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.
The Long Beach Poly boys’ water polo team was playing in the second round of the CIF Southern Section playoffs for the first time since 1979, and the Jackrabbits had a tall test: traveling to face Mission Viejo, the No. 1 seed in the Division 5 bracket. Poly battled but came up short in a […]
The Long Beach City College women’s water polo team just wrapped up one of the most dominant seasons by any team at any level in city history. The Vikings blew through the CCCAA State Water Polo Tournament with three laugher wins, outscoring their opponents by a combined score of 59-17, and winning every game by […]
The562’s coverage of water polo & swimming is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. Everyone on the pool deck at Long Beach City College knew they were about to witness history on Friday night. The only question was, would the magic number be 50 or 1? From start to finish, the Long Beach Poly […]