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’ll have more detailed thoughts from our writers and coaches later, but here are the playoff paths for the Long Beach teams. GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS Open Division: No. 4 Long Beach Poly Division 2AA: No. 4 Millikan vs Vista Murrieta Thursday Division 2AA: St. Anthony vs Cajon Thursday Division 2A: Lakewood @ Arroyo Valley Thursday […]
The Lakewood volleyball team got a wakeup call from Wilson last week—consider the Lancers wide awake. Lakewood clinched a share of the Moore League title on Thursday afternoon with a quick sweep of Long Beach Poly on the Jackrabbits’ Senior Day, winning 25-19, 25-14, 25-12. Lakewood coach Devon Taylor’s group is one match up on […]
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