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 Long Beach State athletics for the 2022-23 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Long Beach State men’s basketball got a historic performance from Lassina Traore with 22 points and 20 rebounds, but UC Davis took the final regular season game 93-92 in double overtime this past weekend. The loss moves LBSU (17-15, 11-9) […]
Long Beach State softball has rewritten its own record books over the last seven years with an explosive offense. The Beach has hit over .280 as a team in six of the last seven seasons while setting new marks in batting average, hits, RBIs, runs, home runs and doubles. With six returning starters and more […]