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.
We’ve got previews and everything you need to know about the CIF Southern Section playoff openers for the Long Beach football teams. Long Beach Poly vs. Orange Lutheran Wilson vs. Fullerton Compton vs. El Rancho Lakewood vs. Brea Olinda St. Anthony vs. Newport Harbor Avalon vs. Riverside County Education Academy FEATURE: Compton’s Smith, Hunt Pushing […]
Shortly after Cameron Ford ran his final race at Long Beach State in 2016, he got a call from his former high school coach. Mike Fillipow had spent more than a quarter century at Long Beach Poly, and was coming off his 12th season as head coach of the boys’ cross country program. Fillipow was […]
The562’s season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. The562’s volleyball coverage is sponsored by Misty May-Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation New St. Anthony head coach Keli Pula has roamed the sidelines for some of the biggest and most successful high school […]
