Long Beach Poly and Los Al played an instant classic in the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs on Valentine’s Day, with Poly senior Jovani Ruff making history by setting a new school record in career scoring.
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 2022-23 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Once again, it was all about the defense for the Long Beach State women’s basketball team. The Beach didn’t have an offensive explosion from any player the way they did with Tori Harris’ 32-point game last weekend, but the stifling […]
The Moore League hosted ins inaugural Sportsmanship Symposium on Tuesday morning at Millikan High, a star-studded gathering where students from all seven league schools gathered to hear major speakers talk about the value of sportsmanship. The students also engaged in team-building exercises at the event, which was the brainchild of Moore League secretary Lisa Ulmer […]
The562’s coverage of water polo & swimming is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. Everyone on the pool deck at Long Beach City College knew they were about to witness history on Friday night. The only question was, would the magic number be 50 or 1? From start to finish, the Long Beach Poly […]
