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 girls’ flag football in 2023-24 is sponsored by the Los Angeles Chargers. Six Moore League high schools brought their girls’ flag football teams to Cabrillo on Tuesday afternoon, making history with the first set of league games ever played in the brand new sport. Squads from Cabrillo, Jordan, Lakewood, Millikan, Poly and Wilson […]
The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by John Ross, Class of 2013. It’s every coach’s favorite challenge: Figuring out how their team will respond after winning a championship. Coming off their CIF-SS Division 4A title last Saturday, the Jordan Panthers were less than sharp on Tuesday night in North Long Beach. However, their reliable rotation […]
Longtime Long Beach Poly girls’ volleyball coach Leland McGrath confirmed he is stepping down as coach of the Jackrabbits after 13 years. McGrath’s Jackrabbits won the CIF Southern Section Division 1 championship in 2010 and won six Moore League championships. He leaves a Poly team that is absolutely packed with talent next year, headlined by […]
