Tyler Hendrickson was born and raised in Long Beach, and started covering sports in his hometown in 2010. After five years as a sportswriter, Tyler joined the athletic department at Long Beach State University in 2015. He spent more than four years in the athletic communications department, working primarily with the Dirtbags baseball program. Tyler also co-authored of The History of Long Beach Poly: Scholars & Champions.
The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. When Lakewood boys’ soccer returned to practice on Monday, they knew this would be their final week together. After a historic season led them to the CIF-SS finals, and a controversial call plagued the end of their PK defeat against Etiwanda last […]
