The school’s first lacrosse team was formed this year and already has 26 players.

“There’s a lot of people who contributed to the formation of the lacrosse team, but if I had to name one, it would be the Gross family,” sophomore Alexander Gaskill said.

Sophomore Chandler Gross and his brother freshman Jared Gross have been playing lacrosse for six years. After realizing no lacrosse teams were formed in the area, they decided to form one, the Rouse Raider Lacrosse team.

“Lacrosse is a growing school sport,” Jared Gross said. “I think people will realize how fun it is and want to join.”

Lacrosse is an intense sport which players use sticks with nets on the end of them to throw a plastic ball from one to another. Players are supposed to ultimately get the ball into one of the nets on both sides of the field, scoring a goal.

Since they started in February, they’ve played seven games, including against Vandegrift, LBJ and Cedar Ridge. The team played at Noack Field in Austin and also at their home field at Vista Ridge. They won one game and wrapped up their final game last week. The team hopes to add a junior varsity team next year.

 “I love lacrosse specifically because it’s a fast paced sport,” junior Eli Shaw said. “It’s physical and you can be aggressive, you also get to meet new people at tournaments and games who share the same love for it as you.”