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Houston HaRD Knocks (#3) defeats Atlanta Dirty South Derby Girls (#5)
The Houston Roller Derby Hard Knocks utilized a solid second half to defeat the Dirty South Derby Girls of the Atlanta Rollergirls 127-101 in a WFTDA sanctioned bout Saturday night in The Woodlands, Texas.
Atlanta started out the first jam edging to a 1-0 lead with Thunder Enlightenin moving quickly into the pack to get the first point of the bout, before cutting the jam off. Mistilla the Killa countered with a 3-1 jam in the second jam for Houston, tying the game up 4-4. Houston then shut down a hard-hitting team from Atlanta the next three jams and took a 13-4 lead.
Death By Chocolate came up with an 11 point jam, while the Merchant of Menace took lead jammer status for Atlanta and scored eight points in the sixth jam. Thunder Enlightenin took a 10-0 jam in the seventh jam, narrowing the lead for Houston to 24-22. The teams slugged it out for the next two jams with Houston gaining only two points and a 26-22 lead after the ninth jam.
Atlanta rallied back with a 4-0 jam by Thunder Enlightenin to tie the game up at 26-all in the tenth jam, and the Dirty South Derby Girls took a 31-26 lead on a 5-0 Demi Gore jam. The squad from Georgia took its biggest lead of the night with a 4-0 jam by Merchant of Menace in the 13th jam (35-28). DeMentia countered with a 12 point jam for Houston after the Atlanta jammer was sent to the penalty box. That made the score 40-35 after 14 jams.
N Timid Ate Her followed up with a 5-0 jam in the 15th jam, but the team in blue would strike back with three lead jammer-statuses in a row narrowing the lead to 49-47 in favor of Houston. Mistilla the Killa scored a seven point jam in the 19th jam, and Demi Gore would counter with 3 points in the final jam of the half to narrow Houston’s lead to 56-50. Houston HaRD Knocks (#3) defeats Atlanta Dirty South Derby Girls (#5) – continue reading …
Houston v Atlanta This Weekend
The Houston Roller Derby Hard Knocks will host the Dirty South Derby Girls of the Atlanta Rollergirls Saturday evening in a WFTDA sanctioned interleague bout.
Currently ranked third in the South Central Region of the WFTDA, the Hard Knocks will be skating against the fifth ranked squad from Atlanta. Houston features jammers Mistilla the Killa, Death By Chocolate, DeMentia, and N Timid Ate Her. Top blockers for Houston include Nawty Dread Knocks, Miss Lead, Becky Booty, and Carmen Geddit.
Top jammers for Atlanta include Thunder Enlightnin, JuJu, Alassin Sane, and The Merchant of Menace. Featured blockers for the Dirty South Derby Girls consist of Queen Looseyateefa, Sk8 Outta Compton, Tanya Hyde, and Switchblade Siousie.
Action will take place at JOPA Sports, 17951 I-45 South in Shenandoah, Texas, just north of The Woodlands on the northbound I-45 frontage road. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the bout scheduled to start at 7 o’clock. Tickets are $10 for this bout. They may be obtained online at Houston’s web site http://houstonrollerderby.com/ or at the door at JOPA Sports.
Rosters are subject to change because of illness or injury on bout day.
Atlanta: Alassin Sane, Amelia Scareheart, Demi Gore, Foxfire, Juju, Killy Wabbit, The Merchant of Menace, Queen Loseyateefa, Shannihator, Sk8 Outta Compton, Spazz Attaque, Switchblade Siousie, Tanya Hyde and Thunder Enlightnin.
Houston: Becky Booty, Carmen Geddit, DBC, DeMentia, Jekyll & Heidi, N Timid Ate Her, Miss Lead, Mistilla, Nawty Dread Knocks, Panty Raider, Rebel Ann, Sinister Sista, Starr Doom and Tex Offender.
Phil Arnold,
Roller Derby Is Sport
Dallas Holds Off Atlanta
[Editor's Note: The Atlanta Rollergirls will be returning to Texas on May 2nd to play the Houston Roller Derby's HaRD Knocks at JOPA. You will definitely hear these names again.]
A desperate rally by the Dirty South Derby Girls fell short Saturday night as the Dallas Derby Devils defeated the Atlanta Rollergirls squad 115-108 in Grand Prairie, Texas.
Dallas opened up the first jam scoring a pack pass by jammer Roxie La Roo. Then despite not gaining lead jammer in the next jam, The Shocker would outscore the opposing Atlanta jammer 13-5, and DDD took a 17-5 lead. Hot For Teacher scored 12 points in the third jam as Dallas began a 32-15 run early in the bout; Dallas took a 49-20 lead at the end of the seventh jam.
The Dirty South Derby Girls would begin a mini-run of their own as they outscored Dallas 24-8 led by Thunder Enlightenin’s nine-point jam in the tenth jam of the first half, along with another nine-point jam by JuJu in the 14th jam. The score was narrowed to 58-45. But DDD would come back with the last 12 points of the final three jams and Dallas took a 73-49 lead into the half. Dallas Holds Off Atlanta – continue reading …
