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 water polo & swimming is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the […]
The562’s high school soccer coverage for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Long Beach Poly soccer alum Kennedy Justin. Here’s where things stand in the Long Beach boys’ soccer world as we head past the third week of January: TEAM LEAGUE RECORD GOALS FOR GOALS AGAINST POINTS Moore League Millikan 4-0-2 20 4 14 […]
Nothing has been easy for the Jordan girls’ soccer program in 2023. The Panthers have been without a reliable practice field for the last few years because of on-campus construction, and then they lost their coach midseason. However, Matthew Shawver stepped up to coach the last part of the campaign, and the way the girls […]