by daveInci
photo: Dave Wood Photography
The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls celebrated their 10 year anniversary on Saturday night as they wrapped up their 2014 home team season. All four teams took to the wood floor of the Fillmore Auditorium to battle for the season’s final placings.
The night opened with a bang for the Sugar Kill Gang as Fiona Grapple took the star, got lead, and jumped the apex on her way to a 4-0 start to the game. Gator Dunn gave the Hoods lead in the second jam, but was forced to call it off immediately due to a damaged skate. The Sugars lead 7-3 after three jams, but that was the last they’d see of the lead for the rest of the night. Jam #4 saw She Who Cannot Be Named give the Hoods a 12-7 lead and they never looked back. By halftime, they held a 90-55 advantage thanks to scoring leaders She Who (27 points) and ShredHer Wheats (26).
The Sugars came out strong in the second half, cutting the deficit from 35 points down to just 17 after two jams. The Hoods’ lead remained within reach until ShredHer Wheats put up a 33-0 score in the seventh jam of the half, stretching the lead to 139-81. Despite 18-3 and 22-3 jam wins by all-stars Toxic Taunic and Gaygan, respectively, the Sugars were never able to get within serious striking distance after that.
The final jam of the night was bittersweet for the Hoods as they gave the star to former Rocky Mountain Rollerpunk Hole Punch of Pain. Punches won the jam 4-3, giving the Hoods a 201-163 victory, but now leaves Rocky Mountain to start college out of state. The Red Ridin’ Hoods finished 2014 in third place at 1-2 while the Sugars fell to 0-3 for the year.
MVPs for the first game went to Fiona Grapple (SKG Blocker), Queen Elizabitch (SKG Jammer), Helen Wheels (Hoods Blocker), and She Who Cannot Be Named (Hoods Jammer).
photo: Dave Wood Photography
The next game was the showdown for the Rocky Mountain home team championship and followed a pattern similar to the first. Dooms Daisies jammer Ivanna HasselHaus gave her team a 9-0 lead after the first frame and the Daises were able to hold that lead until the 11th jam of the game. After scoring only 20 points in the first ten jams, the United States Pummeling Service gave the star to standout blocker Tootsie Roller who put up a 19-0 to give USPS a 39-25 lead. Like the Hoods in the previous game, once they got the lead, the team in navy never gave it up. Four more double-digit jams (all by different jammers) gave USPS a commanding 115-53 halftime lead.
The Pummelers didn’t let their 62-point halftime lead slow them down in the early going of the second half. After eight jams of the final period, they had stretched their lead to 84 points despite using seven different jammers. Sweet Mary Pain ensured that the USPS lead wouldn’t extend into triple digits by putting up a powerful 27-0 jam at that point, but the momentum swing didn’t last beyond that jam. Despite a 27-2 win by Sissy Rinkshaw in the final jam, the Daisies came up 40 points short, 213-173. The loss put the Dooms Daisies at 2-1 for the year while the United States Pummeling Service wrapped up a perfect 3-0 season.
MVPs for the second game went to Tootsie Roller (USPS Blocker), Lezzie Borden (USPS Jammer), Bones Patrol (Daisies Blocker), and Ivanna HassselHaus (Daisies Jammer).
photo: Dave Wood Photography
Between the games, Rocky Mountain celebrated its 10 Year Anniversary by welcoming dozens of RMRG alumni to the track. Skaters traveled from around the country for this special reunion event.
Next up for the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls is a double-header featuring 5280 Fight Club vs. Portland Men’s Roller Derby and Project Mayhem vs. Pueblo Derby Devil Dollz. Get all the details HERE.
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