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.
The Lakewood baseball program boasts more history than most high school baseball programs in California. Their head coach, Walter “Spud” O’Neil, is a walking testament to that fact, having won 910 games and counting–800 of them with the Lancers. But it’s been five seasons since Lakewood won a playoff game, a fact that weighed heavily […]
Just three days after a heartbreaking loss to South Torrance in the CIF Southern Section Division 4 championship, Millikan bounced back to win 11 of the 14 individual titles at the Moore League finals on Saturday at Lakewood High. “I think you might’ve seen a little bit of frustration from Wednesday,” Millikan coach Marshall Thompson […]
Superior depth and David Huerta’s penalty kick proved to be the difference on Monday at Long Beach Poly where the Jackrabbits beat Millikan 2-1. Poly (5-3-4, 4-1-1) secured its hold on second place in the Moore League with the win, and Millikan (4-5-4, 3-3-0) is behind them in third. “It was a hard fought win […]
