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Wolves capture title
South Kitsap needs eight innings to defeat Newport 5-2
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South Kitsap senior Mac McCarty celebrates the final out of the Wolves’ 5-2 win May 30 against Newport in the Class 4A state championship game at Bellingham’s Joe Martin Field. By CHRIS CHANCELLOR
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BELLINGHAM — Just before the cameras clicked, South Kitsap players stuck their pointer fingers upward in unison. It was a long-awaited gesture
for the Wolves, who defeated Newport 5-2 May 30 at Joe Martin Field in Bellingham to win their first Class 4A state championship since 2003. “They’re just excited to hold the ‘1's‘ up because I never let
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them do it,” said third-year South coach Marcus Logue, whose team finished as the state runner-up in each of the last two seasons. “Once we won the Narrows League and the West Central [District], a couple of reserves were like, ‘Hey, let’s put the 1‘s up.’ I was like, ‘Nope, we’re not that team yet. You’ve got to earn that right.’ ” The Wolves, who finished with a 20-7 record, first celebrated as they collectively tossed their gloves high into the air when senior left fielder Austin Hackman tracked down a towering fly ball off senior Jace Goforth’s bat in the eighth inning. South players and coaches later returned to the infield to celebrate with a sea of friends and family clad in maroon and yellow. “I hate to see it end,” South senior Nathan Archuleta said. “I love these guys so much.” Senior pitcher-third baseman Mac McCarty said the win is more meaningful to him because of the adversity the Wolves have faced. Last year, they lost 7-1 against undefeated Puyallup. Nine errors spoiled Logue’s first state championship appearance in 2013 with an 8-5 loss against Skyview. “It feels amazing,” Archuleta said. “I’ve started crying like four or five times. So much emotion.” That would be an apt descrip-
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Changes to murder suspect David Kalac’s defense team By ILY GOYANES Correspondent
PORT ORCHARD — David Michael Kalac, charged with murdering his girlfriend in her Port Orchard home in November, returned to Superior Court May 29 to finalize changes in his defense team. The purpose of the status hearing — before Judge Jeannette Dalton of Kitsap County Superior Court — was to determine the findings of a prior hearing regarding the status of Kalac’s legal representation. Attorney Kevin Anderson, who with John Purves of the Public Defender’s Office was part of Kalac’s defense team, will no longer be representing the defendant. Port Orchard attorney Ron Ness, who also had been part of the original defense team but was relieved from the case in January, will rejoin Purves as part of the defense team. In addition to addressing changes in counsel, the hearing also called into question whether there will be a delay in proceedings. Kalac’s trial is scheduled to begin June 9, less than two weeks from the change in legal representation. A Kitsap County Clerk’s Office employee who was present
during the hearing spoke about the case on the condition of anonymity. “He doesn’t want the trial continued,” she said, referring to Kalac. “He still wants to keep the trial date.” She added that, regardless of the defendant’s wishes, there may be a delay in the proceedings. “If needed, Ness will have to file for a continuance over his client’s objections,” the source said, in Kalac recognition of Ness possibly needing additional time to prepare after his four-month hiatus from the case. “Although that won’t be ideal,” she continued. The murder of Amber Lynn Coplin resulted in national headlines after it was discovered that photos of the crime scene, as well as images of the body, were posted on the controversial anonymous website, 4chan. From the onset of the investigation, Kalac was the only suspect. He was arrested when he surrendered to Oregon police on Nov. 5, the day after Coplin’s body was found.
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