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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2017 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A9 Herald Sports Follow sports on Twitter @HHeraldSports Hermiston grad a part of junior hockey history The win clinched a playoff se- ries win for Everett, four games The Everett Silvertips and to two over Victoria, and sent the Victoria Royals of the Western Silvertips into the second round. Hockey League made history ear- Everett’s playoff run stopped there, though, as Seattle oust- lier this year. The teams battled in a seem- ed them and went on to win the ingly never-ending game that took Western Hockey League champi- nearly five full overtime periods onship. to complete on April 4. When Ev- Anderson played in just 10 erett’s Cal Babych scored games for the Silvertips, the game-winning goal at where he registered no the 11:24 mark in that fifth points and a +2 rating OT, it capped a Canadian while tallying 21 pen- Hockey League record for alty minutes. The win longest game in history over Victoria is what will with 151 minutes and 36 stand out from this sea- seconds of game play. son, though, as the Royals Keith Keith Anderson, a were the team that origi- Anderson 2015 graduate of Herm- nally drafted Anderson iston High School, was in the sixth round of the in the middle of the action as a WHL Bantam draft back in 2012. winger for Everett as he is in his He spent parts of three seasons third season playing in the major with Victoria spanning 39 games, junior league ranks. Anderson re- where he tallied one goal, five called that game recently, saying assists and an even plus-minus that when the goal horn sounded rating before moving on with Ev- for the game-winner he was hap- erett. py it was his team that won, but “I would consider myself a was more relieved that the game power forward,” Anderson said. was finally over. “I’m a big player, good at us- “It was the hardest thing I’ve ing my body to create offense. I ever had to do endurance wise,” love to hit, and have fought a few Anderson said. “I didn’t think it times.” would ever end, honestly. We Anderson was born in Kansas were mentally exhausted and our City, Missouri, which is where his legs were about to collapse. We father, Jeremy, got him interested snacked and chugged Gatorade in hockey as a child. Jeremy, now every intermission. a sports medicine and orthope- “I personally hit a post (with dic doctor in Hermiston, played a shot) in the fourth overtime some club hockey in college and that would’ve ended it, and the in various adult leagues. The An- team just couldn’t seem to bury dersons moved to Hermiston in any chances. But then Babych 2008 when Keith was 8-years-old jumped on a breakaway with and a lack of youth hockey pro- their defenseman who was really grams or interest almost led Keith tired on the backcheck and he put to quit the sport. it home. We were all so tired but “I decided to give it a try in that goal definitely sparked a ton the Tri-Cities,” Anderson said. of energy and excitement into us “I watched an Americans game as we all skated onto the ice and for the first time and knew that I jumped on top of him. It was so wanted to play in that league right cool.” away ... it was sort of my child- The game length broke the hood dream.” previous playoff record of 136 But once Anderson got to high minutes and 53 seconds of play, school he realized that his chances which was set back in 2003 be- of developing enough and getting tween the Kamloops Blazers and noticed were slim, so he moved Kootenay Ice, as well as the CHL away with stops at different high record for longest game ever that schools in Phoenix, Arizona and went 146 minutes and 31 seconds Spokane, Washington. While he in 1999 between the Victoriaville was in Spokane he got drafted by Tigers and Hull Olympiques. Victoria and signed his entry-lev- “After the fourth overtime, el contract when he was 16. they made an announcement The contract worked like a in the arena as we walked back full-ride scholarship to a school into the room ‘This is officially of his choice on top of a small the longest game in league his- monthly stipend. When he signed tory. Thank you for staying with his contract, it eliminated any us fans!’,” Anderson recalled. chance of ever playing Division “During that moment we all I college hockey because he was smiled, realizing we were a part no longer an amateur in the eyes of history.” of the NCAA. By ERIC SINGER Staff Writer STAFF PHOTO BY ERIC SINGER Hermiston senior Hayden Meyers, center, smiles as she signs her National Letter of Intent to play basketball at Blue Mountain Community College. Surrounding her are her parents, left, Hermiston basketball coach Juan Rodriguez, and sister Regan Meyers, far right. Hermiston’s Meyers signs with BMCC basketball By ERIC SINGER Staff writer Hayden Meyers’ final week as a Hermiston High student was one to remember. Not just because graduation was on Saturday and her gradua- tion party was on Friday, but what happened on Monday, June 5, t pushed it over the top. Surrounded by dozens of friends, family and fellow Bulldogs, Meyers signed her National Letter of Intent to play basketball at Blue Mountain Community College in a ceremo- ny in the Hermiston High com- mons. “This was the perfect way to start it and end it,” Meyers said of her final week at Hermiston, with a wide smile on her face. Meyers was known more for her defensive abilities than her offense in the Bulldogs uniform, which is what helped her get no- ticed by BMCC coach Adam Driv- er. After watching a game in per- son, BMCC’s fourth-year coach caught Hermiston’s game against Pendleton on Feb. 9 on television and liked what he saw from Mey- ers. “He told me I did a good job guarding (Pendleton’s) Haley Greb,” Meyers recalled. “I was like ‘Thank you’ and said any time you need me to come practice I will. I then got a text asking me to come to open gyms, right after my senior season ended. “I’ve always wanted to be a basketball coach, which is why I’ve been pushing myself to be in college athletics.” Blue Mountain is coming off a forgettable 2016-17 season in which the Timberwolves finished in the basement of the NWAC East Region with a 3-20 overall record and a 1-15 regional record. But the Timberwolves have only a few re- turning players from last season’s squad, and after allowing an av- erage of 78.7 points per game — highest in the NWAC — Meyers hopes she can use her defensive abilities right away. “I’m hoping to fill a big role, a defensive role at least is where I’d like to see myself,” Meyers said. “But I’d also like to see myself do more offensively than I have in the past. I’ve been trying to push myself and I’m going to get in the gym with (HHS athletic director) Larry Usher this summer and push myself to be more of an offensive threat.” She won’t be the only local athlete suiting up for the Timber- wolves though, as Umatilla’s do- it-all guard Aleesha Watson also signed with the program, which has Meyers excited to get started. “What excites me is there are only two returners and (Driver) has been looking at girls around here which is nice because in the past there hasn’t been many from Hermiston or Pendleton,” Mey- ers said. “I’m excited to play with (Watson) because I know her. The two girls returning are really good and I’m excited, maybe we’ll build a bond to bring up more girls from local teams and make it bigger and better.” What excites Meyers the most, though, is the opportunity to pur- sue a dream and remain close to home. Her younger sister, Regan, will be a senior at Hermiston start- ing in the fall and Hayden wants to be there every step of the way. “I’d like to watch all of her senior nights because she got to see all of mine,” Meyers said, “so staying close to home was really important to me. We’re like best friends, so that was the big push to BMCC and not another communi- ty college.” ———— Contact Eric at esinger@eas- toregonian.com or 541-966-0839. offered with their dates, grade range and registration fees: Soft- ball (June 19-20, grades 3-8, $45); Marching Band (June 19-23, grades 7-8, $15); Volleyball (June 20-22, grades 3-8, $65); Basket- ball (June 26-28, grades 3-8, $65); Soccer (July 31-August 3, grades 3-8, $40); Youth Football (Aug. 7-8, grades 2-6, $20); Football Development (16 dates spanning from June 19 to July 20, grades 7-8, $75); Tennis (Sept. 7-9, grades 3-8, $55). Registration can be completed online at HermistonAthletics.com. 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