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.
On Wednesday, Lakewood High honored 15 student athletes who are going on to play sports at the next level. It was not the first signing day celebration for the Lancers this year, and the end-of-year event is becoming more popular for local schools. “The NCAA sets their signing days but my own daughter was a […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Volleyball in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Misty May-Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. There was no doubt early on that Lakewood came to play in its first CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoff game on […]
Saturday’s CIF Southern Section track & field championships proved once again that Long Beach is among the nation’s best at turning out top-tier athletes. Long Beach Poly, Wilson, and St. Anthony all produced individual CIF champions while the Jackrabbits finished second in the Division 1 girls’ team standings. Fourteen entries from six schools will compete […]
