JJ Fiddler
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.
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It’s starting to feel like Long Beach Poly’s playoff run will end whenever senior guard Nala Williams decides she’s ready. The Jackrabbits’ leading scorer has been everything her team has needed this season, and nothing changed during Saturday night’s 49-43 win over Fairmont Prep in the CIF-SS Division 1 quarterfinals in Anaheim. “She’s special, man,” […]

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FEATURE: Sports Shutdown Strands Unsigned Seniors

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Photos courtesy Beach City Hoops/@ClutchClipHoop The spring and summer months traditionally serve as a final opportunity for unsigned high school athletes to find a college scholarship. Through showcase events and travel ball, seniors who have yet to sign with a university can use this time to get discovered and forge an opportunity at the next […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Mike Guardabascio

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Kenny Barnabee, Long Beach Poly Baseball/Soccer It was a big week for Poly’s Kenny Barnabee, who led the Jackrabbits to wins in two sports. He scored a goal in the school’s first-round CIF soccer playoff win then went ⅔ with […]