Weekend in Review, 7/19/2010

By Derby News Network, Last updated Tue Jul 20 2010 3:57am

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[Houston Roller Derby] Bayou City Bosses 119, Psych Ward Sirens 106 -- The Bayou City Bosses withstood a late rally and defeated the Psych Ward Sirens 119-106 Saturday night in a bout with championship implications for the Houston local season.

A big 13-point score by Big Bad Voodoo Dollie in the fourth jam put the Bosses up 20-7, but the Sirens put up their first large jam of the night with Candy Codeine scoring a 9-0 jam in the ninth jam to narrow the score to 25-20 Bosses. Again the two rival teams basically broke even over the next five jams, but Cinder Hellyeah took advantage of a Psych Ward Siren jammer penalty to put up an 8-0 jam in the 16th jam of the half and keep the Bosses ahead at 38-26. At the break the Sirens had narrowed the margin, but not by much, down 44-36.

The first half was pretty much a defensive struggle, but the second featured quite a few large jams. The Sirens' Candy Codeine opened with a 10-0 to give her team their first lead at 46-44. However, that was their only lead, and it was short-lived. The Bosses struck right back with a 9-0 jam by Baby Face Assassin for a 53-46 lead.

A number of double-digit jams for both teams followed, but the Bosses narrowly had the better of it, up 89-81 ten jams deep into the half. Here, the Bosses took their biggest jam of the night on a powerjam for Big Bad Voodoo Dollie, who cruised behind lockdown blocking for a 23-0 win. That gave the Bosses a 112-81 lead.

Time was running down on the Sirens, but they made a final run over the last three jams with the score 119-92. Jekyll and Heidi scored a 6-0 jam for the Sirens, and then Mistilla scored an 8-0 jam in the 20th jam and called off the jam with only three seconds left on the game clock. With the score 119-106, the Sirens had a prayer, but Beverly Kills of the Bosses would have nothing to do with that speculation as she grabbed lead and called instantly for a game-sealing 0-0.

The leading scorer for the Bayou City Bosses was Big Bad Voodoo Dollie with 49 points, while Mistilla led the Sirens with 42. -- Phil Arnold

Reprinted with permission from Roller Derby Is Sport; original article here.