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.
This week, The562’s coverage is sponsored by Long Beach Gives. Visit LongBeachGives.org to find your cause! Donations will be accepted through Sept. 22. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school […]
The Millikan girls’ volleyball team hasn’t won the Moore League championship since 1996 and no one on the current Rams coaching staff was quite sure of the last time the team beat Long Beach Poly. Millikan did just that in a thrilling five-set match at home on Tuesday, sending a message to the rest of […]
Long Beach Poly star senior infielder Tate Hammond committed to UCLA last week, as he will follow in the footsteps of Jackrabbit legend Chase Utley going from 1600 Atlantic to Westwood. The commitment caps a fast recruitment that saw the Bruins aggressively pursue Hammond, a smooth glove with a powerful bat the last three years […]