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.
The562’s baseball coverage in 2025 is sponsored by the Millikan, Long Beach Poly, and Lakewood baseball boosters. he562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013.
Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks as always to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Danielle Paulson, Millikan Soccer Millikan’s senior center back scored the game-winning goal for the Rams in their playoff opener, delivering a flying header off a free kick to put her team on top in the […]
The562 is pleased to announce that our coverage of Millikan High School for the 2022-23 school year will be sponsored by Rams basketball coach and longtime youth sports volunteer Curtis Boyer. Boyer took over the Rams program in December 2020 and has had a successful tenure thus far, including the school’s deepest-ever run in the […]
