{"id":482326,"date":"2026-10-02T03:32:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T03:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/482326\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T03:32:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T03:32:38","slug":"preview-wilson-at-jordan-football-the562-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/482326\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW: Wilson at Jordan, Football \u2013 The562.org"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The562\u2019s football coverage for the 2026-27 school year is sponsored by Long Beach Poly alums\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the562.org\/2025\/09\/19\/long-beach-poly-football-alums-wendell-moe-jr-tyson-ruffins-sponsor-the562s-coverage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wendell \u201cWoWo\u201d Moe, Jr. &amp; Tyson Ruffins.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The562\u2019s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The562\u2019s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the562.org\/2022\/03\/05\/joel-bitonio-sponsors-the562-orgs-wilson-coverage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opening Night for Moore League Football brings the defending champs to the Northside as the Wilson Bruins (1-5) visit the Jordan Panthers (0-6) for a 7 p.m. kickoff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those records tell a tough story for both teams in non-league play, but the visiting Bruins should feel heartened by their performance last week against Compton. After facing a gauntlet over the first month of the season, Wilson went to Hub City and dominated their former league mates, 41-7 for its first win of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All-around playmaker Jemel Grigsby went off for over 200 yards of offense and 3 TDs to lead the Bruins to victory, and he\u2019ll be a tough matchup for a young J-Town defense. The Panthers will also need to be careful on special teams, where junior Kyle Harris is an elite returner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wilson also collected three interceptions against Compton, with Grigsby, Brooklyn Vega, and Cahmarr Davis each recording takeaways. They\u2019ll be a tough matchup for Jordan\u2019s junior QB Caydyn Hampton behind a young offensive line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hampton was solid in last week\u2019s game against Cabrillo, throwing for 386 yards and 3 TDs against the Jags. However, the Jordan offense couldn\u2019t quite keep pace in a 58-48 loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senior wide receiver Sama\u2019jay Jackson was the main target, racking up 180 receiving yards, including a 66-yard touchdown. Jordan Thomas was also heavily involved in the second half, catching a pair of TDs for J-Town in their back-and-forth battle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s no surprise that there have been growing pains for Jordan this year, and they\u2019ll look to keep improving as they venture into league play. Jordan has lost two in a row against Wilson after winning a 49-43 thriller on the road back in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wilson has its big rivalry showdown with Long Beach Poly next Saturday night, so this is the final tune-up for the Bruins as they look to shake off a disappointing start and get ready to defend their Moore League crown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The562\u2019s football coverage for the 2026-27 school year is sponsored by Long Beach Poly alums\u00a0Wendell \u201cWoWo\u201d Moe, Jr.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-482326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}