VILLA PARK, IL -- In an extremely closely matched prize bout with 9 lead changes and 3 ties, Rocky Mountain and LA took it all the way to the wire. For the second time in two days, Rocky Mountain found themselves going into the last jam of the game with a tie score in a powerjam situation -- but this time, it was their opponents with the upper hand.
BROOMFIELD, CO - Yesterday's victory over Nashville sent the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls 5280 Fight Club into a tough quarterfinal match against tournament-favorite Gotham Girls All-Stars, who have been acclimating themselves to the elevation for a week in Colorado Springs.
BROOMFIELD, CO - The hometown Rocky Mountain Rollergirls, with an eye on returning to the finals to defend their championship title, came in to this opening bout heavily favored against Nashville's Music City All-Stars at the 1st Bank Center. Rocky Mountain's blockers were too strong for Nashville in a penalty-filled first half which ended with a 60-point Rocky Mountain lead.
PORTLAND, OR -- 2W Rocky Mountain put up a strong challenge to the region's top seed, but 1W Oly remained undefeated for 2011 by rebuffing them in the championship game of the 2011 WFTDA West Region Playoffs, 143-106. Rocky Mountain held the lead for only the first 4 jams before Oly took the lead for good.
PORTLAND, OR -- In a bout that may be remembered best for its lack of skating rather than actual play, Rat City used delayed starts and three jams in which the jammers were never released to come within ten points of beating the defending WFTDA champion Rocky Mountain, 117-107.
PORTLAND, OR -- In a bout that may be remembered best for its lack of skating rather than actual play, Rat City used delayed starts and three jams in which the jammers were never released to come within ten points of beating the defending WFTDA champion Rocky Mountain, 117-107.
PORTLAND, OR -- 2W Rocky Mountain held 7W Sacred City to scoring on only 6 jams in the whole game -- 5 of them powerjams -- in a physically dominant 278-45 victory in the second quarterfinal match of the 2011 West Region playoffs.
The second straight week of the WFTDA regional playoffs begin on Friday in Portland, OR; Rose City hosts the Bridgetown Brawl. Games begin at 10:30am Pacific on Friday, September 23rd and conclude on Sunday with the championship at 5:30pm Pacific.
