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 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 Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial.
This is how the Moore League girls’ soccer standings look after four weeks of action. Wilson is in first place but Millikan has two rescheduled games in hand. STANDINGS Wilson (5-1-0) 15 points Millikan (4-0-0) 12 points LB Poly (4-2-0) 12 points Cabrillo (2-3-0) 6 points Jordan (1-3-0) 3 points Lakewood (1-4-0) 3 points Compton […]
Every week we check in with the 12 Long Beach alums currently in the NFL. Long Beach Poly As usual, it was an eventful week for Poly alums. JuJu Smith-Schuster’s Steelers fell to 0-3 for the first time in the Mike Tomlin era, but Smith-Schuster’s 76-yard touchdown was a rare highlight for the injury-bitten Steelers. […]