"East L.A. Classic" - Softball: Roosevelt defeats Garfield 13-7 In 1st League Game

Note From the Editor #1: The CIF/L.A. City Schools’ #3 seeded softball team in Division II, the “Lady Riders” (16-3 Overall) and (11-1 Eastern League) from Roosevelt HS are set to open their drive to the title tomorrow, 5/11/17 on their home field versus the Northern League’s, Wilson HS, (8-12 Overall), winners over Los Angeles HS in a “Play-in” game. First pitch is set for 3:00 pm.

In addition, we’re vey glad to report that the #6 seeded “Lady Bulldogs” (12-8-1 Overall) and (8-4 Eastern League) from Garfield HS also earned themselves a spot in the post-season tournament and drew a home game versus Reseda HS (12-9 Overall). They will also play tomorrow, 5/11/17 at 3 pm. The Division II Championship game will be played on 5/20/17.

We now bring you to our coverage of the first Eastern League and the “East L.A. Classic” – Softball game as the Roosevelt “Lady Riders” hosted their archrival competitors, the Garfield “Lady Bulldogs.” Although the game was played last March 22nd, EastLASportsScene.Com was present with the highly seasoned, renowned, and multi-talented videographer/digital photographer, Erik Sarni, who produced this outstanding competition between our highly regarded schools from Boyle Heights and East L.A.

In this great posting, we ask you to take a good look at the highlight video and the all-important photo gallery to catch the action of that day and see the joy of victory and the agony of defeat captured in this special encounter.

The second match-up of the season between these two teams took place on May 2nd at La Loma Park in Monterey Park. That posting is currently in post-production and will be up on our site shortly. In brief summary, the Lady Riders emerged with a huge 10-9 win coming from behind in their last at-bat and thus secured a share of the Eastern League Championship for their season-long efforts. Now it’s time for the second-season to begin and let’s get out to support both of our teams that represent our great East L.A. community.

Note From the Editor #2: We sincerely apologize for the long and unusual absence of our customary postings. We sincerely thank you for your understanding and your patience. Rico Cabrera, Sr., Editor, EastLASportsScene.Com

The Roosevelt Rough Riders softball team won their 3/22/17 home conference game against their archrival, the Garfield Bulldogs by a score of 13-7.