Members of the Garfield High School and Roosevelt High School teams gather for the 90th East LA Classic media day on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (Photo by Allan Medina for Boyle Heights Beat)Posted inSports
‘Another year of history’: Players, community gather to kick off 90th East LA Classic
The East LA Classic draws thousands of football fans from across the Eastside and beyond, and this year will be no different.
Ahead of the big game, players, cheerleaders, coaches and school officials gathered for a press conference at East LA College’s Weingart Stadium on Wednesday to kick off the 90th edition of one of the most storied rivalries in high school sports.
“It’s another year of history here in the Eastside where both schools are gonna demonstrate what they’re made of: courage, valor, sportsmanship, community, unity and that’s what this East LA Classic is all about,” said Rocío Rivas, Los Angeles Unified board member representing the Eastside.
The East LA Classic will take place on Friday, Oct. 24, at East LA College’s Weingart Stadium. JV football will take the field at 3:15 p.m. with girls’ flag football on at 5:45 ahead of the varsity game, which kicks off at 7:45 p.m. Tickets are available online via GoFan.
Team captains of Garfield High School and Roosevelt High School football teams pose with the East LA Classic and flag football trophies at the 90th East LA Classic. (Photo by Allan Medina for Boyle Heights Beat)Garfield High School flag football team at media day for the 90th East LA Classic. (Photo by Allan Medina for Boyle Heights Beat)Roosevelt High School flag football team at media day for the 90th East LA Classic. (Photo by Allan Medina for Boyle Heights Beat)Garfield High School cheer at 90th East LA Classic media day. (Photo by Allan Medina for Boyle Heights Beat)Members of the Associated Student Body of Garfield High School and Roosevelt High School at the 90th East LA Classic media day. (Photo by Allan Medina for Boyle Heights Beat)The flag football trophy has gone home once each with Roosevelt and Garfield High Schools while the East LA Classic Trophy has spent the last three years with Garfield High. (Photo by Allan Medina for Boyle Heights Beat)Roosevelt head coach Ernesto Ceja speaks at the 90th East LA Classic media day. (Photo by Allan Medina for Boyle Heights Beat)Garfield head coach Patrick Vargas speaks during 90th East LA Classic media day. (Photo by Allan Medina for Boyle Heights Beat)
Allan Medina is a contributing writer at Boyle Heights Beat. For the past three years, he has worked as a sports and news producer at NBC Los Angeles. He previously spent nearly three years as a news producer at Spectrum News 1. In his free time, he covers high school football for the Valley Sports Telegram.
