Longtime rivals Sylmar and San Fernando are set to satisfy on Saturday on the Coliseum in a tripleheader for highschool soccer.
The junior varsity groups will play at 2:30 p.m., adopted by a ladies flag soccer sport at 5 p.m. and the varsity 11-man sport at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 and accessible for buy at every faculty this week, with $12 going again to the colleges. Tickets additionally will likely be accessible on the Coliseum on Saturday.
San Fernando is an eight-time Metropolis Part champion with a wealthy historical past that features its wishbone groups of the Seventies that includes the late Charles White, who received the Heisman Trophy at USC. Sylmar received Metropolis titles in 1992 and 1994 beneath 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 mentioned.
It will likely be a Valley Mission League sport, with Sylmar 4-3 and 1-2 in league and San Fernando 5-2 and 2-1. In flag soccer, San Fernando is 7-6 and Sylmar is 4-5.
