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FORT WAYNE, IN -- MRDA #8 Twin Cities, ranked two slots below Pioneer Valley in the MRDA, kept their momentum from a very strong second half against MRDA #9 Harm City earlier in the day and put up the first upset of Spring Roll in dominant fashion, upending Pioneer Valley 219-99 to quickly build an argument for inclusion in the MRDA top 6.

FORT WAYNE, IN -- When Twin Cities Terrors (#8 MRDA) and Harm City Homicide (#9 MRDA) met almost exactly a year ago at the 2011 Spring Roll, it was a fairly close match with the Terrors pulling out a 175-140 win.

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SACRAMENTO, CA -- #8W Angel City traveled north on Saturday to take on long-time rivals #7W Sacred City, in what proved to be an epic barn burner of a game for two teams that meet often and consistently produce close results. Sacred made up almost all of a 75 point deficit in the second half, but fell two passes short of fully closing the gap, and Angel City took the win 143-137.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- In what was effectively a battle for #2 in the North Central, Minnesota (#13 DNN, #2NC WFTDA) had a back-and-forth battle with hosting Naptown (#15 DNN, #3NC WFTDA) before finally pulling ahead for good in the final 10 minutes to win by 35, 149-114. There were nine lead changes and two ties in the game.

After four months of relatively stagnant Power Rankings, now we're talking. Welcome to DNN's May 2012 Power Rankings, in which a lot of stuff finally happens!

STERLING, VA - In a hard-hitting and physical bout, the DC All-Stars (#11 E via WFTDA) took down Suburbia Urban Brawl (#12 E via WFTDA), 247-137. Coming in with a three-game winning streak, the DC All-Stars were nonetheless cautious, with 2011’s 8-point loss to Suburbia still on their minds. Suburbia, meanwhile, was looking to make up for their 252-161 loss to Bleeding Heartland last weekend.

CHICAGO, IL -- In Houston's second game of a three-bout weekend trip to the North Central, they battled the Chicago Outfit (#24 DNN, #5NC WFTDA) in front of a raucous crowd at the Windy City Fieldhouse. A smash-mouth, relatively low-scoring game saw 7 lead changes and neither team able to establish more than a 13-point lead for the first 59 minutes.

After a hectic last two weeks in global derby action, the final weekend of April is a bit calmer, but there are still a number of notable bouts taking place over the next three days. Top 25 Action

EUGENE, OR -- The three-time defending Emerald City champion Andromedolls (2-1) beat a battered Flat Track Furies (1-3) team 103-60 to earn a date with Church of Sk8in (2-1) in the June 9th ECRG 2012 championship game. The Furies were forced to add two visiting skaters, Skatesaphrenic Rocka Rolla and fresh meat Danger Graves, to bring their roster to twelve.

PITTSBURGH, PA -- The Steel City (#16 DNN, #4E WFTDA) match against new face Ithaca ended up as expected, with a strong win by Pittsburgh in all aspects of the bout over the unranked Ithaca team, who were playing only their second-ever WFTDA sanctioned game.