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 coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. Quarterback Brayden Downen and his senior teammates have won games before, but on Friday night things were different for the Lakewood football program. The Lancers are playing their first games on campus since 2019, and they were able to do something they’ve […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. 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 Jordan Athletics is sponsored by John Ross, Class of 2013.
With a capacity crowd behind them and all of the positive momentum on their side, Compton looked poised to lift its first CIF Southern Section football championship plaque for the first time since 1979 on Saturday night at Compton College. Unfortunately, everything that could go wrong did go wrong for Compton in a 43-8 lost […]