Price Faces Serra in Dream Classic Opener

Los Angeles Price, a perennial Division V boys’ basketball power, will play Gardena Serra in the opening game of the Pangos Dream Classic at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hope International University in Fullerton.

Price, which won an unprecedented four consecutive state titles from 2000 to 2003 and was runner-up last season, features senior forward Marcus Palmer and junior guard Brian Currie.

Serra was originally scheduled to play L.A. Washington and later scheduled to take on L.A. Fremont, but both schools were over their allotment of nonleague games for the season.

The rest of the lineup Saturday: Compton Centennial vs. Las Vegas Bishop Gorman, 3:30 p.m.; Lynwood vs. L.A. Loyola, 5 p.m.; Compton Dominguez vs. Etiwanda, 6:30 p.m.; North Hollywood Harvard-Westlake vs. Fresno San Joaquin Memorial, 8:15 p.m.

Girls’ Basketball

Priscilla Angeloni had 23 points and 12 rebounds and Brittani Philbrook had 17 points, 10 rebounds and five assists as Norco, ranked No. 2 in the Southland by The Times, defeated No. 4 Fullerton Rosary, 60-51, in a nonleague game at Norco.

Norco standout Erika Arriaran was double-teamed most of the night but added eight points for the Cougars (14-0). Karina Figueroa had 20 points for Rosary (10-2).

The Lady Cougars, who wear T-shirts with “Unfinished Business” printed on them, have now defeated the only three teams to beat them last season. Fullerton Troy and Santa Ana Mater Dei were the others.

Girls’ Water Polo

Newport Harbor, in search of its second tournament title this season, will have to make its way through a strong field that includes three defending Southern Section champions at the sixth annual Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions today and Saturday.

Newport Harbor, the defending Division I champion and last year’s Santa Barbara tournament runner-up, is top-seeded after winning the Newport Harbor/Corona del Mar tournament two weeks ago. The Sailors (10-0), featuring seniors Anne Belden (29 goals) and Ashling Taylor (28 goals), open against Irvine at 10 this morning at Santa Barbara High.

Games also will take place at UC Santa Barbara.

The 16-team field includes Newport Harbor/Corona del Mar tournament runner-up Santa Ana Foothill (8-2), last year’s Division I runner-up, as well as three-time defending Division II champion Corona del Mar (5-4) and two-time defending Division IV champion Santa Barbara, which won the event last year by defeating Newport Harbor.

Santa Barbara features the most highly regarded player in the Southland in USC-bound senior Kami Craig, the only high school player on the U.S. junior national team. She leads the third-seeded Dons (9-3) with 36 goals and 33 ejections drawn.

Santa Margarita (9-2), with victories over Foothill, Corona del Mar and Santa Barbara, is ranked No. 3 in Division I and also in the mix.