Naptown Roller Girls

Now we're cooking. May saw a couple of upsets, but most of what we learned came from the closeness of games that went the right way.

Last Weekend After a few hectic weekends of WFTDA action, the last weekend in March provided some respite. Montreal’s visit to--and near upset of--Windy City was the weekend’s biggest bout, but it looks unlikely to have a major impact on the rankings.

There's a lot more action in the Power Rankings this month as teams start to kick off their seasons in earnest. We’ve got our first ranking debut of the year, and another team returning after a lengthy absence. Want to skip the reasoning and jump straight to rankings? Go on then.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- In what amounted to a preseason game for Windy City (#6 DNN), the Chicago team kicked off their year with an unsanctioned battle against regional rivals Naptown (#14 DNN) on the road in the Indiana Pacers' Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- In the undercard match for Sunday afternoon's Windy City vs Naptown battle, the Demolition City Dynamite Dolls (Evansville, IL) used solid slow walls -- along with effective speed-exploitation on a series of jammer penalties -- to run up a huge 80-point first-half lead against Naptown's B team, the Warning Belles.

ATLANTA, GA -- In the final quarterfinal bout of the 2012 WFTDA Championships tournament, 1E Gotham rolled to an expected big win over 3NC Naptown, running up a 205 margin of victory by a final of 316-111. Naptown had particular trouble with the penalty box, giving up 37 minutes of penalty time against 23 for Gotham -- they also lost their jammer 7 times against 4 for Gotham.

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.

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LINCOLN, NE -- The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association tonight conducted a random draw to determine the bracket for November’s Championship Tournament. Each region’s #1 seed receives a first round bye; the #3 seed from each region will face a #2 from another region and the victor of that match-up proceeds to face a #1 from a third.