"Longtime rivals Sylmar and San Fernando are set to meet on Saturday at the Coliseum in a tripleheader for high school football. The junior varsity teams will play at 2:30 p.m., followed by a girls flag football game at 5 p.m. and the varsity 11-man game at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 and available for purchase at each school this week, with $12 going back to the schools. Tickets also will be available at the Coliseum on Saturday. San Fernando is an eight-time City Section champion with a rich history that includes its wishbone teams of the 1970s featuring the late Charles White, who won the Heisman Trophy at USC. Sylmar won City titles in 1992 and 1994 under coach Jeff Engilman."
""This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our student-athletes, families, alumni and the broader community to come together and celebrate the legacy and rivalry of two proud programs in a truly iconic venue," Sylmar athletic director Wilquin Garcia said. It will be a Valley Mission League game, with Sylmar 4-3 and 1-2 in league and San Fernando 5-2 and 2-1. In flag football, San Fernando is 7-6 and Sylmar is 4-5."
The Sylmar–San Fernando rivalry will be contested Saturday at the Coliseum as a tripleheader featuring junior varsity (2:30 p.m.), girls flag (5 p.m.), and varsity 11-man (7:30 p.m.) games. Tickets cost $15, are sold at each school with $12 returning to the schools, and will also be sold at the Coliseum. San Fernando is an eight-time City Section champion with 1970s wishbone teams that included Charles White, a Heisman Trophy winner at USC. Sylmar captured City titles in 1992 and 1994 under coach Jeff Engilman. League records show Sylmar 4-3 (1-2 league) and San Fernando 5-2 (2-1); flag records are 4-5 and 7-6 respectively.
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