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This week we’re talking about local college rebranding (1:00) before handing out midseason grades to all of the Long Beach high school football teams (5:00) and discussing cheating in sports (20:00).
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.
With a win over archrival Wilson in the regular season finale, Long Beach Poly ended last season tied atop the Moore League girls’ soccer standings. The Jackrabbits finished with the same league record as Millikan, who have won the league championship for the last three years running. If you ask this current group of Poly […]
St. Anthony girls’ volleyball setter Isabella Bareford took her official recruiting visit to the University of California, Berkley this month, and it only solidified the juniors commitment to continue her athletic and academic career as a Golden Bear. Bareford verbally committed to Cal in May. “It’s obviously one of the top academic schools in the […]
The562’s coverage of aquatic sports in Long Beach in 2025-26 is sponsored by Watersafe Swim School. The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. First-year coach Luke Garrison wants to change the culture of the Millikan boys’ water program, and he’s brought in the right […]
