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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.
After a year of silence, the clicks, snaps, and pops of football helmets and pads have returned to the high school fields of Long Beach, thanks to plummeting COVID-19 numbers and swift action on the part of the city’s high school sports administrators. After a 2020 with no football games and months without real practices, […]
Sometimes all it takes is a few shots to go down in order to shake off the nerves of a big game. That was exactly the case for St. Anthony in their CIF-SS Division 2AA playoff opener against Sonora, as the Saints knocked down three straight three pointers to take a quick nine-point lead in […]
