{"id":484023,"date":"2026-10-03T15:56:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/484023\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T15:56:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:56:34","slug":"football-wilson-opens-moore-league-play-with-win-over-jordan-the562-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/484023\/","title":{"rendered":"Football: Wilson Opens Moore League Play With Win Over Jordan \u2013 The562.org"},"content":{"rendered":"

The562\u2019s football coverage for the 2026-27 school year is sponsored by Long Beach Poly alums\u00a0Wendell \u201cWoWo\u201d Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins.<\/a><\/p>\n

The562\u2019s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser.<\/p>\n

The562\u2019s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by\u00a0Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.<\/a><\/p>\n

It was a tough first month for the 2026 Wilson Bruins, but things are certainly looking up now for the defending Moore League champs.<\/p>\n

In Friday night\u2019s league opener, the Bruins (2-5, 1-0) hit the road to Jordan (0-6, 0-1) and came away with a composed 35-8 victory\u2013the second in a row for Wilson after a disappointing 0-5 start.<\/p>\n

Head coach Raudric Curtis knew he was testing his team early, but he said he\u2019s been pleased with how his team got through that stretch, and how that experience has fueled their wins the past two weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice, but I\u2019m not surprised,\u201d said Curtis of how his team improved during that tough stretch. \u201cThere was a lot of intentionality behind that. I talked to some of the captains and told them the reality, and had a greater conversation with the team about what preseason was for \u2026 It was very calculated. It was brutal on the guys, but they really stuck through it. They toughened up. They built thick skin with the way we coach them and the way we push them. We\u2019re playing our best ball right now, and that\u2019s what\u2019s expected.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilson got off to a slow start in Friday\u2019s win, hampered by having some starters sitting out the first quarter for disciplinary reasons. But the visitors got a spark late in the first quarter from a familiar source, as Kyle Harris caught a punt at his own 15-yard-line and swerved his way through the Jordan coverage team, breaking multiple tackles on his way to an impressive punt return touchdown to give Wilson the 7-0 lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, if it comes to me, it\u2019s going back to the crib,\u201d said the always confident Harris after the game. \u201cEverybody\u2019s got to know in Long Beach, don\u2019t kick it to (number) six. At the end of the day, if you kick it to me, you might just regret it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harris continued to dominate the first half, scoring all three of Wilson\u2019s touchdowns to give them a 21-0 advantage at intermission. His first TD grab came from QB Logan Trafas, then his second was in the final minute of the half, as sophomore QB Jacob Powell connected with Harris for a 37-yard score.<\/p>\n

Powell, a transfer from Servite, just became eligible this week after the sit-out period, and adds another dimension to the Wilson offense. He finished 7\/8 for 111 yards and two passing TDs while the senior Trafas was 6\/9 for 84 yards, with one passing TD and one rushing TD in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s everything that we planned since the spring,\u201d said Curtis of having both quarterbacks in rotation. \u201cThey\u2019re both leaders in the locker room and on the field. They both are dynamic in their own way. I never saw us being the championship team without both of them \u2026 Teams that are going against us better plan for both. They better plan for all the things that they can do, and they\u2019re going to spread themselves thin, because we can go in one direction or the other.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bruins extended their lead to 35-0 early in the fourth quarter, on a 25-yard TD completion from Powell to Gary Moore, who plowed his way into the end zone to cap Wilson\u2019s scoring and start the running clock.<\/p>\n

Some lapses on special teams were costly for Jordan, but the front seven in particular played well. Phoenix White made some big plays, getting his first of two sacks on Wilson\u2019s opening drive and blocking a first-quarter field goal attempt. Junior Keith Brooks also had a sack, and even forced and recovered a fumble following a Wilson interception.<\/p>\n

The star on offense was senior running back Khayiel Wisner, who has been sitting out after transferring from Dominguez. He ran hard all night, racking up 49 yards on 14 carries. He also got Jordan on the board in the closing minutes as he caught a swing pass from Caydyn Hampton and ran in from 28 yards for the score, while also going over 100 total yards on the play.<\/p>\n

J-Town will be on a bye next week to rest up for their final three league games of the season. Meanwhile Wilson is preparing for a big showdown with rivals Long Beach Poly on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Cabrillo High.<\/p>\n

After that 0-5 start, Harris admitted that Wilson is feeling much better about themselves, and they\u2019ll need to take that belief and confidence into the showdown with the Jackrabbits.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt first, we had our downs. We thought it might not be the greatest season that we hoped for,\u201d Harris said. \u201cBut at the end of the day, we looked at our schedule, and we had to understand, all the teams that we played were in a good division, and we got better off playing them. As you\u2019ve seen today, we work together, communicate, and we can be the best that we can be.\u201d<\/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.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-484023","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\/484023","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=484023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}