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 football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. After months of practicing in T-shirts and shorts, the first day of contact in full pads is a pivotal moment for any high school football team. Coaches usually set […]
All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. Long Beach Poly boys’ water polo is in the CIF Southern Section semifinals for the first time since 1977, and will be traveling to Irvine this evening to face Portola High at Woodbridge High at 5 p.m. […]
Lakewood is playing its first game in California at 7 tonight when the Lancers host Mayfair in the Milk Bucket rivalry game. Last week, Lakewood lost in Florida to Windermere Prep 28-2. “We had a terrific time in Florida and found out that football is hard, especially in the humidity while going both ways,” Lakewood […]
