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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PREVIEW: Wilson vs. Redondo Union, Football

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. A disappointing 2021 season has Wilson football chomping at the bit to get back on the field and open the 2022 season on a high note. The Bruins will do that tonight at home against Redondo Union. Kickoff is scheduled for […]

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CIF-SS Girls’ Water Polo Brackets Released

Tyler Hendrickson

The562’s coverage of aquatic sports in Long Beach is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. The CIF-SS released its playoff brackets for girls’ water polo on Saturday morning, and the three Long Beach teams found out their postseason draw for 2024. After a prosperous 2023 playoffs that saw Wilson and Millikan reach CIF […]

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LB In MLB: How Chase De Jong Got Back To The Show

JJ Fiddler

If you were driving under Interstate 405 in Long Beach during the COVID-19 spring shutdown, you could’ve seen a Major League Baseball player throwing weighted balls against the side of a massive concrete pillar. “I rode my bike there and played catch with a wall for six weeks,” Chase De Jong said. “Instead of sitting […]