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PAGE A10, KEIZERTIMES, JUNE 12, 2015 The Athlete’s Best Friend …is their Chiropractor. Meet Dr. Andrew Isaksen Quality Chiropractic for the Whole Family CALL TODAY 503 -391-9112 Come see how we can improve your level of peformance! 1797 Lansing Ave NE, Salem • www.nwfamilychiro.net KEIZERTIMES.COM Lady Celt catcher Kansas-bound By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Lady Celt Kiana Villarreal is taking a major leap of faith in August. Villarreal, a just-graduated McNary High School alumna, signed to play softball with Kansas’ Seward County Com- munity College last month, and she’s never even seen the place. “We had a tournament in Huntington Beach, Calif., and I got recruited over there. A couple of weeks later, I started checking out their website and seeing what it was like,” Villar- real said. She met with the Saints’ coach, Andrea Gustafson, dur- ing Christmas break last De- cember and said it was Gus- tafson who convinced her it would be a good fi t. Villarreal’s McNary coach, Kevin Wise, has nothing but faith that Villarreal can do whatever job she’s called upon to do in Liberal, Kan. “Kiana is one of the hard- est workers I’ve ever been around,” Wise said. “Being a catcher, you get beat up. There are some balls that I think I would be down crying, and she gets up and shakes it off. She’s like steel.” Wise said her work ethic made her a role model on the team the past two seasons. “She’s the fi rst one on the fi eld and last one to leave whether she’s working on skills or just picking stuff up,” Wise said. Work ethic aside, Villarreal has the numbers to back her up. Prior to the Lady Celts making it to the post season, she batted .491 with seven doubles and four home runs. Behind the dish, Villarreal started 12 games with one er- ror and 59 putouts. She’ll play catcher for the Saints as well. Volcanoes return June 17 The Salem-Keizer Volca- noes return to Keizer with a game vs. the College All-Stars Wednesday, June 17. The game begins at 6:35 p.m. The team follows their de- but with a fi ve-game home stand vs. the Vancouver Ca- nadians. Game times are 6:35 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday. The Sunday game begins at 5:05 p.m. Kids wearing their 2015 Awesome 3000 T-shirts will be admitted to Saturday’s game free and will be able to meet the team on the fi eld if they arrive by 5:45 p.m. Sunday’s game coincides with Father’s Day and visitors can have photos of their dads displayed on the jumbotron by e-mailing jwalker@volcanoes- baseball.com. The Volcanoes are seeking host family candidates for the season. Host families provide a home for the Volcanoes in their fi rst years as a pro base- ball players. Additionally, host families gain access to a variety of in-season benefi ts for open- ing their homes to to players. Volcanoes players are in their fi rst or second year of professional baseball, ranging in age from 18 to 24 years old while coming from very diverse back- grounds. Players move to Salem- Keizer for the N o r t h we s t League sea- son from all across the country and world. Volcanoes players arrive in early June and depart in early September. If you are inter- ested in the program or want to fi nd out additional infor- mation, please contact Rick Nelson at 503-390-2225 or via email at rnelson@volca- noesbaseball.com. Future Celt basketball camp starts June 15 KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald McNary High School alumna Kiana Villarreal recently signed with Kansas-based Steward County Community College to continue her softball career. Villarreal said she’s look- ing forward to playing at the next level and comparing it to to what she’s already experi- enced, even if it means she’ll have to do some new bond- building. “We’ve had such a close team this season and it’s going to be a very new experience going into games not knowing the other players as well. You get used to having the same faces around, but it should be fun, too,” Villarreal said. The McNary High School boys basketball program is hosting summer camps for boys this month. The camps are planned for Monday, June 15, through Thursday, June 18. Incoming third through fi fth graders will meet from 9 a.m. to noon and in- coming sixth through eighth graders will meet from 1 to 4 p.m. Camps will focus on de- veloping fundamentals like footwork, shooting technique, passing and catching, drib- bling and rebounding. Cost is $55 and includes a T-shirt. Send registration forms and payment (checks payable to Mc- Nary Boy’s Bas- ketball Club) to: McNary High School, c/o Boys Basketball, 595 Chemawa Road N., Keizer, OR 97303. For more information con- tact Ryan Kirch at 541-908- 1609 or rkirch@hotmail.com Midget team takes third in Westview Invite Submitted Team Saigon players were, back row, Marco Trout, Nico Brown, Alberto Lemus and Damian Camarena. Jorge Garcia is seated in front. Saigon wins MHS Intramural title Saigon defeated Los Morros in the championship game of the McNary High School intramural soccer league, Thursday, May 28. This year alone, the school had 120 students and 10 facul- ty members participating in the soccer program. A basketball league played earlier this spring. Los Morros players were Alfred Licona, Tony Trout, Noel Ramirez, Alejandro Ceja, Bryan Keo, Javier Zepeda and Drew Faatz. Submitted Keizer’s JBO Midget American team earned a third place fi nish with a 3-1 record at the Westview Invitational Tournament May 30 and 31. Pictured left to right, front to back: Ty Borde, Ben Allen, Devin Burruss, Caden Briola, Jake Allen, Landon Gerig, JT Walsh, Jesiah Bartlett, Kelson Whalen, and Cammron Ferrando. Players not pictured are: Riley Dewater and Trace Thompson. Coaches are Tom Oglevie, Ryan Walsh, Nick Gerig, Dean Allen and Dustin Ferrando.