By Derby News Network, Last updated Mon Jan 18 2010 11:56am

WFTDA Sanctioned Interleague | Local Bouts

WFTDA Sanctioned Interleague

Naptown 225, Derby City 18 -- Derby City's first WFTDA-sanctioned bout was a pretty rough maiden voyage, as Indianapolis' more established Naptown nearly shut them out in the first half while dropping a triple-digit point margin. Naptown was up 46-2 after 15 minutes, and a half-ending 20-0 jam for Naptown's Dora the Destroyer gave them a 104-2 advantage at the half.

Almost all of Derby City's points came on a single jam at about the midpoint of the second half, where Derby City's Lil Rage of Sunshine trucked for a 13-0 that brought the score to 158-18 with about 15 minutes to play. That was it for Derby City scoring for the rest of the match, though, as Naptown ended on a 72-0 run to win by 207 points.

In the pack, Naptown's 4 Leaf Cleaver consistently owned the back with dominant positioning and some beautiful lateral-movement takeouts, while Cereal Killer put on a blocking showcase of her own, helping to position and orchestrate the pack to NRG's advantage.

Of the Derby City players, Sweet Mama put on an especially fierce show. She always seemed to have the opposing jammer in her crosshairs and delivered some crippling hits. Carrie A. Glock sent a few of the Naptown jammers into the suicide seats as well. When her hits connected, they spelled trouble for Naptown.

Naptown was led on the scoreboard by Slammy Faye, with 57 total points; for Derby City, Lil Rage of Sunshine led with 13 points on the single big jam.

Naptown is next up against Memphis in WFTDA action on February 6th; this bout provides another opportunity for Naptown to knock off a 2009 WFTDA tournament team, after their 99-77 defeat of Burning River in December. -- Valerie Hurtinelli

Tom Klubens' photoset from the bout
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