The Colonel’s Roller Derby Roundup
Roller Derby in and around Houston, Texas.

Psych Ward Sirens defeat Burlesque Brawlers

The Psych Ward Sirens sprinted out to a large halftime lead, and held off a determined rally in the second half to defeat the Burlesque Brawlers 161-126 in Houston Roller Derby’s league opener Saturday.  In the first game of the evening, the HRD Bayou City Bosses outgunned Hurricane Alley from Corpus Christi 269-8.

DeMentia, in her first league bout since knee surgery last year, opened up the scoring run for the Sirens with a 15 points in the first jam while her teammates shut down the Brawlers.  Brawler Savage Rose scored eight points the next jam, but the Psych Warders had a 19-8 lead after just two jams.  Mistilla the Killa would score 11 points in the third jam while her team in red shut the opposition squad out, but the next jam Savage Rose again struck back for another 8-point jam.  The Sirens, however, countered with nine points by Jekyll and Heidi in the same jam gaining the Sirens a 39-16 advantage after four jams.

An eight-point jam by Jekyll and Heidi and a 13 point jam by Mistilla would highlight a Siren mini run and put them up 68-32 after eight jams; this bout was looking like it might become a blowout.  But the Brawlers shutout the team in red for the next two jams, and closed the margin to 68-41.  The Sirens defense then shutdown the team in purple for the next three jams, and moved the lead back out to an 81-41 lead.  An eight-point jam by Savage Rose, and a nine point jam by Sirens team captain Mistilla, with an additional nine points by the team in red would give the Psych Ward Sirens a commanding 103-54 lead at halftime.

Speed O opened up the second half with lead jammer status for the Burlesque Brawlers and in the third jam scored five more points as the team in purple chipped away at the Psych Warder’s lead.  But a big 12-point jam by DeMentia in the ninth jam would give the Sirens a 139-71 lead.

Savage Rose scored 13 points for the Burlesque Brawlers in the thirteenth jam, and the team in purple would out the Psych Warders for four consecutive jams to narrow the lead down to 153-108.  Speed O, the Brawlers all-star skating in her first league game for her new league team, scored 12 points, and Chainsaw Chic scored four points in the last jam of the game, and while the Burlesque Brawlers outscored the team in red 72-58 in the second half, the Psych Ward Sirens were satisfied with a final 161-126 victory as time ran out on the clock.

The leading scorer for the Psych Ward Sirens was DeMentia with 61 points. Mistilla the Killa scored 47 points, along with Jekyll and Heidi’s 39 points, and Carmen Geddit’s 14 points.  Leading blockers for the Sirens included Panty Raider, Punitive Damage, Tex Offender, and Copperhead.

Top scorers for the Burlesque Brawlers were Savage Rose with 60 points, Speed O with 34 points, Private Been Jammin with 16 points, and Chainsaw Chic with 12 points.  Top blockers for the team in purple included Starr Doom, Claudia Van Damage, Wreck Hell Welch, and Tempestua.

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In the opening bout between the defending league champion Bayou City Bosses, and a young team from Hurricane Alley Roller Derby in Corpus Christi, Texas, the Bosses exploded out of the gate and never looked back. Rookie BoBituary scored 20 points in the second jam of the bout, which was followed up by a 15-point jam by Death by Chocolate (DBC).  DBC added a big 20-point jam in the seventh jam of the bout, and Legzibitionist scored a 15-point jam in the tenth jam.  Nawty Dreadknocks had the high point jam of the night with 23 points in the twelfth jam.  Those high scoring jams highlighted a huge scoring first half for the Bayou City Bosses as they took a 174-4 lead into intermission.

In the second jam of the final half, Karma Lucha received lead jammer status for the first time for Hurricane Alley, and four points came out of the jam.  But the Bosses struck back with a 21-point jam by Baby Face Assassin in the third jam.  Second year blocker Daily Beatings toke the jammer helmet cover to score 20 points on her only jam of the night, followed up by a 15-point jam by Tamityville Horror.  This rookie again scored 15 points to close out the final jam of the bout, as the Bayou City Bosses took a 269-8 victory over the squad from Corpus Christi.

Top scorers for the Bosses were rookies Baby Face Assassin with 44 points, BoBituary with 43 points, and Tamityville Horror with 35 points.  Team captain Death By Chocolate also had 35 points, although she only jammed twice in the bout.  Rebel Ann showed why she was recently added to the Houston travel team with nine key blocks in this bout, the leading blocking numbers for Saturday`s double header.  Other top blockers for the Bosses included Nawty Dreadknocks, Goldie BloXX, and Miss Lead.

High scorers for Hurricane Alley were ClumZaRella and Karma Lucha each with four points.  Top blockers for the Brass Knuckle Brawlers of Hurricane Alley included Annie Smokely, Iron Jenny Flint, Sugar, and ClumZaRella.

The next action for Houston Roller Derby will be April 18th at Kicks Indoor Soccer & Gym.

Phil Arnold,
Roller Derby Is Sport