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 coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of St. Anthony athletics is sponsored by Jane & B.I. Mais, Class of 1949. St. Anthony fell to Torrance 28-7 on Friday night at Clark Field.
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The No. 2 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team faced its first true measuring stick of the season Friday night at No. 6 Pepperdine, marking its first top-10 opponent and a rematch of last year’s Final Four semifinal. That […]