Boyk Law Provided Lacrosse Helmets Prevent Player Injuries

Charles Boyk Law Offices purchased helmets to protect the Sylvania Northview High School Girls’ Lacrosse team.

Sylvania Northview girls’ lacrosse coach Greg Price wanted his high school players to wear helmets to prevent head injuries. Charles Boyk Law provided funding to pay for the helmets in the hope of improving player safety. The results were incredible. At the conclusion of a fierce 15-game 2025 season, Northview’s players suffered zero head injuries. The previous year, the Lady Kats had 6 players who missed school and games due to lacrosse-related concussions.

Sylvania Northview Assistant Coach, Miranda Price is also a paralegal at Charles Boyk Law Offices in Holland. She approached attorney Chuck Boyk about purchasing helmets for her entire team. “After she explained how we wanted to do something that wasn’t being done anywhere in Ohio to make our players safer,” says Coach Greg Price, “Chuck wrote us a check for the top-of-the-line helmets for our girls.”

Unfortunately, helmets can’t protect players from every possible injury. On May 6, 2025, a Bay Village, Ohio sophomore died during a boys’ high school lacrosse game, from a “blunt force craniocervical injury,” after being hit by a ball at the point where his spine meets the skull. The ball hit just below where the boy’s helmet covered.

Boys’ high school lacrosse players are required to wear helmets by the Ohio High School Athletics Association (OHSAA), girls’ lacrosse players are only required to wear eye protection and a

mouthpiece.

The OHSAA issued a statement in response to the accidental death. “The OHSAA is deeply saddened by this tragic loss of life… All high school girls and boys lacrosse teams across the country follow the national rules for games and equipment. Any situation like this will reach the state and national level for discussion by lacrosse experts, including coaches, officials and medical professionals.”

Ohio high school girls’ lacrosse utilizes a similar 5 oz solid rubber ball, and an errant shot or pass can easily hit a player in the head. Multiple Sylvania Northview girls suffered concussions during past seasons. “Last season we had 6 concussions and lost players for multiple games. This year with these helmets, we had zero injuries,” says Greg Price.

Thanks to the support of Charles Boyk Law Offices, Sylvania Northview became the first Ohio high school girls’ lacrosse team to require their players to wear helmets. “When people see us on the field,” he says, “I think opposing spectators and parents will go to their coaches and ask, “Why aren’t we wearing helmets?”