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 Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by John Ross, Class of 2013. Jordan boys’ basketball has used its superior pace to score a 94-70 win at Wilson on Friday night to move to 10-0 in the Moore League for the first […]
Its campuses are empty, but the Long Beach Unified School District is trying to make sure students’ bellies are still full. After LBUSD schools shut down to slow the spread of COVID-19, Monday was the first day every campus had their doors open from 8 to 9 a.m. to serve a free breakfast to anyone […]
It’s not often you see a home-and-home series in football–much less in consecutive weeks–but in the world of COVID, scheduling quirks are to be expected. Due to a positive test within the Poly football program, the Moore League schedule was reshuffled this week, setting up a matchup between Wilson and Jordan tonight in North Long […]
