Share May 07, 2021, 8:04 PM Just the beginning, says the caption with this Instagram portrait of Cass Tech pioneers. See nine more photos. An 18-member Cass Tech team has several distinctions. It s a first-season newcomer among Michigan s 92 high school women s lacrosse teams and the only one in Detroit. It also has more Black players 14 than most others in the state, and perhaps than all of them.
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(Photo: Instagram) They do not look like the teams they play. Although lacrosse is a Native American game, its participants are primarily white, journalist Jeff Burtka writes Friday at The Guardian after following the team s pandemic-interrupted launch since last year.