Many of the American Indian Tribes played Lacrosse over 500 years ago in the Southeastern part of what was to later become the United States. They called it "Baggataway" which means "Little Brother of War". Games were played over several miles and were used to settle disputes and to train warriors. Jean Debreuf, a French settler, thought the sticks used by the Indians looked like "Croziers" carried by Bishops of the Church and coined the name La Crosse when witnessing a game in 1636.

The mid and late 1800's saw many settlers playing Lacrosse but the game took a big step toward the game as we know it today wehn a dentist named George Beers set down the first rules of the game in 1867. There were hunderds of men playing on club teams when in 1877 NYU established the first college team. The Philips Exeter and Andover Prep Schools, in New England, started Lacrosse teams in 1882. Rosabelle Sinclair started the first girls team at Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore in 1926.

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The South Carolina Chapter of US Lacrosse Board of Directors established the SCLL in the fall of 2001. The purpose was to provide an opportunity for the boys and girls high school lacrosse teams to compete in a league where a year end champion would be recognized. The first SCLL Tournament was held in Myrtle Beach in May of 2002. Six teams competed and the Hilton Head Girls and Boys teams won the first South Carolina High School Lacrosse Championships.

The year 2003 saw a very successful SCLL Tournament held in Hilton Head and once again the Hilton Head High School Boys and Girls walked away with the title after a very competitive struggle. There were eight teams competing that year.

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