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 season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. Longtime Lakewood baseball coach Spud O’Neil isn’t all that fond of talking about it, but he and his Lancers have big history at […]
Wilson High School announced the hiring of Gerald Aquiningoc as its new girls’ volleyball head coach, replacing the departed Carlos Briceno who spent the last decade at the helm of the program. “Wilson is proud to bring on Gerald Aquiningoc as the new girls’ volleyball coach,” said Wilson Athletic Director Warren Smitheran in a statement. […]
The Long Beach State men’s basketball team came up short in a 75-65 loss at USC on Wednesday night. sophomore Jordan Roberts and senior Bryan Alberts each scored 13 points while Ron Freeman chipped in 12 points and eight rebounds. The Beach was without the services of point guard Deishuan Booker, and USC ended the […]
