MRDA: St. Louis Handles Twin Cities, 207-43
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St. Louis jammer Short Knocks catches some unintended air. Photo: Bob Dunnell.
ST. LOUIS, MO -- The St. Louis Gatekeepers – ranked first in the Men’s Roller Derby Association’s mid-season rankings – stomped #7 Twin Cities 207-43 Saturday night at Midwest Sports Hockey.
The Gatekeepers (5-0) raced out to a 25-8 lead six minutes in thanks to a 16-point jam by Shanego Fett. This began a 21-0 run for the locals. Unfortunately for Twin Cities, the lack of scoring was just the beginning of their troubles. On the next jam, top-scoring Twin Cities’ jammer Jonathan Elliot tore his rotator cuff following a turn-one collision, sending him out for the remainder of the bout.
Meanwhile, St. Louis’ offense was just getting warmed up. Fett’s 20-pointer midway through the half and Short Knocks’ 29-point power jam in the waning minutes helped the Gatekeepers sport a overwhelming 122-12 lead at the break.
Double-digit jams by Debaucherous Prime and Gnat King Kill continued the onslaught in the second half. St. Louis outscored the Terrors 85-31 in the second half to remain undefeated and retain their perch on top of the MRDA. Both Fett and Knocks contributed over 60 points apiece for the Gatekeepers.
With only six leagues invited to the 2011 MRDA Championships in October, the seventh-ranked Terrors (7-2) have two more summer bouts in its quest to make it into “the big six.” The Terrors continue its two-bout series against #10 Race City Rebels on July 9. Twin Cities defeated the Rebels 195- 97 in April. Their final regular season bout takes place in August at home against #3 Magic City Misfits.
Comments
Rookie? :/
Haha, why does everyone think I'm a rookie? I started with the Gatekeepers about 4 months into it. I've played in travel team bouts before, although I have missed some notable ones like the first meeting of these teams in spring roll due to a home reffing situation and the one in minnesota due to moving to college, but I have played and even jammed in numerous bouts. Haha, I don't mean to be nit-picky, but I have been playing for over a year. :)
Great write up though!
It's cause you're young dude
Now go skate with those San Diego folks and learn how to kick ass on the banked track too. And when you get back from vacation, you can be our rookie once more.
"Rookie"
This topic comes up every now and then, so I thought I'd just reiterate: for DNN purposes, "rookie" means somebody playing in their first calendar year for a nationally competitive travel team. (Yes, this causes some categorization problems when somebody jumps from a small-market league to a bigger one, or in the first year a team is genuinely nationally competitive, but it's the most reasonable definition we could come up with).
Of course, this all may be irrelevant in your particular case, cause you may have played your first Gatekeepers game in 2010 -- I'm just saying that "rookie" doesn't necessarily mean "first-game" here.
Holy crap
That picture is amazing! If there's a large version, I'd definitely consider nominating this for the end of year DNN Best Of.
Larger photo link.
Thanks for the compliment! Here's the largest version i have online. I have a bit larger at home but I don't usually post full res.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdunnell/5826751343/sizes/o/in/pool-1654370...
By the way, this link to the photo is in in the Roller Derby: Best of the Bout pool which you may find interesting.
shane . . . pipe down
shanego, you will always be a rookie in my book. college boy! its your baby face.
Thanks Justice
Ha. Ok, I didn't know that's how you guys did it. Thanks for explaining. I didn't mean to make a big deal of it, I just thought it was a little funny. Actually, I think it's pretty cool just to be mentioned, so thanks!
And Double, one day I will grow the world's greatest beard, and you will not be able to say that anymore!