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MARCH 10, 2017, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE B5 Brought to you by: Sponsored by: Friday, March 17 th 11 am - 6 pm Saturday, March 18 th 9 am - 6 pm Sunday, March 19 10 am - 5 pm th • Get ideas for Your Yard & Garden • Meet the Experts • Your Best OneIStop Shop for Home Improvement Ideas, Products & Services • Take Advantage of Home Show Discounts & Special Pricing • One entire building filled with landscape display gardens KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley Isabella Heath, left, and Abby Smith, teammates since kindergarten, both signed to play soccer at Chemeketa Community College on Wednesday, Feb. 22 in the McNary library. McNary teammates going to Chemeketa By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes When Isabella Heath picked up her national let- ter of intent and Chemeketa Community College wom- en’s soccer coach Sara Landis asked the McNary senior if she recommended any play- ers, one immediately came to mind. And on Feb. 22 in the Mc- Nary library, Heath and Abby Smith, teammates since they were kindergarteners playing at Keizer Soccer Club, signed We are Everything Except Overpriced Simple Cremation $795 Inexpensive Burial and Funeral Options Pre-Planning Available On-Site Crematory 4365 RIVER RD N, KEIZER 503.393.7037 Se habla español with Chemeketa. Along with playing at KSC and McNary, the two were also on the same team at Cap- ital Futbol Club. “We’ve literally grown up together and we’ve been on the same team forever,” Heath said. “We’ve always played together. It’s really crazy that we’re going to play in college together. I didn’t think that would happen.” Heath and Smith will also join two former McNary teammates—Michaela San- chez and Janie Jarmin. “It’s actually really a relief because I kind of felt like I was done with soccer after our se- nior year and now it’s going to be really fun because I get to play with Bella,” Smith said. “We get to keep playing together for at least two years and then I get to see Michaela and Janie again. I also get to play with some girls that I played against in our confer- ence. It will be really fun. I’m excited.” Heath got in touch with Landis after the coach attend- ed one of McNary’s games this season. Lady Celts head coach AJ Nash said both girls have been leaders on the team the past three seasons, Heath in the midfi eld and Smith on defense, where she was First Team All-League. “Isabella has been a cor- nerstone to our attack for the last three years,” Nash said. “She’s been the glue that keeps them together and she’s been an integral piece to the attack in the way Sticky (Smith) has been to the de- fense. If you don’t score goals you don’t win games and if you get scored on you lose games and these two repre- sent both ends of that spec- trum. They’ve been leaders on this team since their sopho- more year. We’re going to miss them.” After games, Heath consis- tently received the Lady Celts award for composure. “She was the one that when the pressure was on and everything was tense, she would step up,” Nash said. Smith led McNary in a big win over Gresham that ultimately got the Lady Celts into the playoffs. “Probably the turning point for our season last year is when we beat Gresham,” Nash said. “That put us up in the RPI. Specifi cally in that game Abby was recognized by her team as four or fi ve times be- ing that last person that made that big play to stop a goal to secure that victory.” Both Heath and Smith said they’ll also miss McNary. “It’s really sad leaving this year,” Heath said. “Hopefully I’ll be able to play with them again in the future sometime. McNary was a really good ex- perience and I learned a lot.” After Chemeketa, both Heath and Smith said they’d like to attend Oregon State University. “I really want to go to OSU and hopefully play for that team, too,” Heath said. “I heard that playing for Chemeketa’s team you get a lot of opportunities for their coaches to watch you play.” ATTENTION FREE ADMISSION & PARKING Oregon State Fairgrounds Sponsored by: BUSINESS OWNERS DO YOU HAVE CLIENTS THAT OWE YOU MONEY? We collect money that is owed to you in a professional and ethical manner. We are the Collection Agency with a Heart • PRE- COLLECT • COLLECTIONS • CREDIT COUNSELING C ASCADE C OLLECTIONS, INC. (503) 364-0455 1375 13TH ST SE SALEM, OR 97302 WWW.CASCADECOLLECTIONS.COM www.HomeBuildersAssociation.org OR-0000360246 Email: cascade@cascadecollections.com