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.
After Long Beach Poly’s girls’ basketball team lost in the semifinals of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs, the team was ready to get right back on the court. Instead, it was a week and a half of practice and preparation–hard work that paid off in Poly’s defensive master class on the road against Chaminade in […]
Kenny Barnabee learned how to play soccer in China, and now he’s back stateside trying to help Long Beach Poly win its first Moore League title in 15 years. “It’s an experience that not many people get to have, and an experience I won’t ever forget,” Barnabee said. “I lived in China. Who would’ve thought? […]
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.