A Championship Title: Reflections on Ferrahian Armens’ Victory

CIF Southern Section Division 5A Ferrahian Armens Varsity Girls’ Basketball Team

BY RAMELA GRIGORIAN ABBAMONTIAN

It’s been a few weeks since the Ferrahian Armens Varsity Girls basketball team earned its first-ever CIF-SS Division 5A championship title and I have found myself revisiting the moment quite frequently. This victory was profoundly meaningful for many of us. Personally, I’m reflecting upon it through the eyes of not just a former Armens athlete (Class of 1993) and a parent of current Armens athletes (Class of 2024, 2026, 2030), but also as a basketball player at the last championship game in 1992. This blended perspective has heightened my joy at this victory, deepened my admiration for Coach Varant, intensified my love for my alma mater, given renewed meaning to our motto, “Once an Armen, Always an Armen,”