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 Avalon Lancers 8-man football team trounced visiting Desert Christian 52-7 on Friday in their season opener. Avalon quarterbacks Jose Gomez and Ulises Zavala racked up big gains with receivers Beto Martinez and Cristo Hernandez. Running backs Jason Campos and DeAngelo Reyes were also very effective for the Lancers offense. Jose Silva, Diego Rios, Calvin […]
CIF Girls’ Basketball Championship: Long Beach Poly vs. Esperanza Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball hosted the 2021 CIF-SS Division 1 championship game at the Ron Palmer Pavilion, taking on visiting Esperanza. For more coverage of all Long Beach sports, head to www.The562.org. We are a non-profit, community-funded media outlet in the City of Long Beach, […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Volleyball in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Misty May-Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. A hot start and strong finish helped Lakewood […]
