We hope you enjoyed your holiday weekend! The Atlanta Rollergirls are comin' at'cha with all the hard hitting action from May and news about what's coming in June. Along with May flowers, the month provided two incredible bouts against two incredible teams from around the country. The Atlanta Rollergirls made the dirty south proud!
Rumble Bs vs. Windy City Rollers' Second Wind Recap
Atlanta Rumble Bs - 276
Windy City Second Wind - 113
The bout started out close as the Rumble Bs, favored for the win, inched out into a small, early lead. While Atlanta jammers dominated the first four jams, Second Wind’s jammers repeatedly escaped Bs defenses just in time to force early call offs and kept the score low.
An early Atlanta jammer penalty put Second Wind in the lead for a brief moment a few minutes into the game, but then back-to-back penalties by Second Wind’s jammer gave the Bs an opening. With handy offense by Bs blockers, Atlanta’s jammers collected an easy 20+ points and put the Bs in a 52-10 lead.
While the Bs also had their fair share of jammer and blocker penalties in the first half, the Atlanta defense prevented Second Wind from turning advantage into points. In the second quarter of the game,Second Wind jammers were visibly tired and the Bs began outscoring them by more than 2 to 1, ending the half at 118-39.
Second Wind came out stronger after halftime and looked like they might stop Atlanta from running away with the game. Windy’s strongest blockers put up a formidable defense, working Bs jammers to the line and refusing to be pushed out of play, but in most jams Atlanta’s defense proved just that much stronger, allowing Atlanta jammers to escape and gain lead time after time.
A series of Atlanta jammer and blocker penalties might have allowed Second Wind an opportunity to close the scoring gap, but Bs defenses shut down their power jams, as the last line of Bs defense repeatedly pulled Windy’s jammers back into the pack. The final score was 276-113.
MVP blockers were Beshemoth for Second Wind and Desi Scarnaz for the Rumble Bs. MVP jammers were Yom Kapow for Second Wind and Souljourner for the Rumble Bs.
Photo by Tim Stoklas
Dirty South Derby Girls vs. Angel City's Hollywood Scarlets Recap
Atlanta Dirty South Derby Girls - 96
Angel City Hollywood Scarlets - 179
This much anticipated game between Atlanta’s all-star Dirty South Derby Girls and the Angel City Hollywood Scarlets, both highly ranked teams known for slow, strong defensive walls, lived up to expectations.
In a close first half, it was a battle of defenses to see who could shut down the opposing team’s jammer the longest, with many of the points scored in power jams. Atlanta’s jammers struggled from the start to break through walls anchored by Angel City’s Soledad and Laci Knight, which led to two early star passes and a 36-7 lead for the Scarlets. A power jam for Trouble MakeHer put DSDG back within reach of the lead at 36-22 and the score remained close for much of the first half, ending with Angel City72-Atlanta 51.
In the second half DSDG had their work cut out for them, holding back Angel City jammers who proved to have an uncanny ability to sneak through on the inside line. In spite of some extraordinary defensive plays by Queen Loseyateefa, Switchblade Siouxsie, Baller Shot Caller and Wild Cherri—including a takeout hit by Wild Cherri that sent the jammer helmet cover flying off Darby Dagger’s head—and some great pinch-hit jamming by Slams McKenzie and Baller Shot Caller, Angel City gradually extended their lead.
Atlanta kept up the fight, with Choke Cherry putting up a big 10-point jam about 20 minutes into the half and DSDG blockers slowing the Angel City scoring to a trickle for a series of jams. But Angel soon pulled out to an insurmountable hundred-point lead, 176-76. Proving that it’s not over until the final whistle, the final jam, which featured Atlanta’s Baller winning lead jammer, a failed star pass byAngel City, and jammer penalties on both teams, had all the fans on their feet.
