JJ FiddlerComments Off on PODCAST: Interview With MLB Pitcher Chase De Jong
On this special episode we talk to Wilson High alum Chase De Jong about his incredible and inspiring journey back into Major League Baseball where he was in the Houston Astros bullpen for the epic American League Championship Series this year.
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.
Luke Johnson didn’t get the chance to graduate from Wilson High with his 2018 classmates this month, but his presence was felt. Johnson, who was a golfer at Wilson, lost his battle with Leukemia in June 2016. In a dedicated effort to maintain his legacy, the Johnson family formed the Luke Tatsu Johnson Foundation last […]
This is the eighth of 10 stories about the best Long Beach youth sports teams we’ve seen over the last decade. We’ve taken nominations from the community and will release the top 10 in no particular order. Come back next week to read about other club squads that made this historic list. Two years ago, […]