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.
Tragedy struck the Long Beach sports community on Friday, as a Cabrillo soccer player passed away following an on-field medical emergency during a frosh-soph game at home against Long Beach Poly. An email sent to Cabrillo families and staff this evening confirmed the horrible news, and the school’s sporting events for the rest of the […]
The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. Photo by Janet Steele Christian Verdugo knows better than anyone the interplay between sports and culture. Verdugo, who grew up in Long Beach and is a Cabrillo High School alum, was raised by parents from Mexico. He began playing basketball in 2nd grade and was […]
