Creekview offers a variety of sports that students participate in, including soccer, football, basketball, and so much more. So what about lacrosse? At Creekview, many students play the sport of lacrosse in intramurals through recreation clubs. Lacrosse is offered at most schools across Georgia, but it has not appeared on the Creekview scene yet. Many of the students are wondering why a team hasn’t been started, and what exactly does it take to start one? There are many reasons: among them being that the county does not have enough funds for a lacrosse team.
In the county, Etowah and Woodstock have lacrosse teams. Why, you may ask? They are self-funded sports. So why can’t Creekview have a self-funded lacrosse team? Well they can, but the cost of one season would be around eight hundred dollars per player. This would pay for the coaches, referees, uniforms, equipment, transportation, and so on. If the money is not enough, the lack of facilities is a challenge. Lacrosse would be considered a spring sport. In the spring, Creekview offers golf, soccer, baseball, track, and tennis. Creekview already has a hard time providing facilities for the soccer teams, and it is pushing the team to use the field at Creekland. Adding lacrosse into this mix would just be a mess. Plus, creating a new facility for practicing lacrosse would be tricky and the money would be coming out of the players’ pockets.
Since the school first opened, lacrosse has been becoming bigger each year. This year, around seventy students said they were interested in lacrosse. There are many different ways to get more students involved in lacrosse. For example, Etowah started a lacrosse club in 2005 with around 150 students. Within a few years, lacrosse became a sport. It is not impossible for lacrosse to become a sport at Creekview, but it will take time.
“We want to provide what students want to do,” Charlie Beverly, the athletic director for Creekview, replied.
Who knows, maybe in a few years Creekview will have a state-bound lacrosse team.
In the county, Etowah and Woodstock have lacrosse teams. Why, you may ask? They are self-funded sports. So why can’t Creekview have a self-funded lacrosse team? Well they can, but the cost of one season would be around eight hundred dollars per player. This would pay for the coaches, referees, uniforms, equipment, transportation, and so on. If the money is not enough, the lack of facilities is a challenge. Lacrosse would be considered a spring sport. In the spring, Creekview offers golf, soccer, baseball, track, and tennis. Creekview already has a hard time providing facilities for the soccer teams, and it is pushing the team to use the field at Creekland. Adding lacrosse into this mix would just be a mess. Plus, creating a new facility for practicing lacrosse would be tricky and the money would be coming out of the players’ pockets.
Since the school first opened, lacrosse has been becoming bigger each year. This year, around seventy students said they were interested in lacrosse. There are many different ways to get more students involved in lacrosse. For example, Etowah started a lacrosse club in 2005 with around 150 students. Within a few years, lacrosse became a sport. It is not impossible for lacrosse to become a sport at Creekview, but it will take time.
“We want to provide what students want to do,” Charlie Beverly, the athletic director for Creekview, replied.
Who knows, maybe in a few years Creekview will have a state-bound lacrosse team.
By: Paige Amoss
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