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.
Football fans across Southern California will be watching intently as Long Beach Poly visits Serra’s newly-opened stadium Friday night at 7 p.m. The friendly rivalry between the Jackrabbits and Serra has produced some of the region’s most predictably exciting games over the last decade. Last Spring, the Jackrabbits defeated Serra 27-21 in overtime. The Cavaliers […]
For a period of time, Tim Gilmore was tasked with raising money for Long Beach Poly High School. A decade later, the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) and the high school are still trying to distance themselves from Gilmore and his organization. Gilmore founded the Long Beach Poly Alumni Association, Inc. in late 2010 […]
The562’s coverage of St. Anthony athletics is sponsored by Jane & B.I. Mais, Class of 1948. Fourth-year St. Anthony boys’ soccer coach Aaron Rodriguez is in charge of a senior heavy team that’s trying to get back to the playoffs for the first time in three years. “This senior class, they were freshmen when we […]
