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 Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. It was an eventful evening at the LBS Financial Credit Pyramid on Saturday as Long Beach State hosted Penn State in a battle between two top-25 teams in the country. Before the game, the Beach took a moment to […]
The562’s coverage of Dirtbags Baseball for the 2022 season is sponsored by P2S, Inc. Visit p2sinc.com to learn more. The No. 22 Long Beach State Dirtbags kick off another home series at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field tonight. They are hosting North Dakota State for a three-game set, and first pitch is 6 p.m. Follow […]
The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team is still undefeated, still the unanimous No. 1-ranked team in America, and still a hell of a lot of fun. The 49ers put on a show for the 1,000 fans who picked volleyball over the Oscars on Sunday night, with stars TJ DeFalco and Kyle Ensing holding a […]
