Vaughan students trying to break world record for longest lacrosse game

CTV Toronto 
January 10, 2014

Student athletes from a Vaughan, Ont. private school are attempting to break a Guinness World Record for the longest lacrosse game played.

Lacrosse players from the Hill Academy are participating in the game to raise funds for a school trip to Nicaragua in April. The students will be travelling to Nicaragua to build schools in rural communities, as well as touring the region’s volcanoes.

The goal is for the students to raise $40,000 through donations and sponsorships.

"The Nicaragua trip will be an experience of a life time for the post-graduate students before going separate ways to university next year," the school said in a statement. "It is an opportunity to break a world record in order to help make a difference in a third world country."

The game started at 11 p.m. on Thursday night, and is slated to end Saturday at midnight, for a record-breaking 25 hours of play. The previous record for the longest lacrosse game played was 24 hours, according the Guinness Book of World Records.

The game is being held at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville, located at 6 Invicta Dr., and is open to the public.