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.
It’s been an emotional week for the Long Beach Poly girls basketball team. After winning a historic CIF Southern Section Division 1 title last week, the Jackrabbits core of seniors graduated on Wednesday. With such a wave of emotions, Poly coach Carl Buggs said the last couple of days were about keeping the team prepared […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Last year Wilson finished 18-10 overall and tied for second place in the Moore League with an 8-4 record. Head coach James Boykin’s squad was one of just two teams in the league to finish the year with a winning record, […]
It didn’t look like it was going to happen, as the Compton girls’ basketball team fell behind by 13 points in the first quarter. But Compton and head coach Derrick Anderson have been making history all year, and they did it again, coming from behind to beat Palm Desert on the road in the first […]
