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 high school volleyball in 2026 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.
The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. When the 2023-24 Moore League boys’ soccer schedule was released last year Millikan had this week circled. Games against Wilson, Lakewood and Cabrillo in a five day span would be imperative in repeating as league champions. It couldn’t have gone much […]
Five-star quarterback and UCLA commit Madden Iamaleava has enrolled at Long Beach Poly along with his younger sisters, volleyball players McKennah and Ellie Iamaleava. Also enrolled is Iamaleava’s fellow UCLA commit, receiver Jace Brown. All four are applying for immediate eligibility with the CIF Southern Section, with valid change of residence paperwork expected to go […]
