Two Long Beach teams went head-to-head to open the 2023-24 boys’ basketball season with St. Anthony and Long Beach Poly squaring off at Westchester. 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.
A historic year produced a historic championship. The Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team had won six CIF Southern Section titles and six CIF State titles coming into Thursday night’s CIF-SS Division 1 championship against Esperanza, but they’d never done it at home. That special accomplishment came as the result of an unbelievable COVID year […]
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The biggest match in Southern California is taking place at Long Beach Poly this evening as the Jackrabbits host No. 1 Mater Dei at 6 p.m. in the Ron Palmer Pavilion. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for students with ID at a rare match that will have both sides of the stands […]
