When 11-year-old Port Washington fifth grader Allie Atkinson goes to high-five her teammates during lacrosse practice, their first reaction is usually to recoil in horror.
“They’re like ‘why are your hands orange and all blistered? That’s disgusting, I’m not high-fiving you!’” Atkinson recalls with a giggle. “But then I tell them why, and they think it’s really, really cool.”
Atkinson has earned those callouses through hard work and excellent at…
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