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Lacrosse France-America

Clarisse Delecroix

05 Apr 2026

As a French-American lacrosse player, I want lacrosse to spread across the world, especially France. Lacrosse is slowly being developed in France, but I had an idea that could change how people see lacrosse in both America and France! I want to create an immersive experience both culturally, and sportively by finding hosting families. Exchange students from the US would be able to play lacrosse in France, discovering the country, the culture (the food 🐌, yum!) and vice versa.

Watsonville Tournament

This weekend I played a tournament in Watsonville, close to Santa Cruz. In the last game, Jordyn made a pass to me from the other side of the field, which I was able to catch, and then shoot a goal from the 12 meter. Usually I like to cherry pick,

Drills with Coach Preston

Three weeks ago, I started to work with coach Preston to prepare me for the tryouts of Team NorCal and Verve. Today we worked on a drill where I started at the goal, ran to a cone, caught the ball and shot it into the goal. This made me practice

Why is lacrosse called 'lacrosse'?

Name Origin: Well, in french, lacrosse translates to 'the crosse': la - the, crosse - cross. Lacrosse was made by indigenous North American communities. But one day, French missionaries noticed the resemblance of the stick used by indigenous tribes, to a bishop's staff, known in French

About me

I'm Clarisse Delecroix, a seventh grader and a lacrosse player trying to get into Verve. My goal is to create convenient life saving tools, expand lacrosse internationally, and make funny little drawings to make you laugh. By the way, this is my cat Cali.

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Watsonville Tournament

Drills with Coach Preston

Why is lacrosse called 'lacrosse'?

About me