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.
The Long Beach City College men’s basketball team beat Palomar 80-74 in the first round of the SoCal Regional Playoffs last week, but the Vikings had their season ended at No. 1 San Diego City College on Saturday with a 116-97 loss in the second round. LBCC sophomore William English led the Vikings with 25 […]
Long Beach City College women’s beach volleyball (13-1, 4-0) won their tenth and eleventh consecutive matches by defeating Mt. San Antonio College (5-0) and El Camino College (3-2) on Friday morning at Granada Beach. The No. 1 Vikings were led by a pair of wins from freshmen Sierra Davis and Josannah Vasquez. The teams of […]
The562’s baseball coverage in 2025 is sponsored by the Millikan, Long Beach Poly, and Lakewood baseball boosters. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.
