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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Lakewood Millikan Softball

Softball: Millikan Cruises Past Lakewood, Still First In Moore League

JJ Fiddler

The562’s high school softball coverage is sponsored by Playmakers. Visit LetsBePlaymakers.org for more information on their adaptive sports programs. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. Expectations are a moving target.  There were times over the last decade […]

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Lakewood Millikan Water Polo

Boys’ Water Polo: Millikan Beats Lakewood On Senior Day

JJ Fiddler

All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. Tony Montez sparked a hot start for Millikan boys’ water polo on Wednesday afternoon in a 17-7 win over visiting Lakewood. The rivalry matchup was also Senior Day for the Rams as Montez and ten other seniors […]

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Football Long Beach Poly

Feature: Long Beach Poly’s James “Chubba” Maae In The Middle Of It All

Mike Guardabascio

Long Beach Poly’s roster lists senior James “Chubba” Maae with a series of numbers: he wears jersey number 53, he’s 6’2”, and he weighs 335 pounds. As significant as those numbers may be, they don’t tell the story of Maae’s significance to the Jackrabbits’ football program. The captain has played all over the team’s offensive […]