Long Beach Poly hit the road to take on hot-shooting Orange Lutheran in the second round of the 2024 CIF-SS Division 1 girls’ 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.
Unfortunately as specialization is pushed at younger and younger ages, the high school multisport athlete is largely becoming a thing of the past, with year-round commitments crowding out the old-school approach. As such we wanted to recognize four Long Beach athletes competing in multiple sports at a high level this year. On the boys’ side, […]
STORY AND VIDEO BY MATT SIMON Heading into Friday’s Moore League showdown at Ron Palmer Pavilion, Long Beach Poly and Millikan both came into the contest boasting impressive accomplishments midway through the season. Long Beach Poly sat on top of the CIF Division 1 polls, while Millikan was undefeated and No. 3 in the Division […]
