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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.
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It’s not easy to make history at a high school that was founded more than 125 years ago, but the Long Beach Poly boys’ lacrosse team did just that on Tuesday afternoon on Burcham Field. The Jackrabbits earned the school’s first ever playoff win in lacrosse, easily dispatching of University High, 15-4, in their CIF-SS […]
The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. Lakewood girls’ basketball is going back to a CIF Southern Section quarterfinal game for the first time in more than two decades thanks to a 68-50 win at Xavier Prep in Division 2A on Saturday. It was a one-point game after the first […]
