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 2024-25 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The No. 1 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team put the finishing touches on an impressive regular season Saturday night with a win over No. 10 UC San Diego in their final home game. The Beach swept the Tritons 25-12, […]
Just like the women’s team before them on Monday, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team was cleared to return to practice today. The Beach had three false-positive COVID-19 antigen tests on Friday, but received the necessary negative PCR results today to avoid a second shutdown this season. The first one came in December when […]
No. 3 seed Long Beach Poly is hosting No, 6 seed Sage Hill at 6:30pm in the second round of the CIF State Division II girls’ basketball playoffs. Follow along for live score updates during the game, then check back for full coverage later tonight! Click here if you can’t see the updates. Tweets by […]
