Arizona Roller Derby

RICHMOND, CA -- Coming into the West playoffs, two of the key storylines and questions were how 7 seed Arizona would handle the midseason departures of their 3 world-class additions Atomatrix, Joy Collision and Hockey Honey -- and whether Wasatch, appearing in their first postseason ever, would justify their placement.

RICHMOND, CA -- In the first consolation bout of the West playoffs, 5 seed Rocky Mountain wasted very little time getting in a dominant position against 7 seed Arizona. Two early big jams gave Rocky Mountain a 54-0 lead that they were never in danger of losing, and they eventually cruised to a fairly easy win by over 200 points, 279-76.

RICHMOND, CA -- Friday’s second bout at Bay of Reckoning, the WFTDA Western Region Playoffs,  featured a #7 vs. #10 matchup: the Arizona Roller Derby’s Tent City Terrors against the Sacred City Sacrificers of Sacramento.

RICHMOND, CA -- This weekend the WFTDA roadshow moves on to California's Bay Area for Bay of Reckoning -- the 2012 West region playoffs. While it's almost possible to fill in two Championships teams in all the other regions before a whistle is blown, the West is wide open.

On Wednesday evening, derby culture zine Hellarad broke one of the biggest derby stories of the year – in typically sardonic fashion – when they announced that three of roller derby's best known and most talented players, Joy Collision, Atomatrix and Hockey Honey, were transferr

FEASTERVILLE, PA -- Arizona (8 DNN, 10W WFTDA) played one of the most closely contested games of the ECDX on Sunday afternoon when they took on Steel City (18 DNN, 4E WFTDA). The lead changed hands over ten times in the game and came down to the last jam before Arizona escaped with a 209-193 win.

FEASTERVILLE, PA -- Boston (20 DNN, 7E WFTDA) took advantage of a very penalty-heavy Arizona (8 DNN, 10W) to emerge victorious in a tough high-scoring battle that was in question right to the very last jam. In the end, Boston bested Arizona 203-187.

UPDATE 4:30 CT -- Updated to reflect results of VRDL / Silicon Valley at Dust Devil. With the second quarter WFTDA rankings period closing at the end of the month, June's bouts represent the final chances for teams to solidify their seeding for the September and October regional tournaments -- or claim an invite by breaking into their region's top ten.

TUCSON, AZ -- As expected, top seed Rocky Mountain won the 2012 Dust Devil invitational, handily defeating second seed Angel City 251-109 in the final, but there were some surprises in the early rounds of the ten-team tournament.

TUCSON, AZ -- April 13-15 marks the fifth Dust Devil Tournament – the latest edition of the one that started it all in 2006.