LONG BEACH — Long Beach Wilson High running back Jemel Grigsby scored four touchdowns as the Bruins dominated Long Beach Jordan in a 49-12 rout on Friday night, clinching a share of the Moore League title for the first time since 1991.

Head coach Raudric Curtis has already made history in his first year with the Bruins and spoke about winning a share of the title for the first time in 34 years.

“(We) had a lot to play for, we got a share of the title, which is no small feat,” Curtis said. “I don’t think anybody, but us, expected us to be here, and to have even a share or a sniff of the title … everybody told me about the (Long Beach) Poly and Millikan game, that was supposed to be the championship, who knew it would be Wilson and Jordan playing for the league championship.”

The Bruins (8-1, 5-0) thoroughly outplayed the Panthers in all three aspects of this game, symbolized by Grigsby’s brilliant all-around performance. He found different ways to score and make an impact all night long, as he scored two rushing touchdowns as a running back in the first quarter.

After Jordan quarterback Sama’Jay Jackson mishandled a bad snap and fumbled the ball, Grigsby, playing defensive back, recovered it and returned it for a 20-yard ‘scoop-and-score’ touchdown in the second quarter.

Then, on a fourth-down play in the fourth quarter, the Bruins appeared to be preparing for a punt, but it was a trick play as Jagger Kohagura took the snap and completed a pass to Grigsby, who broke loose for a 43-yard touchdown.

Grigsby finished with 136 total yards.

“Just being able to find my moments when they came, it’s all a blessing,” Grigsby said. “It’s a lot of hard work, all week we’ve been practicing, no matter who our opponent is, we practice hard, hard, hard. It just all executed today.”

He also spoke about what winning a share of the Moore League title meant to him.

“It means everything, it means the world,” Grigsby said. “Right now, our team is making history. We got a special group of guys that’s all working together, all working hard, and we’re making history.”

Curtis spoke highly of Grigsby’s tremendous all-around performance.

“Jemel is going to make plays; that is a given,” Curtis said. “Whether that’s on offense, or defense, special teams, he is the type of athlete that you really need to put more attention to, but since we have so many great athletes, it’s really hard to dedicate and that’s going to hurt you.”

Grigsby wasn’t the only one who had a standout performance for Wilson.

Receiver Thomas Jones had three catches for 90 yards with two touchdowns while playing defensive back. He also had an interception. Running back Kyle Harris also had an impressive 90-yard kickoff return touchdown in the third quarter.

Curtis also spoke about what it’s going to take to win the Moore League outright as they prepare to face Lakewood next Thursday night.

“We’re going to get together as coaches and figure out what we did well, strengthen that, we’re going to figure out where we were weak, where we have things to address, and we’re going to dive into that part of our growth,” Curtis said. “The goal is to be better than we were yesterday … Lakewood is at the tail end of our goal for the week, so they’re going to see a different team on Thursday than they saw today.”

For the Panthers (1-8, 0-5), they never got much going against a more dominant opponent. Running back Marcus Williams had 166 total yards with a 26-yard touchdown reception in the first half.

Jackson completed 18 of his 31 pass attempts, finishing with 184 yards passing, a touchdown, a fumble loss, with an interception. He also ran for 39 yards and scored on a 13-yard rushing touchdown.

Head coach Alfred Rowe was clearly very disappointed with his team’s performance in the blowout loss.

“We just didn’t do what we were supposed to do,” Rowe said. “I don’t know, I’m just embarrassed, this is embarrassing. I got a long way to go, growing pains.”