Wilson celebrates their big Moore League win in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Wilson players will receive a special shirt to represent their big Moore League win in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Wilson’s Kori Scott (21) gets tripped up by Lakewood’s Gregory Gibson (24) in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Wilson’s Kori Scott (21) finds his path around the pack as the Bruins take on Lakewood in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Wilson’s Jemel Grigsby (10) races down the field as the Bruins take on Lakewood in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Wilson’s Jagger Kohagura (9) helps take down Lakewoods Jordan Montgomery (22) in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Lakewood’s quarterback Kade Casillas (5) looks for an open teammate as they take on Wilson in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Wilson’s Zachariah Salcedo (52) celebrates after sacking Lakewood quarterback Kade Casillas (5) in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Wilson’s Branden Cruz (12) takes down Lakewoods Tiwan Jones (2) in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Wilson players celebrate as they win the Moore League title in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Wilson’s Thomas Jones (1) holds up the trophy as the Bruins win the Moore League title in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Wilson’s Jemel Grigsby (10) looks to get Lakewoods’ Marshawn Springer (19) and Nasir Jenkins (7) in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Wilson’s Kori Scott races down the field as the Bruins battle Lakewood in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Lakewood’s Tiwan Jones (2) races past Wilson’s Jemel Grigsby (10) in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Wilson’s Jagger Kohagura warms up with the fire works going off in the background at half time in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Lakewood’s Jaiden Gray (3) and Sammy Gomez (4) try to stop Wilson’s Kyle Harris (6) in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Wilson’s Thomas Jones (1) finds an opening and races for the end zone as the Bruins take on Lakewood in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Wilson’s Kori Scott (21) stops Lakewood’s Jordan Montgomery (22) in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Lakewood’s Dane Mason (0) can’t stop Wilson’s Kyle Harris (6) from scoring for the Bruins in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Lakewood’s Sammy Gomez (4) tries to stop Wilson’s Kori Scott (21) in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Lakewood quarterback Kade Casillas (5) hands off the ball as they take on Wilson in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
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Wilson celebrates their big Moore League win in Lakewood, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
LAKEWOOD — Unfinished business sealed with a shutout. That’s the mantra Long Beach Wilson first-year coach Raudric Curtis said defined his team’s 23-0 victory over Lakewood.
The victory gave Wilson its first outright league title since 1991.
“(Unfinished business) means that every single team in our league that scheduled us for homecoming, that thought my confidence was bluster and mistook my belief in myself as a diminishing of them, no more,” Curtis said. “You will respect us. You will challenge what you used to think of Wilson, and you realize that there is a new show in town. A lot of teams had their success but it is the age of Wilson now.”
Wilson, which ran for more than 200 yards, improved to 9-1 overall and 6-0 in the Moore League. The Bruins found redemption after last season’s 44-7 loss to Lakewood.
Wilson senior quarterback Mack Cooper, who is committed to Prairie View A&M, completed 8 of 12 passes for 113 yards yards and two touchdowns.
“My role I feel is all leadership now,” Cooper said. “That game, I didn’t go out there to do something special to win this game. Our team, we played very oriented football together and we did that (Thursday night). We killed it on the ground. My running backs, the O-line, killed it the whole time.”
Wilson senior running Kori Scott went over 1,000 rushing yards for the season. He finished the game with 87 yards and one touchdown on 23 carries.
“I play for the team,” Scott said. “I try and do everything I can to help everybody else. Like you said, I’m a workhorse. I try and do everything I can to get more yards, to score and help everybody out.”
Cooper said Scott is an integral part of Wilson’s success.
“Kori is just a straight-up football player,” Cooper said. “He’s only thinking about football and candy. Every time I talk to him it’s M&Ms and touchdowns. He’s just a guy that knows where to be and he has that instinct on the field of how to run and where to go.”
Scott’s inside running prowess helped wear down the Lakewood defense, which allowed sophomore running back Jemel Grigsby to have a team-high 98 rushing yards on 11 carries. Grigsby finished with 120 yards of total offense (98 rushing, 22 receiving).
Lakewood (6-3, 4-2) was led by senior quarterback Kade Casillas, who completed 10 of 19 passes for 97 yards. Junior running back Jordan Montgomery ran for 27 yards on 12 carries.
The Lancers dropped to 6-4 overall and earned a third-place finish in the Moore League with a 4-2 league record.
Prior to the game, both teams had already clinched automatic playoff berths. The CIF Southern Section football playoff brackets are scheduled to be released Sunday morning.
Lakewood senior Tiwan Jones began the game with a 45-yard kickoff return, which put the ball at midfield. The Lancers’ offense moved into the red zone and decided to go for it when they faced fourth-and-7 at the Wilson 13.
The Bruins’ defense stepped up and forced a turnover on downs.
Wilson capitalized on the momentum with a nearly six-minute scoring drive, capped by a pump fake followed by Cooper’s 30-yard touchdown pass to sophomore receiver Kyle Harris. The Bruins led 7-0 with 2:15 left in the first quarter.
Wilson began the second quarter with the ball. The Bruins went on another six-minute scoring drive, this time capped by Scott’s 1-yard touchdown. Wilson led 14-0 with 5:47 left in the second.
Long Beach Wilson 14, Lakewood 0 with 5:38 left in the second quarter. pic.twitter.com/bsrqE1LNgG
— John W. Davis (@johnwdavis) October 31, 2025
Grigsby’s 48-yard run flipped the field and put the Bruins in the red zone on their next possession. However, Wilson’s drive stalled out but sophomore kicker Leo Osorio made a 30-yard field goal to go up 17-0 with 33 seconds left in the second.
Casillas’ backwards pass to Montgomery was fumbled and recovered by the Bruins at the Lakewood 22 with 26 to seconds go in the first half.
After the turnover, Cooper threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to senior receiver Thomas Jones to go up 23-0 with 4 seconds left before halftime. The PAT was no good.
Jones’ 85-yard kick return for a touchdown, which would have put Lakewood on the scoreboard, was called back due to a penalty.
Wilson kicked off again, this time with an onside kick to go into halftime up 23-0.
The Bruins amassed 230 yards of total offense (144 rushing, 86 passing) in the first half, and held the Lancers to 49 yards of total offense (25 rushing, 24 passing) early.
Lakewood’s best scoring chance in the second half, ended with an incomplete pass on a fourth-and-6 from the Wilson 10 with 6:27 left in the game.
Long Beach Wilson football first-year coach Raudric Curtis, 2026 QB Mack Cooper and 2026 RB Kori Scott on the Bruins undefeated Moore League football championship, the program’s first outright title since 1991. @raudriccurtis x @mack_coop x @KoriJScott21 pic.twitter.com/ARy3uCbSNx
— John W. Davis (@johnwdavis) October 31, 2025