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.
A stifling Compton boys’ basketball defense limited host King High to seven points in the third quarter of the CIF Southern Section Division 2A second round game on Tuesday night. Compton went on to take the game 63-48, and will host Crescenta Valley on Thursday in the quarterfinals.
The562’s coverage of water polo & swimming is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer.