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 Dirtbags Baseball for the 2025 season is sponsored by P2S, Inc. Visit p2sinc.com to learn more. There is a moment in every season when expectations meet reality. Great teams get it out of the way early. Good teams get it from lessons in losses. Bad teams never get there. It’s still unclear what the […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial Looking to advance to the semifinals for the second time in two years, the Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball season came to an end Saturday night after a 64-48 loss to Orange Lutheran. The Lancers came flying out of the gates as Kelly Garrity and […]
We’re taking a trip around Long Beach to talk with some of the coaches and players who are making news this week. 00:30 Millikan boys’ basketball 11:00 Wilson boys’ soccer 21:30 Long Beach State Dirtbags 26:30 Long Beach State men’s basketball 29:10 Super Bowl Security Guard tells his story Support The562.org
