Box Lacrosse has been played at Earl Warren, in the outdoor rink located in the corner of the grounds, for over 12 years.  It started with a partnership with Roller Hockey and the SBLA (Santa Barbara Lacrosse Association) back in 2013.  Hotshots Lacrosse Club has directed lacrosse at the Rink every winter since 2018 and it was one of the few places to play during COVID.  In 2023, Dynamite Pickleball wrestled away control of scheduling from Roller Hockey, which built the Rink and owns the structure on the land to this day.  Since that time, lacrosse has been marginalized and pickleball courts are now what you find in the Rink. No longer do you hear the sounds lacrosse coaches coaching, sticks banging on the boards, or the sound of pucks and lacrosse balls off the boards and glass.

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Dynamite Pickleball has offered LATE Friday nights and Saturday evenings, the worst and most inconvenient times for any youth or high school players to play at the Rink. 

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Box Lacrosse is a great way for players of all ability levels to continue to improve their skills and Lacrosse IQ in a more competitive and physical setting.

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The national sport of Canada, box lacrosse is typically played in a converted hockey rink or roller hockey rink. In Canada, outdoor hockey rinks are converted to Box lacrosse rinks once the ice melts in summer.

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6 players - a goalie and 5 "runners" comprise each team. All of the runners use short sticks and play offense and defense. The goal (4' x 4') is smaller than a field lacrosse goal (6' x 6') and a box goalie wears significantly more padding than goalies wear in the field game. As in ice hockey, the confined space and boards creates a very physical game.

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Solid stick skills become more relevant in the box because of the confined space and physical nature of the action. There is a shot clock which tends to generate far more shots than one may see in a field game, but goals are much harder to score with the smaller goal and significantly larger goalie.

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Substitutions take place through the box area along one sideline - similar to hockey. In a USBOXLA sanctioned game, penalties are time serving and tend to be longer in length than time serving penalties in the field game.​​