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.
This week’s edition of our weekly awards. HIGH SCHOOL Joey Vega, Wilson Softball Wilson softball broke Lakewood’s 65-game Moore League win streak last week, thanks in large part to a great performance from senior Joey Vega, who scattered eight hits and a walk with eight strikeouts in a complete game performance. She stranded four runners […]
With the 88th incarnation of “The Big Game” taking place this Friday, it’s time to take a look back at the city’s oldest rivalry. Long Beach Poly and Wilson have been playing each other annually since 1932, making the series older than 26 of the 32 NFL franchises. The two teams first played in 1932, […]
Everybody loves a good Hail Mary touchdown. With just seconds left on the game clock, the California high school football community completed a metaphorical 80-yard touchdown pass to somehow persuade the California Department of Public Health to reverse its position on contact sports. In a three week span, teams went from not being allowed to […]
