QuoteThe Other Sport Where Local Teams Tear Up the Field
TREASURE ISLAND—While the Giants and 49ers soak up the spotlight, two other San Francisco teams have quietly been dominating their league—in the ancient sport of hurling.
When hurling, which dates back a few millennia in Irish history, opens another season in San Francisco in June, a local team could bring home the amateur North American County Board championship for the third year in a row.
Hurling is a fast-moving game that mixes elements of field hockey and lacrosse and is played with 30- to 40-inch sticks called "hurleys." Points are scored by firing a ball at a net.
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