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 Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser. While you can’t control who you come across in the playoffs, what you can control is how you respond. Jordan fought back against a tough opponent in Mark Keppel in its Division 3AA playoff opener on Thursday night, but the Panthers were […]
This is the eighth year of the revived All-City Awards, which resurrect a decades-long tradition of honoring the city’s best high school athletes. Last week we looked at the top athletes in each sport, and in this week’s issue we present other awards including Game of the Year and Coach of the Year. The centerpiece […]
Here are today’s CIF-SS playoff games involving Long Beach sports teams in boys’ water polo and girls’ tennis. WATER POLO (Games at 5 p.m.) (In Division 1, Wilson will host Damien tomorrow evening) Division 3: Millikan vs Arcadia Division 4: Long Beach Poly vs Ayala (@ Cabrillo) Division 6: Lakewood @ Tahquitz Division 6: Cabrillo […]
