Prep talk: AGBU basketball coach, players headed to Armenia for international competition
Nareg Kopooshian of AGBU to coach U16 national team this summer in Armenia.
For Nareg Kopooshian, the basketball coach at AGBU High in Canoga Park, there's a big summer ahead. He's going to be the head coach for the U16 Armenian national team in the FIBA U16 EuroBasket competition July 4-12 in Yerevan. It's the first time Armenia is hosting the event.
Los Angeles has the largest Armenian community in the United States with as many as 700,000 people. Players selected for the training camp in Armenia include Anthony Sarkesian (Chaminade), Anthony Karayan (Village Christian), Ethan Kazanjian (AGBU), Edward Gemjian (La Canada) and Jivan Dorian (AGBU). This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports.
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