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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.”
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Contact Eric at esinger@eas-
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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,
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Registration can be completed
online at HermistonAthletics.com.
SPORTS BRIEF
Bulldogs have full slate of
youth camps
Hermiston High School is
offering a wide array of youth
camps this summer, and registra-
tion is open.
Here is a list of summer camps
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