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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CIF Boys’ Soccer: Lakewood Wins In Overtime

JJ Fiddler

The562’s coverage of high school soccer is sponsored by Long Beach FC. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. Lakewood boys’ soccer waited an extra day and 80+ minutes to win its CIF Southern Section Division 5 opener against El Rancho 3-2 in overtime on Friday at Pioneer High School. Osiel […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

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Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Kalaya Buggs, Long Beach Poly Basketball The Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team stunned state experts last week, winning the Troy Classic with wins over state No. 2 Mater Dei and No. 5 Etiwanda. The Jackrabbits were […]

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Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Dunks Pepperdine

JJ Fiddler

A last second dunk by KJ Byers lifted Long Beach State men’s basketball to a 67-66 victory over visiting Pepperdine on Thursday night at Walter Pyramid. WATCH VIDEO HIGHLIGHT Pepperdine (6-7) led for most of the second half, and took a one-point lead on free throws with less than 25 seconds to play. After a […]