Texas Rollergirls

Republished with permission from Texas Rollergirls.

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.

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.

Last Weekend's Bouts Last weekend saw two long-running local rivalries return for 2013: Sacred City (27 WFTDA) travelled to Angel City (DNN #19, 18 WFTDA), and Montreal (DNN #17, 17 WFTDA) travelled to Boston (DNN #21, 20 WFTDA). Both games went as the rankings expected, but may well provide some early season indications of teams’ fortunes in 2013.

ATLANTA, GA -- For the second year in a row the Texecutioners found themselves confounding expectations, the odds and all reason to compete for third place. They came up against a Denver team who found themselves competing for third for the second time in two visits.

ATLANTA, GA -- 1W Oly improved to 12-0 on the year and earned their 4th straight trip to the WFTDA championship game with a big win over Texas in the WFTDA semifinal. Three power jams in the first 10 minutes staked Oly to a 70 point lead right out of the box, and Oly was in never in danger of seeing that advantage evaporate on their way to a 224-147 win.

ATLANTA, GA – The first half was almost all Bay Area, but major penalty trouble for the team in gold and an exceptionally strong performance from Texas’ Killbox saw the pendulum shift in the second half. Texas took the lead halfway through the second period and held it, skating away with a 216-161 win to progress in the tournament.

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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.

LINCOLN. NE -- Texas took a second straight South Central title with a 20-point win over Atlanta, but the Dirty South were in the game right up the the final jam. Atlanta led for much of the first half before Texas came back on them to lead at the half.