The East LA Classic isn’t just another football game — it’s one of the city’s oldest and fiercest rivalries: Garfield versus Roosevelt. Two schools separated by just a few miles but bonded by generations of pride, tradition and community spirit.

But for one East LA family, this year’s game means more than touchdowns and trophies.

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Kidada “Miss Kiki” Tarrant has spent 16 years serving up meals and smiles as a cafeteria manager at Roosevelt High. Most of her children have proudly worn the Rough Riders’ colors. But her son Mario decided to take a different path, transferring to rival Garfield High as a freshman.

Now, for the first time, two of her sons will go head to head under the lights at East LA College.

“It’s go

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