The undefeated Bayou City Bosses took on the 2-time league champion Psych Ward Sirens.
The outcome was
67 Bosses
76 Sirens
assuring a rematch between the two teams in the finals next month.
Note: See the comments to a correction/clarification to a misstatement during the podcast.
Thanks, as always to cjacks for the bumper music.
A review of the June bout between the two time league champion Sirens and the small-teamed Betties.
76 Psych Ward Sirens
77 Machete Betties
Thank again for the cjacks for the backing music.
The Machete Betties held off the Psych Ward Sirens 77-76, despite a furious rally, Sunday night to pick up their first win of the 2008 Houston Roller Derby (HRD) Season. In the first bout of the night, the home team Burlesque Brawlers defeated the Assassination City Roller Derby’s Bombshell Brigade 123-100 to start off the memorable evening of roller derby at Verizon Wireless Theater.
The Betties and Sirens opened up the game by scoring seven points each in the first jam. But after another seven point jam by Chain Saw Chick, and a three point jam by Miss Lead, the Machete Betties took a 17-7 lead at the end of the fourth jam. 2007 MVP Mistilla the Killa came back with a 10 points in the fifth jam to tie it up. The game was still tied at the beginning of the ninth jam when Miss Lead scored ten more points to Carmen Geddit’s four points, and the team in Camouflage took a 35-29 lead. A five point jam by Scarlet O’Hurtya and a four point jam by Chainsaw Chick moved the halftime lead out to 44-29 in favor of the Machete Betties.
After a huge first jam of the second half by Betties all star The Prosecutor, when she scored 12 points while the Sirens were shutout, the Psych Ward Sirens began their astounding comeback to make up the 27 point difference. Mistilla the Killa, who was nursing a sore knee suffered in the Roll For a Cure tournament in May, only skated twice in the first half and scored 17 of her team’s 29 points. She jammed six times in the second half and picked up 34 more points. The Sirens’ blockers stepped up with some really tough defense and the team only allowed ten points in the next seven jams while picking up 31 points: the lead was down to 66-60.
In the next jam there was a scoring controversy. Originally Scarlet O’Hurtya was given eight points to Mistilla’s six points, when Mistilla was lead jammer. However after a long discussion between the refs, both captains, and the scorekeepers the Machete Betties points were reduced to three points for the jam. The Sirens had officially closed the gap to 69-66. In the next jam Miss Lead put pressure on Siren lead jammer Panty Raider, who cut the jam off with neither team scoring any points. (more…)
Preview of the June 2008 bouts at Verizon Wireless Theater in downtown Houston, Texas.
Assassination City Roller Derby (Dallas, Texas) Bombshell Brigade
vs
Burlesque Brawlers (1-2)
Psyche Ward Sirens (1-0, 1-1)
v
Machete Betties (0-2)
(off this month - Bayou City Bosses (2-0, 2-1))
We’ve been super busy, and haven’t had time for a proper post-April podcast, so this one is going to have to fill in.
I talked to the Colonel briefly, but he didn’t make much of the podcast, only a cameo at the end.
April Bouts
126 Hell Marys (Austin)
83 Sirens
75 Bosses
37 Brawlers
This Sunday at Verizon Wireless Theater, Houston derby fans will have a chance to see their champions skate against the Texas Rollergirls’ champions. The Texas Rollergirls are the fourth-rannked team nationally, although they beat the third-ranked team the last time they played them by more than 60 points. This means the visiting Hell Marys are a really good, all star-laden team that will likely be favored over the Psych Ward Sirens.
The difference I believe can be the fans of Houston, being loud and proud of their Houston Roller Derby skaters. Sunday night in Austin, I was talking with one of the skaters who last year was in Houston at the Governor’s Cup. I asked her why she was so hyper at the end of the bout against Houston and she said, “Have you ever been booed by 2,000 fans?” Well, I don’t think there were 2,000 fans that night, and I don’t think every fan was booing her, but that was her perception.
In a way, I think this is a compliment to the Houston fans. They were loud and very supportive of their hometown skaters. I think the Hell Marys, especially their younger players, have not played in a large venue like Verizon Wireless Theater. And they certainly don’t know how loud and crazy the Psych Ward Sirens fans can be at Verizon. Throw in some support from other league fans, and I think the fans can help make a 20- or 30-point difference by encouraging their home team skaters.
That’s just my opinion of course, but I hope all you Houston fans will make the special effort to show up and support your local team and show the folks from Austin just how great the Houston fans are.
Phil Arnold,
Austin, Texas
In the inaugural bout of the 2008 season the Psych Ward Sirens handily dispatch the Burlesque Brawlers.
162 Sirens
80 Brawlers
thecolonel@colonel.com
The first event of a new season is a good chance to find out how teams are shaping up in a league. If Sunday evening was any indication, then last years two top teams will be the teams to beat this year in Houston Roller Derby. The defending champion Psych Ward Sirens defeated the Burlesque Brawlers 162-80, and the runner up Bayou City Bosses beat the Machete Betties, 113-76.
The first game of the night between the Bosses and the Betties started off tied 17-all in the fourth jam. But team Captain Miss Lead would score four points for the Betties while Goldie BloXX was picking up a single point in the fifth jam as the machete wielders would take their first and only lead of the game. The team in black would counter with a 9-0 jam with Holla Pain Yo jamming, and rookie Lu Animal would follow up with another 9-point jam while the Bosses defense would shut out the Betties, putting the Bosses up by 36-21. Another 7-point jam by Holla Pain Yo and 7-point and 8-point jams by Death By Chocolate would expand the Bosses lead at half time to 75-42. (more…)
Psych Ward Sirens 107
Bayou City Bosses 95
The Colonel has a quick review of the 2007 Championship game between the Bayou City Bosses and the Psych Ward Sirens wherein the Sirens come out victorious.
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