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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The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. Quali Giran, Millikan Boys’ Basketball Giran continued what’s been a monstrous freshman season last week with another strong outing against Wilson. […]

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Long Beach Poly legend Darrell Patterson passed away last month at the age of 62. Coached by Hall of Famers Ron Palmer at Poly and Ron Massey while in middle school at Stephens, Patterson arrived at Poly as a heralded incoming player. He went on to help lead the Jackrabbits to a 1981 CIF Southern […]

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Long Beach State Falls To Hawai’i In NCAA Men’s Volleyball Final Four

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. It was a bitter ending to an otherwise sweet season for Long Beach State men’s volleyball. The Beach appeared in the NCAA Final Four at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday, a stage it has become familiar with over the last […]