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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1990

s an eighth-grader,
Aaron Greenstone's
sport was baseball. In
ninth grade, he switched to
lacrosse, a tough, physical
game which is about as far,
contact-wise, from the game
of baseball as you can get
without moving to Lebanon.
"It's a brutal game," says
Greenstone of lacrosse.
However, he adds, "It's
finesse-oriented, too. It's a
cross between football, hockey
and soccer."
Greenstone proved a quick
study. As a senior last season
at Cranbrook Kingswood, he
earned All-State and All-
Midwest status at defense. He
is planning to play college
lacrosse at Tulane University
in New Orleans this school
year.
Greenstone also played foot-
ball at Cranbrook and was a
two-year varsity starter at
linebacker and tight end. He
was All-Metro conference and
honorable mention All-Area
as a senior. Greenstone says it
takes a similar attitude to
play footbal and lacrosse.
"Football and lacrosse are
pretty close. To be a good foot-
ball player, you have to be
willing to give up your body.
You can't be wimpy."

Greenstone saw his first
lacrosse game when he was in
eighth grade. His first oppor-
tunity to play was in ninth
grade, when he started Cran-
brook. "It's hard to become
good," he says. "There are a
lot of guys who just pick it up
and they reach a level that's
bad-to-mediocre. But to
become a good lacrosse player,

Aaron Greenstone:
Two tough sports.

it takes a lot of time and ef-
fort."
Strength is important for a
lacrosse player, Greenstone
says, but speed and quickness
are more vital. "To be a good
lacrosse player, you have to be
fast. If you're slow, there's no

way you'll ever be a good
lacrosse player.
"You don't even have to be
that strong. I know a lot of
real small, wimpy guys who
are real good. You have to be
sort of crazy, especially if
you're sort of small. You real-
ly get hit a lot. It's a
dangerous sport."
Greenstone likens his
defense position to that of a
rushing defenseman in
hockey. "You're supposed to
cover their offensive players
and not let them score.
"What happens is, let's say
they shoot and our goalie
saves the ball. He'll pass it to
me and I'll probably run it all
the way down the field.
"A lot of times defensemen
will score, or will have assists.
I had a bunch of assists this
season because I'd run it up
and pass it and that guy
would score."
Lacrosse, which was in,
vented by Native Americans,
is one of, if not the, oldest
sports in North America. It is
also relatively unknown. But
Greenstone sees the sport
gaining popularity.
"When I started playing
lacrosse — I live in Birm-
ingham — very few people
around here who were in the
public schools knew what it
was. And now Birmingham
Seaholm has a team and Bir-
mingham Groves has a team.