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. In hopes of getting Long Beach State (7-13) out of their recent skid, and snap the Dirtbags’ six-game losing streak, senior center fielder Alex Champagne channeled words of wisdom from an unlikely source. After reaching base four times […]