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The CIF-Southern Section Open Division semifinals Friday at USC’s Galen Center begins with Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth vs. Bishop Montgomery of Torrance at 7 p.m. followed by Mater Dei-Chino Hills at approximately 8:30 p.m.

Those are rematches of last season’s Open Division semifinals in which Chino Hills beat Mater Dei, 102-54, and Sierra Canyon beat Bishop Montgomery, 78-69.

Chino Hills and Mater Dei played each other this season. Chino Hills won, 84-73, at the Tarkanian Classic in Las Vegas on Dec. 20.

Both games will be streamed live at FoxSportsGo.com.

General admission tickets are available at galentix.com at $15 each. Student and child tickets will be on sale on game day at Galen Center. The arena doors will open at 6 p.m. Parking is $12.

More tickets and parking information is here.

The Open Division semifinalists are ranked 1-4 in CalHiSports.com’s California top 20. Sierra Canyon (27-1) is No. 1, Chino Hills (29-1) is No. 2, Bishop Montgomery (25-2) is No. 3 and Mater Dei (29-1) is No. 4. All four are in USA Today’s national rankings: No. 2 Sierra Canyon; No. 10 Chino Hills; No. 12. Bishop Montgomery; and No. 13 Mater Dei.

JSerra (18-10) and Santa Margarita (21-7) are playing in Open Division consolation bracket quarterfinals Friday. Santa Margarita, which lost to Bishop Montgomery by three points Tuesday, is at Redondo Union (24-5). JSerra is at Damien of La Verne (26-4).

In other Friday semifinals, involving Orange County teams, Villa Park (22-5) is home against Highland of Palmdale (12-17) in Division 2AA; Capistrano Valley (23-6) is home against Rancho Christian of Temecula (20-10) in a 2A game; and Pacifica Christian (22-3) is home against Foothill Technology of  Ventura (23-5).