Naptown Roller Girls

INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- After an extremely low-scoring first half that ended at just 36-19, the Naptown all-stars took control in the second and blew out the visiting Midwest Mega Team, an irregular team of North Central all-stars from Windy City, Arch Rival, Ohio, the Chicago Outfit, Burning River and Brewcity, by a final score of 131-41.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- In an matchup between Windy City home team The Fury and Naptown's B-team the Warning Belles, the first 20 minutes belonged to the Fury and the last 15 minutes belonged to the Belles.

BROOMFIELD, CO -- In the last bout of the WFTDA Championships opening round, experience solidly won out over enthusiasm as 2E Philly controlled 3NC Naptown for the whole game. Philly only allowed Naptown to score in 5 first-half jams on their way to a 104-20 lead at the halftime break and cruised through the second for the biggest blowout of Day 1, 225-68.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- Saturday’s nightcap to Monumental Mayhem lived up to its namesake. In the process, the defending North Central champs dodged a scare from the host squad. Propelled by co-captain Jackie Daniels’ 19-point late-bout power jam with under six minutes left, top-seeded Windy City advanced to the North Central finals following a 128-117 semifinal win over fourth-seeded Naptown.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- The Naptown Tornado Sirens and Cincinnati Black Sheep rolled out to finish the first day of Monumental Mayhem to a decidedly partisan crowd, although plenty of fans had made the drive from Cincinnati as well. A penalty-filled game final went the home team’s way 166-113, but not without Cincinnati putting on a charge early in the second half.

The fourth and final WFTDA regional playoff tournament of 2011 begins on Friday in Indianapolis, IN, as the Naptown Roller Girls host the North Central's edition of the weekend, Monumental Mayhem. Games begin at 9am Eastern on Friday, October 7th and conclude on Sunday with the championship at 6:20pm Eastern.

MADISON, WI -- On Saturday night, Naptown’s Tornado Sirens (officially #6 in the North Central via WFTDA, unofficially #17 in the nation via DNN) dominated first half action against Madison (#4 NC WFTDA, #25 nationally DNN), grabbing 15 of the first half’s 23 lead jam opportunities.

DETROIT, MI -- On paper this North Central clash looked like it might be a barnburner. Visiting Naptown (unofficially #17 in the nation via DNN, officially #6 in the North Central via WFTDA) came into this game with a hot hand, a 7-1 record that was marred only by a narrow loss to #2 NC Minnesota and included a win over #4 NC Cincinnati.