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WELCOME
The GYLA was founded to support and encourage the growth of girls youth lacrosse throughout Oregon.
We are dedicated to providing the information and support to foster both educational/developmental youth lacrosse programs as well as competitive lacrosse teams.
 For more information about youth lacrosse, visit the Youth Lacrosse section of the US Lacrosse website.
For more information about lacrosse in Oregon, visit OregonLax.com.
For information about high school girls lacrosse in Oregon, visit Oregon Girls Lax.
For information about how to become an official, visit the Oregon Women's Lacrosse Umpires Association website.
With a history that spans centuries, lacrosse is the oldest sport in North America.
The evolution of the Native American game into modern lacrosse began in 1636 when Jean de Brebeuf, a Jesuit missionary, documented a Huron contest in what is now southeast Ontario, Canada. At that time, some type of lacrosse was played by at least 48 Native American tribes scattered throughout what is now southern Canada and all parts of the United States.
French pioneers began playing the game avidly in the 1800s. Canadian dentist W. George Beers standardized the game in 1867 with the adoption of set field dimensions, limits to the number of players per team and other basic rules.
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