Cry those sweet, sweet tears, ATM!!

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Cry those sweet, sweet tears, ATM!!

November 17, 2012 by David Svien

The team they beat in 2010? Oh yeah, that was ATM too!

Karma is a bitch.

At least it is for Archbishop Thomas Murphy, which ended a turbulent football season Friday night just the way all decent, good-hearted football fans hoped for — getting its rear kicked.

A 21-0 loss in the state quarterfinals was sweet. That the Wildcats lost to my alma mater, Tumwater High School, and its man mountain of a coach (and my 9th grade health teacher) Sid Otton, is just that much more awesome sauce.

The T-Birds sail on to the state semifinals, seeking a 6th state title for the NGUNNGU-spouting Otton. That’s Never Give Up, Never Never Give Up for the rest of you folks.

And ATM, the beast of the Cascade Conference, the school that unnecessarily bounced former Oak Harbor head coach Dave Ward after he took ATM to back-to-back title game appearances?

The school that then suffered one embarrassing moment after another as Ward’s replacement “quit” after four games and two horrifying losses, only to have his replacement put on leave after his sordid past surfaced?

Well, one player was quoted in the Everett Herald saying “There are going to be few dry eyes on the bus.”

To which just about everyone else replies, “Cry those sweet, sweet tears, ATM!!”