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 2022 season is sponsored by P2S, Inc. Visit p2sinc.com to learn more History was made Sunday on Bohl Diamond at Blair Field where freshman pitcher Juaron Watts-Brown threw the Long Beach State Dirtbags’ first ever complete game no-hitter as they beat visiting UC Riverside 4-0. “It’s surreal and […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2023-24 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The562’s coverage of Long Beach State basketball for the 2023-24 season is sponsored by Nelson Farris. Long Beach State has been waiting all month for a quarter like the one they had to begin Saturday’s Big West matchup against UC […]
Basketball has been a one-of-a-kind experience for Crystal Hogan. The Long Beach State alum didn’t play until she was in high school, and never planned to keep it as part of her life. But last year she was the only female referee working NCAA Division I men’s basketball games. “We still don’t know how many […]
