They’ll hold the 40th annual 605 all-Star Football Classic Saturday,
June 2 at La Mirada Stadium.

The coaches will be St. Paul’s Pete Gonzalez for the East squad and Gary Cordray of South Gate for the West
squad.
In addition to the game action, the festitives will feature the
induction into the 605 Hall of Fame of legendary coaches Marijon Ancich and Ernie Johnson, who led
St. Paul and El Rancho to national recognition during the late 1950s and ’60s.
When Ancich retired after the 2005 season, he had 354 victories that
made him California’s winningest high school football coach and ranks
him nationally among the top 20 in wins.
His teams won three CIF championships, two state championships and was
named national champion in 1968.
Johnson coached the Dons to five CIF championship games and, like
Ancich, won three of them. His 1966 team finished 13-0 and was named
state and national champion.
The last high school game Johnson coached was against St. Paul and
Ancich in 1968, which ended in a 20-20 tie.
Longevity has given the 605 All-Star Football Classic its credibility,
and the manner in which it is conducted is not being questioned here.
However, just wondering if early June is the best time to hold a high
school football game. Is it too far from the football season, when most
sports fans are thinking baseball? Would it be better served to play it later, say
in late July or early August, when football fever is just beginning to
build?
Then again, if something aint broke, why fix it, right?