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.
Long Beach Poly (6-3, 5-0) will try to sew up an undefeated Moore League championship tonight at Veterans Memorial Stadium against a Lakewood team (4-5, 3-2) that’s still trying to grab a playoff spot. If Lakewood wins, Millikan loses to Poly, and Compton loses to Cabrillo, they’d claim third place by themselves. If the Lancers […]
Everything came together for Long Beach Poly last week as Athziri Guizar and the Jackrabbits defeated Millikan 46-36 to force a three-way Moore League title tie between Millikan, Wilson and Poly. Along with a pin by Guizar, Reighlene Valdez, Kristin Comia and Dalila Precielo came up with big pins that put the match in Poly’s […]
The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The dynamic duo for Lakewood girls’ basketball came through on Monday night as the Lancers secured a 53-36 road win over Wilson. Cristina Jones had a game-high 24 points […]
