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 Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The Lakewood Girls Basketball team is primed for another successful season. The Lancers are coming off of a season where they appeared in their first ever CIF-SS championship and are retaining the Moore League Player of the Year Nyemah King. Lakewood is looking […]
Find out where your favorite Long Beach team is playing this week. WEDNESDAY Long Beach City College Men’s Water Polo vs. El Camino, 4:30 p.m. The LBCC men are 13-0 after dominating four games as part of the Cuesta Invite last weekend. Sophomore attacker and Montenegro native Vedran Latkovic leads the Vikings with 42 goals […]
The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. If there were any blemishes in the CIF-SS competitive equity format, Millikan’s first-round playoff matchup was a glaring example. It was anything but a close basketball game to open the Division 1 playoffs for the undefeated Moore League […]
