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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The562’s high school soccer coverage for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Long Beach Poly soccer alum Kennedy Justin. Here’s where things stand in the Long Beach girls’ soccer world as we head into the third week of January. TEAM LEAGUE RECORD GOALS FOR GOALS AGAINST POINTS Moore League Millikan 6-0 45 1 […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Long Beach State took down UC Riverside 88-73 in the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid to improve to 7-11 overall and 3-3 in the Big West. The Beach were led by Petar Majstorovic’s 22 points, and a double-double of 11 […]
