Like Father, Like Son
Like father, like son
Northwestern lacrosse standout Lantz Carter shares a passion for the sport with his father and coach, Lloyd Carter, who played at Morgan State.
By Lem Satterfield, sun reporter
Originally published May 31, 2006
Northwestern coach Lloyd Carter doesn't think his star player and son, Lantz, is as good a lacrosse player as he was coming out of Edmondson High in the late 1970s.
Lloyd Carter knows Lantz Carter, a senior attackman and midfielder, is a better player than he ever was.
"Lantz is ambidextrous, he's quick, strong has an accurate shot - all of the skills and the knowledge of the game," Lloyd Carter said. "I think I may have been faster, but as far as knowledge of the game, there's no comparison."
Lantz Carter did have an advantage - he had a good teacher in his father, a former player at Morgan State University who started his son in the sport at age 6 in Pikesville's Tiger League.
From there, he continued to involve him in a number of recreational leagues, particularly those sponsored by Blax Lax Incorporated, an organization that attempts to promote the game to the African-American community.
"Lantz was a very athletic kid from the start, playing Pop Warner football a few years and also Little League baseball and a year of basketball. But lacrosse was the first sport he played," said Lloyd Carter, 47. "I would take him to my club team's games when he was young, but old enough to hold a stick."
Unlike Lloyd Carter's early days experimenting with lacrosse in his youth - when "guys in the neighborhood called lacrosse a white boys' sport," he said Lantz's "friends accepted the fact that he played even though they knew very little about it and Lantz sort of stood out."
The younger Carter still stands out among his peers in Baltimore City, having totaled 90 career goals and 38 assists over three seasons - including two at Randallstown High.
Lantz Carter scored 59 goals and assisted on 27 this season, also scooping 170 ground balls. His efforts led the Wildcats to a 10-4 record and a runner-up finish in the city's A Conference behind Walbrook.
"When I first started playing lacrosse, I don't think I was that good. I couldn't catch, I couldn't throw, but over a period of time, I practiced and became really good at it," said Lantz Carter, who intercepted six passes as a football defensive back. "In other sports, there are a lot of people that are good, but in lacrosse, I believe it takes a special athlete with special talents. Lacrosse is more challenging physically and mentally."
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