{"id":428619,"date":"2026-01-21T22:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/428619\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T22:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:21:08","slug":"wilson-football-finalizes-2026-schedule-the562-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/428619\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson Football Finalizes 2026 Schedule \u2013 The562.org"},"content":{"rendered":"

The562\u2019s football coverage for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Long Beach Poly alums Wendell \u201cWoWo\u201d Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins.<\/a><\/p>\n

The562\u2019s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.<\/a><\/p>\n

Even after winning their first Moore League championship since 1991 last season, the Wilson football program and first-year coach Raudric Curtis aren\u2019t satisfied\u2014and the Bruins\u2019 newly finalized 2026 schedule reflects that.<\/p>\n

With two more non-league games to fill after Compton and Cabrillo left the Moore League, Curtis used the opportunity to pack Wilson\u2019s schedule with competition from top to bottom. It includes matchups against multiple Division 3 programs along with a Trinity League school before the Bruins gear up to defend their Moore League title.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a tougher schedule than Wilson has ever put together,\u201d Curtis said. \u201cIt definitely isn\u2019t just business as usual. I want my team to see that the coach put together a juggernaut of a schedule and think, \u2018What does it look like to match his confidence?\u2019 It\u2019s about leaning in, and we don\u2019t feel like we\u2019re overshooting it, but the reality is definitely sobering that we\u2019ve got a tough schedule ahead of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The schedule starts with a familiar face in Week 0 at Mayfair on Aug. 21, as Curtis returns to the program where he previously coached alongside head coach Derek Bedell. Curtis\u2019 relationship with Bedell goes back over a decade, and the pair led the Monsoons to a CIF-SS championship in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s family,\u201d he said. \u201cI know the quality of play they bring and how well they\u2019re going to test us and our preparation to open the year. They just hit all the markers with having a great sportsmanship environment. It\u2019s going to be good on the field competition and a family affair.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bruins will follow that up with another road game, traveling to Trinity League opponent JSerra on Aug. 28. The Lions will be Wilson\u2019s highest-ranked opponent this year despite missing the playoffs last season, as JSerra was ranked No. 17 in the CIF-SS\u201413 spots higher than the Bruins\u2019 next-highest-ranked opponent.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt fits our boldness,\u201d Curtis said. \u201cWe\u2019re a team that welcomes the challenge, so the ability to go face a Trinity League team is right on brand for us with the level of talent that we think we can compete against. There\u2019s an expectation that we\u2019re taking these games to succeed and perform. We didn\u2019t put anyone on the schedule that we\u2019re planning to lose to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilson will begin the month of September with two matchups against Division 3 opponents in Huntington Beach (Sept. 4) and Dana Hills (Sept. 11). Huntington Beach will serve as the Bruins\u2019 home opener before they head to Dana Hills, which handed Wilson it\u2019s only regular-season loss last year in a 41-7 loss\u00a0at home.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey taught us a lot last year, and I think a lot of our success stemmed from that game,\u201d Curtis said of Dana Hills. \u201cI wanna see if they have any new tricks to show me. They\u2019re going to test us. We were in Division 4 last year, and in order to move up, we have to schedule teams like this without batting an eye.\u201d<\/p>\n

Villa Park is next on Wilson\u2019s list in Week 4, as the Bruins host their second home game of the year on Sept. 18. The Spartans were also a Division 4 team last season and have played Moore League opponent Millikan in each of the past two years, splitting those games.<\/p>\n

Wilson closes its non-league schedule with another familiar face in Compton, visiting the Tarbabes on Sept. 25. With Compton also filling two new open\u00a0game slots, Curtis said it was an easy Week 5 choice among the few options available as he looks forward to keeping the tradition going after a narrow 23-21 win last season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love Compton as far as how they run things, their coaching staff, and the way their program is built,\u201d Curtis said. \u201cIt makes it feel like a game worthy of being on our schedule, and they hit all the markers. It was a competitive game last year, and I anticipate that it\u2019ll be competitive again.\u201d<\/p>\n

From there, the Bruins will begin their quest to repeat as Moore League champions, opening league play at Jordan on Oct. 2. Wilson will follow that up with a highly anticipated rematch against rival Long Beach Poly on Oct. 9.<\/p>\n

Wilson will have a bye week on Oct. 23, sandwiched between its final league home games of the season against Lakewood and Millikan. Lakewood will serve as the Bruins\u2019 Senior Night on Oct. 16, while Wilson will conclude the regular season with Homecoming against Millikan on Oct. 30.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat got us to that success was day-by-day improvement and having fun\u2014it\u2019s beyond talent for us,\u201d Curtis said. \u201cYou\u2019re not going to tower us with speed, size, and experience on the field, because we now match that in spades. I think now the challenge for the Moore League teams is, are you programming at the level Wilson is? For us, it\u2019s about continuing to set that standard for the league.\u201d<\/p>\n

2026 Wilson Football Schedule\u00a0<\/p>\n

8\/21 \u2013 at Mayfair<\/p>\n

8\/28 \u2013 at JSerra<\/p>\n

9\/4 \u2013 vs. Huntington Beach<\/p>\n

9\/11 \u2013 at Dana Hills<\/p>\n

9\/18 \u2013 vs. Villa Park<\/p>\n

9\/25 \u2013 at Compton<\/p>\n

10\/2 \u2013 at Jordan*<\/p>\n

10\/9 \u2013 at Long Beach Poly* (Location TBD)<\/p>\n

10\/16 \u2013 vs. Lakewood*<\/p>\n

10\/23 \u2013 BYE<\/p>\n

10\/30 \u2013 vs. Millikan*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The562\u2019s football coverage for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Long Beach Poly alums Wendell \u201cWoWo\u201d Moe,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-428619","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}