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 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. HIGH SCHOOL Kade Casillas, Lakewood Football Lakewood’s Kade Casillas led the Lancers to a big win over Compton with five […]
The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Wilson is riding high after its dominant home opening win under new coach Travis Clark. The Bruins showed renewed enthusiasm on the sideline last week despite missing […]
Wilson football coach Mark Ziegenhagen is stepping down after six seasons at the helm that turned the program around. The Bruins reached the CIF-SS semifinals in 2016, and the quarterfinals in 2019. “It is with mixed emotions that I am resigning,” Ziegenhagen wrote in an official statement released by the school Monday. “The memories we […]
