Prior Lake midfielder Abby Grove poses for a portrait in Prior Lake. Grove is the All-Minnesota Player of the Year in girls lacrosse. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Prior Lake senior Abby Grove reached a crossroads as she entered high school.

Grove, whose first love was hockey, discovered a passion for lacrosse the moment she joined her first team as a sixth-grader. Pondering which sport to pursue collegiately proved to be one of the toughest decisions Grove ever had to make.

“I just realized that I love lacrosse so much more,” Grove said. “It just came so naturally to me, and I really liked going out to all these states out east and playing in these really high-intensity tournaments. I just love being put to a challenge.”

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