Who ever said Lacrosse isn't physical is WRONG

Just by the first picture of this blog and by the title you can see where this is going to be going. After 3 hours of covering baseball I was at Southern Lehigh's Football Stadium to cover a lacrosse game against Easton. By talking to some of the kids on the team this was going to be a huge game, they also said that Easton isn't known for their skills but they are physical so I was pretty excited and looking forward to the game.

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Above Long pole Brett Ryan looks like he is about to curb stomp a kid.

About 5 minutes into the game I knew that I was in for a treat and that this would be a hard hitting game from beginning to end.

Below middy Greg Parker levels a kid in the open field.

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Easton got out to an early lead with 2 quick goals in the first two minutes and kept going after that.

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Above middy Greg Parker attempts to block a shot on goal.

With the first half coming to an end I got one of the biggest hits I have ever seen in person. middy Dave Stohl was in the open field and got leveled on a break away. I put the shots into a movie, there are five clips of the hit total but it plays it through 3 times. Look in the middle of the shot and you will see the hit.

After getting about 5 txts from friends in the stands asking if I had got the shot I went up and showed them myself and they agreed that the hit would have made ESPN's jacked up list.

Here are a few stock shots from the game.

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Above attack man Jake Metzger out runs an Easton defender.

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Above middy Steve Lick sprints down field with his 4.6 speed lol.

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After I thought that the game was going great for me, I hadn't missed anything big and I had gotten alot of cool shots, I missed a BIG hit from Long Pole Brett Ryan. I let go of the shutter 1 or 2 frames to soon. Sorry Brett....

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And that wraps up a big hitting lacrosse game for me.