Telluride, Colo. - One of the fastest growing sports in the country is also one of the fastest growing sports in Telluride. Lacrosse, once limited mainly to the East Coast and a few scattered prep schools, has journeyed all the way to the one-horse Western Slope of Colorado. Club teams in Grand Junction, Montrose, Eagle and Telluride give kids the opportunity to learn this fast-paced sport.
And why not? It’s one of the sports genuinely invented by North Americans. When they arrived, French missionaries discovered that Native Americans were playing lacrosse. Now it’s all over the country, in middle schools, high schools and colleges, and there’s even a professional league.
