The Cabrillo Jaguars hosted Temecula Valley in the quarterfinals on the 2024 CIF-SS Division 4A boys’ basketball 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 Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial If there’s any school that understands the relationship between defense and championships, it’s Long Beach Poly. And while the Jackrabbits are still three wins away from a CIF-SS Division 2A championship this season, they certainly showed the requisite defensive prowess in a suffocating 63-34 win […]
There were two Long Beach State basketball alumni in the news last week, for wildly disparate reasons. James Ennis III was making headlines for reasons you might expect from the program’s alums: he’s in the NBA bubble trying to help the Orlando Magic to an upset of the Milwaukee Bucks (Ennis was also ejected from […]
The562’s cross country and track & field coverage is sponsored by an anonymous donation, in appreciation of Coach Ron Allice. Long Beach is looking forward to another memorable track & field season this spring. The Wilson Bruins are the reigning CIF-SS champions and won the program’s fourth state title last May. Long Beach Poly were […]
