Recap

ATLANTA, GA -- In the final opening-round bout of the WFTDA Championships tournament, host league 2SC Atlanta jumped out to a 50-0 lead in the first ten minutes but could not hold back a determined comeback from 3NC Naptown.

ATLANTA, GA -- Bay Area returned to Championships for the first time since 2010 aiming to survive the first round for the first time, with Philly looking to find the sort of form that guided them to 4th place that same year. While Philly opened the scoring, Bay Area had taken the lead by the end of jam three and never looked in any serious danger of surrendering it.

ATLANTA, GA -- In the second bout of the WFTDA Championships opening round, 2NC Minnesota got revenge for a late-second unsanctioned loss against 3SC Kansas City with a 96 point win, 244-168. Kansas City still had an outside chance with under ten minutes to play, but a late 23-0 followed by a 15-0 for Minnesota put the game far out of reach.

ATLANTA, GA -- For the past two seasons Denver have had to watch Championships from home while Charm City have played at the top level every year since the Mile High Club's last visit, but it was the team from Denver who came in hot favourites to progress to the quarterfinals.

BALLWIN, MO -- In an instant classic of a game to decide the 2012 Men's Roller Derby Association Championship, host and #2 seed St. Louis quite literally battled #1 Your Mom to the last second and the last point.

BALLWIN, MO -- For the first 25 minutes of the third-place game of the MRDA Championship tournament, it looked as if #4 seed Magic City had completely solved one of the toughest teams in derby, the #3 New York Shock Exchange, as they'd held them to under 18 points while putting up 84.

BALLWIN, MO -- In the fifth place game of the 2012 MRDA Championships tournament, bottom seed #8 Mass Malestrom continued a surprising and impressive weekend but could only stay in the ring with #5 seed Puget Sound for about 40 minutes before Puget took control in the final third of play.

BALLWIN, MO -- In the second semifinal of the MRDA championship tournament, the second seed St. Louis GateKeepers proved that they still had the New York Shock Exchange's number. A nightmare 68-4 sequence midway through the second half killed New York's hopes of repeating as MRDA champions, although they managed to make it a little nerve-wracking for St.

BALLWIN, MO -- Top seed Your Mom (Des Moines, IA) defended their seeding with authority in the first semifinal of the MRDA championship bout, getting their Saturday penalty problems under relative control and outskating a fiery #3 Magic City (Jacksonville, FL) team to put up a surprisingly big 101 point victory at 188-87.

BALLWIN, MO -- The second consolation bout of Saturday action at the MRDA championship tournament -- and the last of six Saturday games -- pitted #5 Puget Sound against #7 Dallas. Puget was coming off a loss to Magic City just four hours previous, while Dallas was coming off a morning beating at the hands of St. Louis.