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 Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Wilson hosted Sherman Oaks Notre Dame in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 3 boys’ lacrosse playoffs, with the Bruins suffering a 10-6 defeat against the Knights.
The562’s coverage of Dirtbags Baseball for the 2025 season is sponsored by P2S, Inc. Visit p2sinc.com to learn more. There were plenty of chances for the Long Beach State Dirtbags to come back from an early deficit on Saturday night on Bohl Diamond at Blair Field, but they couldn’t tip the scales enough in a 10-6 loss […]
All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. For the first time ever there will be four Moore League boys’ water polo teams playing in the CIF Southern Section quarterfinals round on Saturday after three dominant wins on Thursday. Click here for coverage of Long […]
