Lakewood hosted Palos Verdes in their final match of pool play in the 2022 CIF-SS Division 1 girls’ volleyball playoffs. 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, covering primarily sports and education.
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 Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The first segment of the Long Beach State men’s volleyball season has concluded and although it wasn’t the cleanest match for the Beach – it didn’t need to be as they swept Jessup 25-20, 25-20, 25-14 Friday night at […]
The new Major League Baseball season is just a few weeks old, but there’s already been plenty of action involving former Long Beach ballplayers. There was an MLB debut for former Long Beach State righthander Nick Avila, who was called up by the San Francisco Giants and made his debut on Apr. 1 at Dodger […]
