Hap Fry - HapFry@coloradoan.com
Carey Smith still remembers riding his bike past a horse pasture just north of Overland Trail and Vine Street 12 years ago while watching a lacrosse practice in session.
Sure enough, instincts took over, and Smith raced home, put on his lacrosse gear and returned to the pasture thinking he was going to join a club lacrosse team.
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Well, uh, not exactly.
Turns out, the team was made up seventh, eighth and ninth graders, and Smith, being a senior at Colorado State University, already had exhausted his eligibility.
“Russell Beers ran the program and the fist question he asked me was if I was 15,” Smith said. “We laughed a little, and he asked me if I wanted to coach. I thought he was kidding, but he wasn’t. That’s how I got into coaching.”








