JJ Fiddler and Mike Guardabascio countdown the Top 10 Long Beach High School moments of the 2017-18 athletic year, hand out the final Athletes Of The Week awards and talk about who should actually vote for year-end awards.
Author: JJ Fiddler
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.
LB In MLB: Six Local Players Drafted
Six players from Long Beach schools were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft this week. The Dirtbags had four players picked while LBCC and Long Beach Poly each had one. Jarren Duran – 7th Round, 220th Pick, Boston Red Sox Duran is the 61st Dirtbags player since 1989 to be selected in the first […]
COLUMN: Players Should Decide Player Of The Year
No one who voted on the 2018 Big West Baseball Pitcher Of The Year award tried to get a hit off of Clayton Andrews. I think that needs to change. Andrews was one of the best two-way players in the country for the Long Beach State Dirtbags. The junior southpaw led the Big West with […]
PODCAST: The LB Fee Show Year-End Edition
JJ Fiddler and Mike Guardabascio sit down with Long Beach State athletics director Andy Fee every Monday for The LB Fee Show to talk about everything LBSU athletics and interview a special guest. This week is a special year-end edition with mailbag questions and a countdown of the Top 10 moments at LBSU in 2017-18. […]
VIDEO: CIF State Track & Field Championships
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PODCAST: What Up, Long Beach!? Track & Field Mt. Rushmore
JJ Fiddler and Mike Guardabascio are talking about Long Beach Track & Field before the CIF State championships this weekend. (03:30) Most Important Long Beach Sports Moments of 2017-2018 (12:00) Long Beach Track & Field Mount Rushmore (20:30) CIF State Track & Field Championships (25:00) Athletes Of The Week (28:30) Local Boys In MLB (30:30) […]
Cabrillo High Looking For Coaches
Cabrillo High is looking for applicants for open coaching positions with the girls’ water polo, swimming, softball and lacrosse. Interested coaches can email their resume to dsarno@lbschools.net
Lakewood High Celebrates Student-Athletes Going To College
The Lakewood Lancers have 18 student-athletes in the Class of 2018 who plan on continuing their academic and athletic careers at the next level. The list is highlighted by girls’ volleyball players Destynie Viliamu and Malina Ua, who are going to UC Irvine and University of Arizona, respectively. On the boys’ side, wrestler Randy Gonzalez […]
Long Beach State Weekly Update: Awards & Coaching News
Our weekly update on everything Long Beach State athletics includes Big West awards and coaching news. BASEBALL Long Beach State Baseball Gets Big West Awards MEN’S BASKETBALL Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Coaching Changes TRACK & FIELD Long Beach State Track & Field Sending Six To NCAAs TEAM USA Long Beach State Well-Represented On Team […]
Long Beach State Well-Represented On Team USA
Long Beach State’s international legacy is well documented. There has been a 49er in every Summer Olympics since the university was founded in 1949, and five more LBSU representatives are part of Team USA this year. LBSU women’s soccer coach Mauricio Ingrassia, water polo coach Gavin Arroyo, men’s volleyball assistant coach Nick MacRae and men’s […]