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[Mad Rollin Dolls] Reservoir Dolls 121, Unholy Rollers 118 - In a Madison local game featuring nine lead changes, a resurgent Reservoir Dolls team pulled out a narrow upset of the Unholy Rollers, 121-118.

With six lead changes in the first half alone, the Unholies held a 62-55 lead at halftime.  The Res Dolls broke out to a 101-70 lead halfway through the second, but Mack the Knife eliminated most of that with 20-0 jam with 12 minutes remaining.

With just over four minutes to go, the Unholy Rollers’ Mack the Knife went down with a knee sprain, but left her team with a 114-106 lead. Back-to-back eight point jams from Mouse and Charlie Hustle followed, and the Res Dolls were up 121-118 with just 44 seconds left. With a five-to-two player advantage, the Reservoir Dolls’ Vicious van GoGo -- a recent transfer from Texas -- sealed the deal with lead jammer status.

Both defenses were solid.  The key to the balance of the game were five jammer penalties for the Unholy Rollers to just one for the Res Dolls. Charlie Hustle scored 56 points for the Res Dolls, followed by Mouse with 39.  Mack the Knife led the Unholy Rollers with 54 points. -- Geoffrey Saucer

[Detroit Derby Girls] D-Funk Allstars 102 vs. Devil’s Night Dames 59 -- In Detroit local action, the D-Funk Allstars funked up the Devil’s Night Dames on February 13, dominating the first half en route to a 102-59 victory. D-Funk limited the Dames to just 15 points in the 1st half, leading 53-15 at the halftime break. The Funk held the Dames scoreless in 13 of the half’s 19 jams.

The 2nd half was much closer in score, although the Funk still won that half by a 49-44 tally. The Dames had a slight edge in lead jammers, 9-8, but could never get any closer than 30 points. D-Funk played mostly defensively in the half, although they enjoyed two big jams where the Funk’s Ghetto Barbie scored a 10-0 power jam win with the Dames jammer in the penalty box and when Polly Fester reeled off a 14-0 double grand slam win.

The offensive highlight of the game for the Dames came when Formosa Fury scored a 10-0 double grand slam power jam win in jam 9. The D-Funk kept their jammers out of penalty trouble in the half, though, only losing two jammers to the box and only allowing 12 points against by way of power jams, denying the Dames a chance to catch up.

Racer McChaseHer led the Dames with 21 points while jamming only 8 times. Formosa Fury was the only other Dames jammer to score in double-digits (16). The Funk's Sista Slitchya pulled 25 on 10 jams, and was supported by Ghetto Barbie with 21 points.
 
Several skaters had outstanding blocking efforts. For the Funk, Roxanna Hardplace led the way with a total of 46 actions (blocks, assists, and knockdowns). For the Dames, it seemed Racer McChaseHer was concentrating more on blocking than jamming as Racer had a fine total of 38 actions to lead her team.
 
The Detroit Derby Girls next intraleague game is Saturday, March 13, with last year’s defending champs the Pistolwhippers entertaining the Devil’s Night Dames. -- Rusty Wheeler

[DC Rollergirls] Scare Force One 108, Cherry Blossom Bombshells 53 -- In the fourth bout of the DC Rollergirls’ intraleague season on Feb. 13, Scare Force One took home their second win this year against the Cherry Blossom Bombshells.

The first half saw veteran Scare Force jammers Marion Barrycuda, Lenore Gore and Lois Slain going up against relatively new Bombshells Sookie Slaughterhouse, Boom-Chicka-Doom and Miso Knotty. Both teams put up a solid defense, with jammers often emerging neck-and-neck out of the pack. Scare Force heavy hitters like Gun’Her Down and Soledad, despite having just fought it out with Steel City in the opening bout of the double-header, proved to still have plenty of power left to hold back Bombshell jammer Slaughterhouse as Scare Force’s Slain earned her team a triple grand slam in third jam of the night, catapulting them to a substantial early lead.

Scare Force was able to hold the Bombshells scoreless for several subsequent jams, until a perfectly timed whip from Guantanamo Babe launched rookie Boom-Chicka-Doom out of the pack to grab lead jammer status and 4 unanswered points for the Bombshells. But that coup was immediately followed by another pair of grand slams from Scare Force jammer Gore, pushing the Fright Attendants to a 30-point lead. In the last jam of the first half, rookie star Slaughterhouse powered past Scare Force blockers Gun’Her and Dr. SKabs for a grand slam of her own, but it only put a small dent in Scare Force’s lead, which had swelled to 66-26 by halftime.

Scare Force kept up the fierce defense in the second half, holding the Bombshells scoreless for five jams in a row, until Slaughterhouse was able to squeak by and add another 5 to the Bombshells’ total. The rookie sensation scored all but 5 of the Bombshells’ 25 points in the second half (fellow rookie Ivana Tripabitch netted a grand slam, courtesy of an effective 20-foot pull by the Bombshell pack), but even her explosive power wasn’t enough to touch Scare Force’s lead. While the margin of victory wasn’t as great as Scare Force’s 153-46 win over the Bombshells earlier this season, the Fright Attendants claimed another commanding victory, with a final score of 108-53.

Scare Force’s win secures them a spot in the April 10 intraleague championship against Season 3 champions the DC DemonCats. Meanwhile, the Bombshells, out of the running for a championship berth, will attempt to nab their sole victory of the season when they face off against the DemonCats on March 6. -- Mini Vandal

[OC Rollergirls] Huntington Heartbreakers 101, Back Bay Bombshells 99 -- The Huntington Heartbreakers narrowly squeaked by with a comeback defeat over the Back Bay Bombshells 101-99 in local Orange County Roller Rollergirls action Saturday, February 13.

Taking an early 4-3 lead, the Heartbreakers fell behind the Bombshells 33-16 by the 11th jam in the first half. Two jams later, the Heartbreakers' Rolla Cholla narrowed the gap a little with a 12-4 jam, the game's first triple pass. But the Heartbreakers just couldn't build the momentum to fend off the Bombshells advance, and the first half finished with the Bay Back Bomshells leading 57-46.

In the second half, the Bombshells widened their lead to 18 points, 76-58, by the 5th jam, followed by three tightly contested 0-0 jams. But Rolla Cholla opened up the scoring again, narrowing the lead with a 4 pass 15-8 jam, 84-73. The Heartbreakers took advantage of a flurry of Bombshells penalty box trips and edged their way up starting with an 8-3 jam from Raggedy Amber, to a 15th jam 96 point tie, thanks to a 7-4 jam coming once again from Rolla Cholla.

With a 3-1 jam from B-Train, the Bombshells inched ahead to lead 99-97 with bare minutes left in the game. Heartbreaker Kay Hoenaze put 4 on the board to push the Heartbreakers into a 101-99 lead and called it. When the Heartbreakers' Beantown Brawler took the lead in the final jam, she called it quits while they were ahead, leaving them with the win.

Rolla Cholla led the Heartbreakers and the board with 42 points. Hell Toro notched 32 points, scoring exactly 4 points in all her jams but one. With 26 points, Poison led the Bombshells, and On The Roxy scored 25. -- Busta Armov

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