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| (above) Terry Ellis hopes to shut down North Carolina on Sunday |
by Mike Chambers
Terry Ellis didn't learn about
lacrosse until he was a freshman at Clayton High School outside of St.
Louis when news of the racially charged Duke lacrosse case dominated
headlines. An African-American woman falsely accused three white
lacrosse players of rape, a story that got widespread media attention in
2006.
"Where I grew up, you play baseball and soccer, but a
friend told me I should play lacrosse. He said I would be good," said
Ellis, who is African-American. "So he lent me his equipment and I
fell in love with it. And here I am" [read entire article].
1 comment:
That is such a wonderful story. It would be great if we couuld have a fallball game in St. Louis next year. We could introduce a lot of inner city youth to a great sport at clinics.
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