""We've been hearing about this game since January," Roosevelt coach Ernesto Ceja said. "I get the texts, the phone calls, 'Are you guys going to beat Garfield?' I'm like, 'Let me put a team together, then I'll get back to you.'""
""This community, these schools, we're as American as apple pie and pan dulce.""
""Let's go East L.A. Let's go Boyle Heights.""
The 90th annual East L.A. Classic between Garfield and Roosevelt will be played Friday at East Los Angeles College, with the JV game at 4 p.m., a girls' flag football game, and the varsity at 7:30 p.m. DJ Mustard will perform during halftime and the event typically produces the largest regular-season crowd. East L.A. College will staff every entrance with Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies, campus police, or private security amid local concerns about ICE raids. Garfield is 6-2 overall and 5-0 in league play, while Roosevelt is 4-4 overall and 3-1 after switching to the double-wing attack and winning three straight league games. Community leaders and school officials encouraged attendance and emphasized the event's cultural significance.
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