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 aquatic sports in Long Beach in 2025-26 is sponsored by Watersafe Swim School. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. In order to be the best you must compete with the best — and by that criterion, Wilson has certainly put itself back among […]
The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Mandy Oliveros and Mikki Sakai, CAMS Girls’ Tennis CAMS dominated the Moore League Girls’ Tennis finals with sweeps […]
Wednesday, February 12 It’s maybe the biggest Long Beach playoff game of the year, with 13 teams all in action this evening. For girls’ soccer and boys’ basketball it’s the first round while Wilson girls’ water polo continues in the Open Division and the Poly girls host a quarterfinal. Girls’ Water Polo Open Division: Wilson […]