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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.
Football: Millikan Defense, Special Teams Key In Win Over Wilson
The Moore League football clash at Millikan High on Friday night was decided by defense, special teams and a last-second two-point conversion attempt. The Rams broke up that fake extra point to survive a Wilson comeback for a 21-20 win in front of a capacity Homecoming crowd. WATCH HIGHLIGHT VIDEO Millikan (6-2, 4-1) clinches second […]
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VIDEO: Long Beach State Basketball Hosts Scrimmages
Long Beach State Basketball Preseason Scrimmage Hear from Long Beach State men’s basketball coach Dan Monson and women’s basketball coach Jeff Cammon after their teams took the Walter Pyramid floor in front of season ticket holders for the first intersquad scrimmages of the year. Visit The562.org for more Long Beach sports coverage
PREVIEWS: Long Beach Football Week 10
We’ve got previews for all of the games in the tenth week of Long Beach high school football. Come back tonight for LIVE score updates. Wilson at Millikan Long Beach Poly at Lakewood Compton at Cabrillo St. Anthony vs. St. Paul BYE: Jordan Preview Profiles: Long Beach Football Foursome Of Unlikely Leaders PODCAST: What Up, […]
PREVIEW: Wilson Visits Millikan For Second Place Showdown
The Wilson and Millikan football teams have traveled parallel tracks to arrive at their marquee Moore League football matchup tonight. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Millikan where the winner will take hold of second place in the league. “To be honest, this is the one I circled on the calendar,” Wilson coach Mark […]
Preview Profiles: Long Beach Football Foursome Of Unlikely Leaders
Twenty four months ago it would’ve been impossible to imagine that Jacob Starkey, Christian Conrad, Xavius Tauta and Angel Guzman would be major players in a marquee Moore League football matchup, but wonders never cease. READ MORE about how Jacob Starkey shuffled through multiple positions while becoming a Millikan football senior captain. READ MORE […]
Wilson’s Emi Sverduk Makes Moore League Girls’ Golf History
Wilson’s Emi Sverduk played the worst nine holes of her short high school girls’ golfing career on Thursday at El Dorado Golf Course, but she still made history. Sverduk birdied the last hole of the shortened Moore League individual final round to become the first freshman ever to win the league championship. She is the […]
Jacob Starkey Is Small But Mighty For Millikan Football
Two years ago, Jacob Starkey was a Millikan football player without a position to play. Tonight, he will be a senior captain when the Rams host Wilson in a second-place Moore League battle. “He tried for three years to try and find himself on the field,” Millikan coach Justin Utupo said of Starkey. “I think […]