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.org is pleased to announce our latest sport-specific sponsor. Longtime LBUSD Board of Education member Megan Kerr has stepped up to sponsor all of The562’s coverage of high school baseball and softball from now through the end of the school year. Boardmember Kerr is the mother of former LBUSD athletes and is a longtime supporter […]
Dana Fujikuni started her collegiate soccer career at UC Davis, transferred to Long Beach State in 2015, was named Big West Midfielder of the Year on Wednesday and then scored the game-winner against UC Davis on Thursday. The 49th minute goal in the first Big West Conference semifinal at UC Irvine proved enough as LBSU […]
Long Beach State’s hire of Eric Valenzuela as the new coach of the Dirtbags brought a lot of reactions across our phones. The university was as confident as could be that they’d gotten their guy. Recruits were clearly thrilled — kids have been committing to the program while those who’d been committed to Valenzuela’s old […]
