JJ Fiddler
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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Long Beach Girls’ Basketball Teams Off To Great Start

Mike Guardabascio

There’s no doubt at this point that the 2020 winter season is the season of girls’ basketball. Long Beach Poly, Millikan, Wilson, St. Anthony and Compton are all ranked in the CIF-SS polls that came out this week, with the Jackrabbits, Rams, and Bruins all in the top three in their respective divisions. The Jackrabbits […]

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COLUMN: Amateur Sports Needs Students To Survive

JJ Fiddler

If prep sports get more serious every year, then why are the crowds shrinking? Not that long ago we saw the Long Beach Poly and Lakewood football game almost sell out Veterans Memorial Stadium. We didn’t see a football sellout this season. Not even close. It wasn’t that long ago we saw the Walter Pyramid […]

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Wilson Celebrates 25 Bruins With Signing Day Event

Sean Kenneally

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. “It is a great day to be a Bruin, especially for these student-athletes on stage and their supporters cheering them today,” is how Wilson principal Rebecca “Suzanne” Caverly opened the signing day celebration on Monday in the auditorium. Wilson continued its […]