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#3 Rat City Meets #10 Rose City in Northwest Showdown

Justice Feelgood Marshall — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:56:57 -0600

A rare non-tourney appearance by Rat City's all-star team provides an opportunity for Seattle and Portland to tune up their tournament rosters -- and maybe score some regional bragging rights in the process.

WFTDA Bout Preview: #9 Detroit @ #5 Texas

Rusty Wheeler — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:10:20 -0600

#9 Detroit has a chance to claim the longest current winning streak in WFTDA play -- but to do it, they will have to knock off their toughest opponent in a year on their home turf, #5 Texas.

WFTDA Bout Preview: #7 Windy City @ #12 Rocky Mountain

Justice Feelgood Marshall — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:30:44 -0600

A mile-high inter-regional clash between increasingly imposing #7 Windy City and rock-steady #12 Rocky Mountain on Saturday promises to shed considerable light on where both teams stand going into their respective regional tournaments in early October.

Killamazoo Nails Hammer City, 93-65

Rusty Wheeler — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:46:55 -0600

A non-WFTDA matchup finds the crew from Kalamazoo continuing to post impressive victories, this one happening in the first international flat-track derby match in Michigan as Hamilton, Ontario's Hammer City comes to visit.

Dominion Withdraws from Eastern Regionals

Justice Feelgood Marshall — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:11:24 -0600

Personnel issues cause the #12 seed in Eastern Regionals to drop out of next month's tournament, opening up a space for Providence to make the trip to Madison.

#15 Madison Puts Out #43 Burning River, 140-74

Geoffrey Saucer — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:58:44 -0600

Recent WFTDA additions Burning River get a trial by fire in taking on their highest-ranked competition to date, while Madison warms up for their upcoming bout with #5 Texas.

WFTDA Bout Preview: #2 Gotham Takes Aim at #13 Tucson

Sock Puppet — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:35:04 -0600

#13 Tucson tries to turn around a lengthy series of losses this Saturday night, but they'll have to stop one of the most imposing teams in derby, #2 Gotham, to do it.

Flatliners Parry COMO, 102-71

xstatic — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:57:12 -0600

In a non-WFTDA interleague bout, a big early start from Bloomington, Indiana's Bleeding Heartland crew allows them to score revenge in a rematch with their Midwestern rivals from Columbia, Missouri.

West Texas Rolls Past #42 Assassination City, 136-66

Hard Candy — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:03:59 -0600

The very newest kids on the WFTDA block, unranked West Texas, announce their presence with an impressive 70-point win over one of the founding WFTDA leagues, Assassination City.

Burning River Intraleague: Rolling Pin-Ups Defeat Cleveland Steamers, 78-53

Rusty Wheeler — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:55:18 -0600

The Rolling Pin-Ups conclude a tough season on a up note, finally getting their first win of 2008 in the third-place bout to consign the Cleveland Steamers to last place.

Hellbombers Win Burning River Championship, 74-45

Rusty Wheeler — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:36:04 -0600

In Burning River's local title match, the Hellbombers complete a perfect 5-0 season and repeat as league champs, protecting a big first-half lead to defeat the Hard Knockers.

#11 Charm City Boots Carolina Bootleggers, 131-55

Justice Feelgood Marshall — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:06:26 -0600

In a particularly high-speed, high-energy contest, the Carolina B-team runs into serious first-half trouble navigating the Baltimore defense, leading to a long scoring drought that lets Baltimore pick up a big win.

WFTDA Bout Preview: #15 Madison Takes On #22 Dominion

Justice Feelgood Marshall — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:55:15 -0600

Virginia Beach's Dominion Derby Girls try to protect their home turf against a Madison team that is proving very dangerous in 2008.

Preview: #11 Charm City Hosts Carolina Bootleggers

Justice Feelgood Marshall — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:01:31 -0600

The Baltimore killer bees test their style against a tough crew of irregulars from Carolina in Charm City's first interleague bout at DuBurns Arena.

#44 Arch Rival Overcomes #33 No Coast, 78-57

Gray Wether — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:29:44 -0600

The ladies from St. Louis travel up to Nebraska to get their first WFTDA-ranked win in a ranking upset, leading for all but one jam against Lincoln's No Coast.