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.
Mike Guardabascio In August of 2010, longtime Long Beach Poly football coach Raul Lara said he thought he had a special freshman player who’d come into his program. “His name is John Smith,” said Lara. “He’s gonna be special. He might be one of those really special kids to come out of here.” Any intelligent […]
Five Long Beach high school boys’ soccer teams start the CIF Southern Section playoffs on Wednesday. DIVISION 1 Millikan and Cabrillo are both in the top flight this year. The Rams will host Downey at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Wednesday night in the first round, while the Jaguars travel to JSerra. DIVISION 2 Moore League […]
Intimidation and momentum are competitive intangibles, and Long Beach Poly girls’ soccer has both in its corner headed into the CIF Southern Section playoffs this week — thanks to Aniah Cutler. Cutler scored a hat trick at Wilson late last month, including a last-minute game winner, to knock the Bruins out of first place in […]