…..And this one is actually good looking! As you may know by now Turn 2 has been starting a small army, many of the newest soldiers are on the front lines ready to heckle at a moments notice. This week a new Turn 2 boy has emerged, wait for it………..my son! Though we may differ on opinions, he may pee on my floor, I still love him and you should all as well! Meet the newest Turn 2 Boy…… Dexter!

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I just wanted to share my experience from Black and Blue 4 being a part of the blue team. I enjoyed every minute of it, it was soo amazing! As a bench manager, I sucked; I pretty much did the same thing that I do when I am at my seat, yell my freakin head off and swing my hands like a maniac. But I am pretty sure that is why I was asked to do it! I wish I could have been more effective at it, but hey it was my first time! Anyway, I had the chance to view a great deal of skaters that I normally do not have my eye on, see their quirks and understand (and sometimes not understand ) their decisions on the track. I spent the majority of my time ensuring that we received all our points that we scored. Not always did it go my way, but in no way did I feel that there was any bias in the decisions made. The first half was incredible I was on cloud 9, my team was racking up points and shutting down jammers. By half time I was dancing like I had never danced before! I remember finally looking at the stands at half time and saying “Holy Shit, there is a lot of people here”! As I watched the insanity known as Full Contact Musical Chairs, I could not believe the roars from the crowd, it was soo loud! And once again I placed my musical chairs bet,(mumbling obscenities under my breath at Magic) and lost.
The second half started up with me back on cloud 9, this is when I made the mistake of smack talking Ida Bitter on the Jam line, bad, bad, bad idea; number one - I love Bitter so it is hard for me to do, number two - when that girl get some wind in her sails nothing can stop her! Regardless, I cannot express how proud I was of my team, win or lose everyone played so well, it almost makes you cry (but I am no wimp; except when watching the notebook, then I am a total wimp)! It was so great to be a part of something so amazing; don’t get me wrong I love being a fan, but just this once it was nice to be something more. With the final jam being the deciding factor to the game, I couldn’t help but think about how if this was someones first time seeing derby, they have got to be in total amazement! Speaking of which, I had to teach my class the day after the bout and I had two new students; one of them kept awkwardly staring at me (I assumed it was because I am a young instructor) then he says “were you at Roller Derby yesterday” to which I reply “Hell Yeah!”. It turns out one of his friends had won tickets to the bout, so he was invited, he said it was some of the craziest stuff he had ever seen! Will be seeing him in March!
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone on the blue team, I love you all, you freaking kicked ass out there!

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As couples go, Melanie Root and Justin Haas are the perfect match.

“I like that he basically loves me for me and I can be my goofy self,” she said. “And he’s my best friend.”

“She’s the most caring person I’ve ever met,” said Haas. “She always puts everyone else before herself.”

Especially him. Root is giving up the sport she loves for Haas.

“I know that she hates when I bring up that she’s saving my life,” he said, “but she is.”

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Pain Austen, you no longer need to hit the refresh button! Before I get into the brutality, I want to say how much fun I had!  RE and I were starting to go crazy without some derby to watch. He had a better seat by the blue team and I was glad to see him coach them to victory.  I thought it was awesome that this bout supported charities like toys for tots and coats for kids. I would also like to thank the marines for coming out and obviously enjoying themselves. At times they were screaming louder than the players.  When I looked at the rosters, I really didn’t know who was going to take the victory. This bout left heads turning, bodies leaning, and mouths screaming!
The bout had a strong start from team black. The way they were skating, I knew right away that team blue had a lot of work to do. At midpoint through the first half, team blue started to make its comeback with Ivanna Destroya and Stroker Ace scoring an insane amount of points. Killustrator did an awesome job playing all kinds of different positions! Team blue scored so many points from passing black players in the penalty box. This killed team black and by half time, team blue was ahead 55 -36.
Half time proved to be entertaining as usual. A round of musical chairs on skates will always leave smiles on faces. Recent friends became enemies and some of those enemies became murderers.  I was very disappointed to see Mad Chatter leave because I had money on her.  Magic Lee and I picked number 12 at that point and she proved to be victorious. The fresh meat this year looked feisty but we shall see how they play with the teams!
The second half was breathtaking indeed. Ida Bitter, CoCo Sparks, Finnish-Her, Punk’d Pixie, Skank Williams are a few to mention. I was very impressed by Skank Williams and Punk’d Pixie on the jam line. They made short work of the wall setup by team blue. I thought both teams did a very good job keeping the blockers in line. Halochic always does a great job in the pack but she must have been extremely angry Saturday night. I’ve never seen her lay out so many skaters. I’m sure Pretty Scarrie feels differently, but it was exciting to see her upside down due to a tremendous hit from Halo. The pivots did a very good job speeding up and slowing down the pack. The teams took full advantage of this strategy which in my opinion, kept the scores close. The tables were turned at the end of the bout with many penalties from team blue, and team black caught up. I’m just glad our poll happened to be right on the money with the final score 89 - 90 BLUE! You sure don’t see that every day!
I would also like to say congratulations to Dita Von B for hitting someone else and to the sign guy for showing up. Sign guy, I can see your leave of absence left your signs in a pitiful state but I can’t wait to see what you bring to the 2010 season!

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Karen Donovan is an Indiana native who now resides in Cleveland with her husband, Mike. A substitute teacher, she is a new skater in a roller-derby league called the Cleveland Burning River Roller Girls. She recently spoke with staff writer Sam Kusic about the league and her interest in the sport.

Question: How did you ever decide that roller derby was the thing for you?
Answer: While I was living in South Carolina, I knew I was going to be moving up to Cleveland, so I got online to see if there any roller rinks in the Cleveland area. And that’s when I came across the Web site for the Cleveland Burning River Roller Girls. I thought they looked really cool, and I couldn’t wait to seem them. When we moved, we went to see them play. And they had these fliers that they were looking for recruits.

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