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.
All of The562’s cross-country coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Bryson. Visit BrysonFinancial.com to learn more. When she was in elementary school, Camille Lindsay admits she wasn’t the fastest runner. “We had these sprints from across the basketball court and I would always come in last… like always,” Lindsay said. So, in […]
The first game of 2020 looked a lot different for Long Beach State men’s basketball on Saturday evening at Walter Pyramid. The Beach started fast and dominated Division II opponent Cal State Los Angeles 76-60 to snap another losing streak and finish a rough nonconference season on a high note. “I know there was a […]
The Wilson baseball coaching staff all agreed that Friday’s CIF-SS Division 3 quarterfinal game between the Bruins and Bellflower was one of the weirdest they’d ever seen—but one of the sweetest, too. The three-headed Bruins monster of Ryan Pettway, Nick Endres and Aiden Alaniz combined to no-hit the Buccaneers in a 4-2 victory that sends […]