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 coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2022-23 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The recipe for playing fast was cooking on Monday night in Long Beach State’s season opening win at Cal Baptist 79-64. “It feels good to start 1-0,” said LBSU guard Joel Murray, who finished with 12 points, five rebounds, four […]
This is a happy story about Lawrence and Stacie Alexander, and a family that needed a happy ending. A few months ago, Lawrence was in the hospital fighting for his life as he experienced organ failure caused by COVID-19. Stacie, the Vice Principal at Cabrillo High, was home with their children Sydney (9 years old) […]
Five Long Beach high school baseball teams are starting the CIF Southern Section playoffs this week, and two of them are already preparing for wild card games on Tuesday. Long Beach Poly (19-8-1, 10-2) won its first Moore League title since 2012, and just their second since 1986. The Jackrabbits finished the regular season unranked […]
