Boston fans get a treat this coming Saturday, as their hometown Boston Massacre all-star team takes on Gotham Girls’ reigning local champions, the Bronx Gridlock, in a special exhibition bout.
The Gridlock won the 2007 GGRD season with a perfect 4-0 record, and their roster features 5 members of the travel team that smoked the competition at 2007’s Eastern Regional tournament — defensive specialists Ginger Snap and Kandy Kakes, the alarmingly swift Beatrix Slaughter, versatile Brigitte Barhot and fearsome blocker Beyonsláy. On the other hand, the cabbies will only be bringing 10 players out for this game, which might make endurance a factor. Notably, the Bronx is without the other half of their signature jammer duo, as Bonnie Thunders is currently overseas (DNN sources report that this has something to do with large cats in China.)
This will be Boston’s first bout as an all-star team since September of 2007, when they swamped #22 Dominion, 119-69. While stalwarts Sarah Doom, Maura Buse, Claire D. Way and Lois Carmen Denominator are back for more, it’ll be the Massacre’s first bout without longtime captain Ivana Clobber — and their first with a couple of transplanted skaters, Baby Fighterfly (ex-Providence) and Harley Quinn (ex-DC.) Boston just barely missed advancing past the first round of 2007’s Eastern Regional, edged in an overtime thriller by Detroit … and they’re no doubt looking to make this the first step on a road they hope will take them a little bit further in 2008.
Boston will be fielding a full roster of 14 for the bout, but half of those 14 (Anna Wrecks’ya, Claire D. Way. Sarah Doom, Miss Mary Smack, Harley Quinn, Baby Fighterfly, and Cookie Push) will be playing in a 30 minute opening mini-bout as a slightly different Massacre team takes on Maine Roller Derby (no roster available at press time), so it should be interesting to see if the Massacre’s slightly longer night will balance out their advantage in numbers.
Additional reporting: Hambone, Harley Quinn
UPDATE: Boston takes it to the short-staffed Gridlock, going up 48-28 by halftime and rolling to a solid 116-49 victory. Boston also claims the win in the 30 minute opener, triumphing over Maine by a final of 81 to 31. Recaps to come.
Sarah Doom #4.0 // Shelby Shattered -0 // Maura Buse #34B // Claire D. Way #1984 // Cookie Push #617 // Lois Carmen Denominator #3 // Miss Mary Smack #321 // Pussy Venom #(every)28 // Krush Puppy #843 // Harley Quinn #3 // Betty Spite #3.31.25 // Triple Deck Her #3D // Baby Fighterfly #1000 corpses // Anna Wrecks’ya 99
Kandy Kakes #perfect 10 // Beyonsláy #top 40 // Speed McQueen # 36DD // Beatrix Slaughter #42 // Brigitte Barhot #swingin’ 60’s // Daizy Chainz #15 // Ginger Snap #80 // Lemony Kickit #667 // Luna Impact #29.5 // SheRAW #20