How a majority Black school in Detroit shook up the world of lacrosse

Although lacrosse is a Native American game, its participants are primarily white. Then the Cass Tech girls team stepped up

Few things in sports are purer than youth athletes celebrating a hard-earned win. The athletes are not famous, and millions of dollars are not on the line.

The purest, most unbridled victory celebration in Detroit high school sports history may have occurred on a lacrosse field in Auburn Hills, Michigan, on 26 April 2021. It was not a rivalry game, and no championship was won.