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Article: ADVANCED PROTECTION YOUTH LACROSSE
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- April 22, 2009
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When Madeline Hester plays lacrosse, she wears shin guards, thigh
guards, chest guards, a helmet and a mouth guard. The 10-year-old is
heavily padded, but she knows why.
"It's a very hard ball and it's going very fast," said Madeline,
who also has shin guards and a mouth guard for soccer.
She's the lacrosse goalie, so she wears much more padding than
the rest of her elementary school-age teammates, but all of the
Salem Snapping Turtles wear eye protection and mouth guards.
In fact, it's a U.S. Lacrosse rule that all players wear mouth
guards during games and practices.
"It's a contact sport, so you definitely want to have your teeth
in something," said Josh Wilkinson, coordinator of the ...