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High school stars Sadie Martiesian and Paul Boghosian spent 10 days teaching Armenian kids the game they love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sadie Martiesian and Paul Boghosian could have spent 10 days in July working summer jobs, going to the beach, hanging with friends or packing for college. Instead, they traveled 5,500 miles to one of the poorest countries in western Asia to teach kids the fundamentals of the game they love: lacrosse.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cSadie and I live, breathe and eat lacrosse,\u201d Paul said when we chatted Monday afternoon.
But for Sadie \u2013 a soccer, basketball and lacrosse superstar at Wheeler School \u2013 and Paul \u2013 a hockey and lacrosse standout at La Salle Academy \u2013 the trip to Armenia was as much about self-discovery as it was demonstrating a behind-the-back pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI went to the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan with my grandparents. That was something special,\u201d Sadie told me when we spoke last week.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m happy I took the trip at this time in my life. Hearing my grandfather talk about his family, his stories \u2013 walking through the Garden of Trees, seeing the Eternal Flame \u2013 we just stood there a while and watched.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadie, from Cranston, is a confident, effervescent 18-year-old bound for Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., later this month, but her voice turned soft and halting as she recalled that special moment in that special place with her grandfather, Terrance Martiesian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For Paul, from Providence, an aggressive athlete in constant motion on the field and ice, it was an opportunity to travel with 13 members of the Martiesian family to explore his ancestral past with the hope of better understanding his 21st-century present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to know who I am as a person,\u201d he said Monday while packing for Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. \u201cTo do that, I have to know where I\u2019m from.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Most Armenians in the United States and Canada are second- and third-generation descendants of survivors of the 1915 genocide during which Ottoman Turks deported or killed an estimated 1.5 million Armenians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the end of World War I in 1918 to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Armenia was a minor Soviet republic. Today, Armenia is a democratic nation of 2.8 million citizens \u2014 about the combined population of Maine and New Hampshire \u2014 that welcomes the support of the Armenians scattered across the globe known as the diaspora.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Among them are Canadian-born Armenians like Father Shnork Souin, pastor of Sts. Sahag and Mesrob Armenian Apostolic Church in Providence, and Johnny Mouradian, a Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Famer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fr. Souin, in 1993 a new parish priest in St. Catherines, Ontario, read about Mouradian in a local newspaper. A multi-sport athlete and fan himself, Souin located Mouradian, invited him for coffee that turned into a four-hour dinner and eventually convinced Mouradian to accompany him on a youth mission to Armenia in 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n\u201cI didn\u2019t really know Armenia. That trip opened my eyes,\u201d Mouradian told me during a phone call. \u201cWe stayed with a family that was so poor they ripped up the wooden floor to keep warm during the winter. We had to use an outhouse. I said, \u2018Wow! This is us?\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Fr. Souin recalled \u201cthose kids had nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two Canadians became close friends, talked of introducing lacrosse to Armenia, and in 2023 co-founded the Armenian Lacrosse Federation. They raised $40,000 and last summer ran four camps. \u201cWe put 500 sticks in the hands of kids,\u201d Fr. Souin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This summer they operated seven camps. Fr. Souin knew of Sadie\u2019s and Paul\u2019s lacrosse experience and invited them to be instructors. \u201cLast year Paul was the first kid to email me. He wanted to donate $100,\u201d the priest said. \u201cSadie\u2019s family is very much a part of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sadie and Paul took a six-hour online language course this summer and a two-hour in-person session when they arrived in Yerevan, the capital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve seen Yerevan,\u201d somebody warned the American teens. \u201cDon\u2019t think that\u2019s what Armenia is like.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their first stop was Yeghegnut, a village of around 2,500 people about 25 miles southwest of Yerevan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, this is what she means,\u201d Sadie said. \u201cWhen we got there a woman was walking cows in the street. It\u2019s a poor town. The school was older. The kids weren\u2019t as disciplined. They were a little all over the place. They wanted to play soccer. It was a culture shock.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next stop was Akhtala, 115 miles north of Yerevan and home of a 10th-century monastery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThey have a soccer school there. The coach was great. He got involved, played with the kids. In this village the kids had the most respect for the coach and the priest. It was something special to see,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final camp was at Metsamor, a larger town of about 8,000 (2016) and home of the only nuclear power plant in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany of the kids spoke some English so we were able to converse a little more. We bonded over music and movies,\u201d Sadie said. \u201cThey were shocked at how many sports I play. \u2018Girls can play all these sports?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soccer and basketball are common in Armenia, but most of the kids Sadie and Paul encountered were eager to try lacrosse. Water breaks were brief because they wanted to keep playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sadie and Paul had plenty of experience to share. Sadie was a two-time All-State selection when Wheeler competed in the Rhode Island Interscholastic League and two-time All-State after Wheeler switched to the New England Prep School Athletic Council. She was the Independent Schools Athlete of the Year in 2023, the Eastern Independent League girls lacrosse Player of the Year in 2024, and captain of Wheeler\u2019s 2024 team. She scored 364 career goals, the Wheeler record. She also played soccer and basketball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul, an attack or midfielder depending on the need, played on Rhode Island\u2019s perennial state lacrosse championship teams at La Salle and also starred for the Rhode Island Bulldogs club team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their approach with the Armenian kids was simple: have fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n\u201cThe way I connected with them was to act like a kid. The way I taught them how to cradle was to tell them to run after me. Overall the kids had fun. It\u2019s just about having fun,\u201d Paul said.<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Asked for two takeaways from their experience, Sadie and Paul each offered one in common.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t take anything for granted,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNever take anything for granted,\u201d he said. \u201cI wanted to try my hardest even if I was tired. It\u2019s all about the kids. They are the next generation to bring growth to the country. Armenia is not a third-world country, but it\u2019s not a first-world country either.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadie found music \u201cconnects people in many ways, even in the smallest villages where kids don\u2019t speak English. Everyone likes Shakira over there. J Lo. They like Marvel movies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul found himself noticing the kids who want to improve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot everyone is going to embrace the game from the start,\u201d he said. \u201cI tried to find someone who saw an opportunity. Some of the kids want to get out of there and live in America. You can see the drive in the kids who want to be better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fr. Souin and Johnny Mouradian have a big goal for Armenian lacrosse: the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. Sixes, a version of lacrosse with a goalie and five field players competing in a faster game on a smaller field, will be part of the Olympic program in four years. Much remains to be achieved: formation of national men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams; sanctioning from World Lacrosse, the sport\u2019s international governing body; the International Olympic Committee determining the size of the Olympic field; and support from the diaspora, which may provide a nucleus of players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt could be a great opportunity for players like Sadie and Paul,\u201d Johnny Mouradian said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s doable. A hundred percent,\u201d Sadie told me. \u201cJohnny is a very driven man. This is something he really cares about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She and Paul would like to return to Armenia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaybe next year do this again,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI plan on trying to go back next year,\u201d Paul said. \u201cThis summer and next are my last summers at home before I have to get an internship and become an adult.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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