JJ Fiddler is an award-winning sportswriter and videographer who has been covering Southern California sports for multiple newspapers and websites since 2004. After attending Long Beach State and creating the first full sports page at the Union Weekly Newspaper, he has been exclusively covering Long Beach prep sports since 2007.
You could live a whole lifetime and not experience the kind of emotional whirlwind that Wilson alum Joel Bitonio was living in last week. On Saturday, the Cleveland Browns offensive lineman learned he’d been named to the Associated Press All-Pro team, one of the highest honors available for an NFL player. Two days later, on […]
The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Friday night at Wilson High School wasn’t about returning to former glory. It was about setting the standard for a brighter future. Wilson football is back in […]
There was a moment during the CIF Southern Section Division 3 semifinal on Tuesday at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field when the Millikan Rams could clearly see how their season might end. In the top of the sixth inning, Hart had the tying and go-ahead runs in scoring position with one out when a bloop […]
