Jordan football defeats Wilson in thriller to boost its playoff hopes

LONG BEACH – Friday’s shot crippled betwixt Long Beach Wilson and Long Beach Jordan was important for some teams. A triumph meant remaining successful contention for the Moore League’s 3rd and last guaranteed spot successful the CIF Southern Section playoffs.

After a roller-coaster game, Jordan emerged with a 21-20 triumph astatine Wilson High connected the Bruins’ homecoming night.

The triumph keeps the Panthers (4-4, 2-2) firmly successful the hunt for their archetypal playoff quality nether caput manager Tim Wedlow.

It was besides their archetypal triumph implicit Wilson (1-6, 1-2) since the 2012 season.

Jordan’s Damian Henderson powered the discourtesy by rushing for 72 yards connected 7 attempts, including a 60-yard touchdown. He besides caught a 77-yard touchdown pass.

Wilson backmost Alexander McLaurin completed 10 of 18 passes for 158 yards and a touchdown. He added a rushing touchdown and threw 1 interception.

Wilson scored first, acknowledgment successful portion to its defense. On third-and-seven, Tito Harper sacked Jordan backmost Makhi Travis and forced a fumble that Cordae Jones returned 26 yards to the Jordan 10-yard line.

On Wilson’s first-down play, Johnell Gray scampered 10 yards for a people to springiness Wilson a 7-0 pb midway into the archetypal quarter.

On Jordan’s 3rd violative possession, it was facing 3rd and agelong again arsenic Travis connected with Henderson connected a heavy walk for a 77-yard touchdown reception to necktie the crippled astatine 7-7 arsenic the archetypal 4th ended.

Wilson stormed backmost connected its adjacent possession. McLaurin deed a wide unfastened Joshua Scott for a 19-yard touchdown transportation and a 14-7 lead.

With 3:30 near successful the archetypal half, Travis launched different heavy touchdown pass, this clip to Jeremie McGum for a 60-yard, game-tying score.

Almost 3 minutes into the 3rd quarter, connected third-and-3, Henderson broke a tackle and ran 60 yards down the Wilson sideline to springiness the Panthers a 21-14 lead.

The game’s 2 important moments came connected kicks. After McLaurin scored connected a 5-yard tally successful the 3rd quarter, Wilson acceptable up for a conversion effort but changed their enactment backmost for the other point, which flew wide left, keeping Jordan up by a point, 21-20.

With 4:04 left, a walk interference punishment against Jordan extended Wilson’s drive, but with nether a infinitesimal left, its 27-yard tract extremity effort missed wide near to springiness Jordan the shot and the 21-20 win.