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.
A last-second layup from junior transfer Ron Freeman gave Long Beach State men’s basketball an 86-85 win over Iona on Monday afternoon as part of the MGM Resorts Main Event at Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas. The562.org on Twitter What a win for @LBSUhoops! https://t.co/lJgtmtDtCL Freeman, senior KJ Byers and senior Deishuan Booker each scored […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2022-23 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Marcus Tsohonis may have been wearing a protective plastic mask for the first time in his collegiate career, but he clearly saw what his team needed against UC Davis on Saturday at Walter Pyramid. Tsohonis scored a team-high 21 points, […]
The562’s coverage of Dirtbags Baseball for the 2023 season is sponsored by P2S, Inc. Visit p2sinc.com to learn more. A career day from catcher Connor Burns helped the Long Beach State Dirtbags beat UC Santa Barbara 7-3 on Mother’s Day to take the Big West Conference series on Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. Burns went 3-for-5 with […]