EVERETT — Deafening whistles and resounding chants of “Sea!” “Hawks!” turned to gasps and heads shaking in disbelief during the final few minutes of the Super Bowl, shown live Sunday at the Historic Everett Theatre.
After the game, the crowd that had filled the rows poured out onto Colby Avenue with utterances of “Bummer, huh?” and “I want to cry.”
Alex Soltman, a freshman at Granite Falls High School, and Stephanie Fosse, a sophomore from Lake Stevens, said they still were in shock about that last play.
“Should have had that win,” she said.
“How did we not get that?” he said.
They headed toward home with Alex’ dad, Michael Soltman.
“I’m going to cry in a corner,” Alex said.
Lisa Parker, 51, of Gold Bar, and her family watched last year’s Super Bowl, a Seahawk win, at the theater, she said. It was a sad outcome this year, but still a great game, she said.
“We thought we had it,” she said.
“Sad, man. That was sad,” said Laura Muai, 55, who came with Parker and nieces, Samantha and Erin Carbajal.
A relative snagged them all tickets to watch the Hawks at the NFC Championship game just a few weeks ago.
“You can tell we screamed our fool heads off,” Parker said.
“It was amazing,” Muai said. “We’ve always got the fans, and we’ve got family.”
Laurie Stoopes, 65, of Tulalip, has been a Hawks fan “forever,” she said.
“It’s great to be here with everybody yelling,” she said. “It’s on the big screen. What could be better?”
Stoopes motioned toward her throat, hoarse from yelling.
“I’m going home and getting a cup of tea,” she said.
Veronica Calhoun, 9, and Robert Calhoun, 5, took a break from the game to play catch with a football in the lobby.
Robert ran back and forth into the theater to check the score for his grandmother, Laura Shriner. Shriner pointed at the children as she gently shushed the folks who ran into the lobby with curse words at crucial moments. Robert practiced his kicking.
“I’m a Bears fan,” he said. “This is the only time I like the Seahawks.”
Veronica wore her Russell Wilson jersey and Hawks temporary tattoos on both cheeks.
“When I first learned football, he’s the one that I first knew,” she said.
Her grandmother teased her: “And he’s kind of cute, huh?”
Rikki King: 425-339-3449; rking@heraldnet.com.
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