacrosse has announced the officiating crews for the The World Games 2025 and the World Lacrosse Men’s U20 Championship and a number of USA officials will serve in both on-field and off-field roles to support the championships.

Four years ago, four freshmen at Mamaroneck (N.Y.) High School enrolled in an elective class called Original Civic Research and Action (OCRA). The goal of the class is to have students research their community, identify a challenge or issue that needs attention, and then develop a problem-solving framework to address the issue. The class is progressive over four years, keeping students engaged in the process over the full span of their high school careers.

SPARKS, Md. — Twenty-six of the nation’s top women’s lacrosse players will be at USA Lacrosse headquarters from June 11-12 for a sixes training camp ahead of The World Games, a quadrennial Olympic-style event that will include women’s lacrosse in the program. The World Games will be held this summer in Chengdu, China with the lacrosse competition taking place from Aug. 7-11. 

SPARKS, Md. – STX, LLC (“STX”) has signed a multi-year agreement with USA Lacrosse to serve as an official equipment sponsor for the U.S. National Teams Program. Through the agreement, STX will provide equipment for the U.S. men’s and women’s teams in all three disciplines of the sport – box, field and sixes – in addition to the National Team Development Program. All told, STX will help support 14 teams, including the teams that will represent the United States at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

SPARKS, Md. — USA Lacrosse has invited 34 of the nation’s top women’s lacrosse players to a training camp in preparation for this year’s Pan-American Women’s Lacrosse Championship. The training camp for the field lacrosse team will take place from June 9-11 at USA Lacrosse headquarters.

The Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) welcomes 132 players to USA Lacrosse’s Tierney Field on Saturday, May 31 for the 2025 Senior All-Star games for Division I, II, and III. The players selected in each Division have been divided into two teams: Blue and White.

The Senior All-Star games will be played as a tripleheader at Tierney Field in Sparks,, Md., beginning with the Division II game at 10 am, followed by the Division III game at 12:30 pm. The Division I contest will cap the event with a 3 pm start.

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