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 Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. You’d need a couple of PhDs in nutritional science to try and describe how bitter the taste was in Long Beach Poly’s mouth after their season-ending loss to Serra in last year’s […]
Dirtbags Home Opener vs Sacramento State No. 6 Long Beach State broke in the new lights at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field for their 2022 home opener against Sacramento State.For more coverage of all Lo… Support The562.org
From statistical anomalies to streaks ending, this month has been historic for Long Beach representatives in Major League Baseball. Last week, Long Beach Poly’s Chase Utley and Long Beach State’s Mike Marjama announced their retirements. This week, Garrett Hampson became the 50th former Dirtbag to be called up to The Show. Hampson, 23, made his […]