St. Anthony hosted St. Paul for a Del Rey League matchup in front of a terrific home crowd on Friday night. 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.
The Long Beach State men’s basketball team pulled away late at UC Irvine on Wednesday night to win 80-70 and improve to 2-0 in the Big West. LBSU (8-10) has won five of its last six games, and this is its first win at UCI since 2015. BOX SCORE LBSU seniors Deishuan Booker, Bryan Alberts, […]
The562’s middle school sports coverage is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club The Washington Wolves and Lindbergh Eagles faced off in an overtime thriller for the girls’ basketball Division 2 All-City championship. Led by Chrystelle Ortega Martinez and Elssie Gonzalez-Garcia, the Wolves pulled off an overtime thriller, winning 40-37 to claim the crown. “We […]
If you believe the rankings, this isn’t Long Beach Poly’s year. The Jackrabbits aren’t in the national polls, and they’re No. 11 in the first CIF-SS rankings of the year. Jackrabbits head coach Carl Buggs isn’t that worried about it. That’s in large part because he remembers what it was like when he and his […]
