Mason Dixon, Harm City Host in Male/Female Doubleheader

By Justice Feelgood Marshall, Last updated Thu Aug 13 2009 12:06am

HAGERSTOWN, MD -- This Sunday night, the Mason Dixon Roller Vixens host their second male/female doubleheader with Harm City Homicide.

In the first bout, the boys from Baltimore take their third swing in three years against their first-ever opponent, the boys of the Pioneer Valley Dirty Dozen. Harm City will be hoping that the experience they've gained since the inaugural September 2007 meeting will be enough to finally lift them to victory this time.

In the second, MDRV tries to make it two wins in a row for the first time in their history when they take on the B team from Richmond's River City Rollergirls, the Uncivil Warriors.

Harm City Homicide vs. Pioneer Valley Dirty Dozen

There's plenty of history between these two teams. Way back in 2006, when Pioneer Valley had the only men's flat-track team in existence, the Dirty Dozen had their first public bout ever in a 15-minute halftime exhibition bout against a co-ed team of Charm City's referees, captained by Justice Feelgood Marshall. The CCRG refs barely emerged victorious in a chaotic 33-30 final, and that bout would lead to the creation of Harm City Homicide to challenge PVRD in a more standard format.

That meeting happened exactly a year later in September 2007. In that matchup, the rookie Homicide gave the Dirty Dozen a scare for the first two thirds of the game, as Homicide had a small lead at halftime but eventually succumbed to penalty and endurance troubles that gave Pioneer Valley a 100-67 win in the end.

When the teams met for a second time, once again exactly a year later in September 2008, Homicide once again held a small halftime lead, but this time the two battled back and forth all the way through the second half before the Dirty Dozen secured a 80-73 win in a dramatic final jam.

Now, in August 2009, the Homicide has added a few names since their last meeting, notably hard-hitting Puget Sound transfer Albino Wookie, powerful double-threat Gearhead, Jack of Hurts and rookie Methrace. Pioneer Valley also has some new cards to play, including Boston Derby Dames referee Sideswipe, Will Jettison, Fresh Eddie Fresh and Brutus Priest.

Based on previous outcomes, this one is arguably a tossup. The Dirty Dozen has the all-time 2-0 record over the Homicide, but their matchups with other teams this year have left Homicide with a 2-1 record for 2009 while Pioneer Valley sits at 1-2. Pioneer Valley has split a couple of close games with the Connecticut Death Quads, 49-46 for CTDQ and 60-50 for PVRD, and lost to the undefeated New York Shock Exchange by 49 points, 115-66. Harm City crushed the Death Quads in their meeting, 145-29, squeaked by the Diamond City Death Kings 90-86, and also lost to the Shock Exchange by about the same margin as PVRD did, 106-64. (All of these bouts were 40 minutes long.)

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Mason Dixon Roller Vixens vs. River City Uncivil Warriors

In the other half of this doubleheader, the hosting Mason-Dixon Roller Vixens go up against the B-team from Richmond, VA's River City Rollergirls, the Uncivil Warriors. After a lengthy series of unsuccessful outings, MDRV finally notched their first win in July over the visiting Rocktown Rollers, 164-66 -- that moved the year-old team's all-time record to 1-7.

MDRV continues to enjoy standout play from small but very effective Skid Ho,both at the jam line and in the pack. According to the current roster, they'll be skating without Poison Princess, who has been a big part of their defense in the past; pack elements such as Lucretia McEvil, HeineQueen, Rebel Shell and CyKosis will be looking to firm up the MRDV defense.

The Uncivil Warriors from River City haven't gotten quite as much track time as their busy all-star team. Although they opened up their year with a solid 130-58 victory over New River Valley (Roanoke, VA), they lost a close rematch 115-104 and then were defeated in April by Wilmington City, 139-77.

This iteration of the Uncivil Warriors features a couple of players with A-team experience in Raci Lords and Paris Kills, but most of the roster hasn't been seen too much in interleague play.

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