Credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara The front view of the Cascade LX girls lacrosse helmet. Credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara A front view of the Hummingbird Sports girls lacrosse helmet.

Boys lacrosse has more contact, and players wear shoulder pads in addition to sturdier helmets. Girls players are not allowed to stand in front of a shot to block it, and there is a dangerous ...

Whether girls playing lacrosse should wear helmets is hotly debated. We believe girls should wear helmets, because they could prevent head injuries. Imagine having a hard rubber ball hit you at a ...

The FHSAA is now requiring girls lacrosse players to wear protective headgear. The new mandate is a first in the nation for the sport (boys lacrosse players are already required to wear helmets).

CLEVELAND (WJW) – Should Ohio girls wear helmets in high school lacrosse? Right now, they don’t. However, safety and lacrosse equipment will be discussed by state and national experts this summer.

Elle Burd used her head to help the Voorhees girls lacrosse team earn its biggest ... game against rival North Hunterdon. Burd made a helmet-save at the buzzer to deny the Lions an equalizing ...

In the wake of a tragic on-field death of a high school lacrosse player, an Ohio girls’ team has taken a groundbreaking step toward player safety that has Today in Ohio podcast hosts questioning ...

Immaculate coach Janet Fable agrees, saying she didn't like the idea of girls in helmets. "I'm against it ... "I'm a big lacrosse guy and I watch a lot of collegian female games and the way ...

Despite shockingly high concussion rates, and the fact that girls’ lacrosse is the fast-growing team sport in the United States, helmets remain optional on local playing fields. Only Florida ...

Because of the contact involved, boys and men who play lacrosse have long been required to wear hard-shell helmets. The girls' game generally forbids contact, and that distinction matters when the ...