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Longmeadow's Kyle Smith continuing family's lacrosse tradition at UMass

Longmeadow's Kyle Smith continuing family's lacrosse tradition at UMass

By Cody Lahl on March 29, 2013 6:45 PM
Cameron McDonough highlighted the family tradition being continued by UMass lacrosse senior attack Kyle Smith as the Longmeadow, Mass., native competes for the Minutemen on the Springfield Republican's MassLive.com.

AMHERST -- For generation after generation, lacrosse has been a family affair in the Smith family.
The Smith family's love of lacrosse began with Neville, a member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, and continued on down to his son Norm. Now, that love has spread to Norm's son, Kyle, a senior attackman for the University of Massachusetts Amherst men's lacrosse team.
It was apparent from a young age that the family's lacrosse gene would not skip a generation. Kyle picked up a lacrosse stick and never let it go.

Continue reading the story on Kyle, his family ties to the sport and the Smith's history with UMass lacrosse here.


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