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.
Four Long Beach schools held Signing Day ceremonies last week to honor their student-athletes who signed National Letters of Intent, going on to play college sports. Long Beach Poly As always, Long Beach Poly hosted a big Signing Day celebration in the school’s auditorium, where boys’ athletic director Rob Shock was emotional as ever. “This […]
The Long Beach Poly boys’ and girls’ basketball teams have dominated the Moore League for the last decade-plus, but in that time have never faced anything like the challenge they undertook over the last week. Both programs–like most programs in the city–had to deal with a COVID-19 shutdown. That necessitated a ton of rescheduled games, […]
