Football: Roosevelt-Garfield pregame hype

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They held the annual news conference Wednesday morning at East L.A. College in preparation for Friday’s 7:30 p.m. clash between Los Angeles Roosevelt and Los Angeles Garfield in the East L.A. Classic.

I spoke to Garfield Coach Lorenzo Hernandez, Roosevelt Coach Javier Cid and a couple of players to get a feel for what it’s like to participate in a game expected to attract 25,000.

Here’s their thoughts via video. And remember, we’ll be blogging Friday night at latimes.com/preps.

-- Eric Sondheimer