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2010 Pangos Dream Classic

By: Jeff Meadows

2010 Pangos Dream Classic @ Cabrillo High School (Long Beach CA)

 The 2010 Pangos Dream Classic will be held on Saturday January 9, 2010 at Cabrillo High School in Long Beach CA. This 16th annual high school basketball event will showcase ten of California's top boy’s high school teams it will also feature some of the top prospects on the west coast/country. This event has been one of the top Holiday basketball tournaments in the country the past 10 years and this year won’t be any different with teams like: Compton Dominguez H.S., Belflower St. John Bosco, Los Angeles Price H.S. and Cerritos Gahr H.S. etc makes this a must see event.

The 2010 Pangos Dream Classic schedule is as follows:

2:00pm  Centennial (Compton) vs. Etiwanda (Etiwanda)

3:30pm   St. John Bosco (Bellflower) vs. Dominguez (Compton)

5:00pm   Cabrillo (Long Beach)  vs. Paramount (Paramount)

6:30pm   Price (Los Angeles) vs. Gahr (Cerritos)

8:00pm  La Verne Lutheran (La Verne) vs. Ocean View (Huntington Beach)

Below is a listing of the top prospects that will participate in this event by class/grade.

Seniors:

Anthony Brown 6’7 Ocean View H.S. (Huntington Beach)/Stanford signee

Allen Crabbe 6’6 Price H.S. (Los Angeles)/Cal signee

Richard Soloman 6’9 Price H.S. (Los Angeles)/Cal signee

Deonte Burton 6’1 Centennial H.S. (Compton)

Avery Johnson 6’4 Ocean View H.S. (Huntington Beach)

Ervin Ware 5’9 Gahr H.S. (Cerritos)

Casey Trujeque 5’9 (Price H.S. (Los Angeles)/Montana State signee 

Harrison Hawkins 5’10 Centennial H.S. (Compton)

Ryan Okwudibonye 6’7 Ocean View H.S.(Huntington Beach)

Tony Bell 6’3 Cabrillo H.S. (Long Beach)

Christian Verdugo 6’2 Cabrillo H.S.(Long Beach)

Juniors

Norvell Pelle 6’9 Price H.S. (Los Angeles) 

Byron Wesley 6’4 Etiwanda H.S./committed to USC

CJ Cooper 6’0 La Verne Lutheran (La Verne)

Bruce English 6’1 La Verne Lutheran (La Verne)

Davon Potts 6’3 Gahr H.S. (Cerritos)

Xavier Jones 6’7 La Verne Lutheran (La Verne)

Billy Keller 6’0 Ocean View H.S. (Huntington Beach)

Kevin Payne 6’2 La Verne Lutheran (La Verne)

Javon Pearson 6’5 Cabrillo H.S. (Long Beach) 

Sophomores

Grant Jerrett 6’8 La Verne Lutheran (La Verne)

Skyler Spencer 6’7 Price H.S. (Los Angeles)

Anthony Martinez 6’0 Gahr H.S. (Cerritos)

Darryl Matthews 6’3 St. John Bosco H.S. (Bellflower)

Michael Alvarez 6’2 Gahr H.S. (Cerritos)

Braiten Madrigal 6’3 St. John Bosco H.S. (Bellflower)

Connor Clifford 6’9 Ocean View H.S. (Huntington Beach)

Freshmen

Eric Cooper 6’2 La Verne Lutheran (La Verne)

Chance Murray 6’1 Price H.S. (Los Angeles)

Darien Williams  6'5 (Gahr H.S. (Cerritos) 

Nick Colletta 6’4 La Verne Lutheran (La Verne)

Past Dream Classic's has showcased many future NBA stars. The 2003 Pangos Dream Classic featured the #1 pick of the 2003 NBA Draft LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers) and attracted 12,500-plus fans, media and scouts to UCLA's Pauley Pavilion as well as a national ESPN2 audience. The 2004 Dream Classic was headlined by three of the top 13 picks of the 2004 NBA Draft: #1 pick Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic), #12 selection Robert Swift (Seattle Supersonics) and the #13 choice Sebastian Telfair (Minnesota Timberwolves). The Pangos Dream Classic has also served as a stage for several other future NBA players like Paul Pierce (Boston Celtics), Baron Davis (Los Angeles Clippers), Tayshaun Prince (Detroit Pistons), Tyson Chandler (Charlotte Bobcats), Brandon Jennings (Milwaukee Bucks), Brook Lopez (New Jersey Nets), Jrue Holiday (Philadelphia 76'ers), Darren Collison (New Orleans Hornets), Jason Collins (Minnesota Timberwolves), Jarron Collins (Utah Jazz), Jason Hart (Los Angeles Clippers), Robin Lopez (Phoenix Suns), Josh Childress (Atlanta Hawks/Greece), Jason Kapono (Philadelphia 76'ers), Kirk Snyder (Memphis Grizzlies), Luke Walton (Los Angeles Lakers), Casey Jacobsen (Memphis Grizzlies), Corey Benjamin (Orlando Magic), Jeff Trepagnier (Denver Nuggets), Tito Maddox (Houston Rockets), Jamal Sampson (Denver Nuggets), Dijon Thompson (Phoenix Suns), Jordan Farmar (Los Angeles Lakers), Nick Young (Washington Wizards), Javarris Crittenton (Washington Wizards), Arron Afflalo (Denver Nuggets), Bobby Jones (Memphis Grizzlies). DJ Strawberry (Phoenix Suns) and Gabriel Pruitt (Boston Celtics).

Make sure you log on Jan. 12th to view the recap to this top notch event.