Coaches named for 605 football classic
Two of the CIF Southern Section's most successful coaches over the past
two seasons have been selected to head the East and West teams for the
41st Annual 605 All-Star Football Classic.
The game is scheduled to be played Saturday, June 7th at Cerritos
College.
Long Beach Poly's Raul Lara will guide the East team. Lakewood High's
Thadd MacNeal will lead the West squad.
Lara's Jackrabbits won the CIF-SS Pac 5 Division championship in
December. It was Lara's third CIF-SS championship team in four years. He has
been the Jackrabbits' coach since 2001.
MacNeal just completed his second season at the Helm for the Lancers.
This season, Lakewood lost to Poly in Moore League play, 13-6, the
Jackrabbits' closest victory of the season.
MacNeal is 10-2 in Moore League play and his team has finished second to
Poly the past two years.
Schools represented on the East team are Artesia, California, Cerritos,
Cypress, Fullerton, Gahr, John Glenn, Kennedy, La Habra, La Mirada, La
Serna, LB Poly, Los Alamitos, Los Altos, Mayfair, Norwalk, Pioneer,
Santa Fe, St. John Bosco, St. Paul, Sonora, Whittier and Whittier
Christian.
West team players are from Bell Gardens, Bellflower, Long Beach
Cabrillo, Cantwell, Carson, Compton, Dominguez, Don Bosco Tech, Downey,
El Rancho, Garfield, Lakewood, Long Beach Jordan, Long Beach Wilson,
Lynwood, Millikan, Montebello, Paramount, Schurr, St. Anthony, South
Gate, Cerritos Valley Christian and Warren.
Just wondering: Is the June 7 date too early or late in the summer/ Or would it be better suited for an early August date?
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Roger Murray is the prep sports editor for the Whittier Daily News.
Hello Roger, thanks for the forum. 605 teams will be announced by the end of March. Roger will get them as soon as they are available. Coach Arnold and his Condors had a tremendous season. Everyone knows that, however four Eastside schools won CIF titles this year. Cypress, La Habra, St. Paul and Long Beach Poly. Our protocol is and always has been to ask CIF Champions first. And finally to Del Rio League Fan, thanks for your keen observations. This year's game will be played at Cerritos College. We have been trying to play there for a decade but conflicts with the State track meet & other events have prevented the game from being played there. We will have no conflicts over the next four years. Thanks again Roger for your forum.
I wonder who is going to be on the team?
can you keep us posted?
cant wait.... especially till we start practicing so we can everyone from la habra and show them who is the best team in the area....
Did the organizers of the game ever take into count the job Jim Arnold of California did?
June 7th is perfect, It is before the players graduate, there has always been an aura to this game, and I think part of it is that the players are technically still high school players. Goodman Stadium was packed last year, and I would imagine it will be again, Is the game still at Goodman or did they move it. This game has always kind of served as an early season kick off for High school football, I say leave it as it is.