OK this was quite the game, I was really impressed with the level of competition displayed during this bout. The Hard Knockers started off incredibly aggressive. One of the first notable highlights was watching the Ida Bitter try slamming into Knoxious Mallory with an incredible amount of force, and Knoxious did not budge! The second noteworthy moment was Check Republic jamming for the first time, and doing well! It made me extremely happy to see the bout stay so close into the half. The Bombers struggled against the Knockers defense, who constantly held firm walls on Jammers, and worked well creating holes for their own Jammers. Vendetta Farfalle jamming for the Knockers was an unexpected event which worked well for the Knockers as well. At the end of the half Knockers were up by 7, with the score 30 – 23.

However, the second half was completely owned by the Hellbombers. Forcing Knockers into the box, and being able to nickle and dime their way up the score board. It never ceases to amaze me how well their jammers control the board, whether it is, holding jammers to run down clock (CoCo) or just brutally beating their jammers to a pulp (Bitter). And what a beating Skank Williams took out there, that night. If I were you, and Ida Bitter was my landlord, I would pull an “Upper Decker” in the near future on her. The Bombers only allowed the Knockers to score 10 points in the second half. The biggest moment of this game was owned by the beautiful and talented CoCo Sparx, who came off the track as lead Jammer to slap hands with the Turn Two Boys, IMPRESSIVE! She’s the Roller Derby version of Gina Davis in “A League of their Own” minus the Ginger characteristics! In the end, the Hellbombers scratch another notch on their belt (that’s a lot of notches) and took home the victory. Final score 40 – 85 Hellbombers.

Intermission show, Rocking Robots, I freaking love these guys. I loved them when I first saw them back at opening day 2008, and I loved them for this bout too. They are very entertaining, they do a hell of a show, and make it extremely fun for all. I not a big fan of that butter-face song by Lady GaGa, but they made me dancing kinda like it!I think I lost my voice yelling for the robots! Also, went upstairs to the fan booth to pass out a couple hugs and said hi to a few friends. It is pretty crazy because the last person I spoke with was the “Burrito Sheriff” Morbid Cherub. I asked her why she didn’t jam (everyone should know by now that I yell it every game), she expressed to me that she didn’t feel comfortable jamming because she didn’t feel they had that strong of a lead. To paraphrase: “I just didn’t feel like we were that far ahead, if you were to put me up against someone like Monster, she could potentially pull 20 points down on that jam, then we would be in a situation”….. Which brings me to the next bout.

Now I tell you, I said I expected this bout to be murderous, but never in my lifetime could I have ever envisioned such an amazing bout! You can’t script something that incredible… Sports Time Ohio, eat your heart out!

It is really hard for me to blog about this bout because it was absolutely incredible, I am pretty sure I peed myself a little bit from all the excitement. Both teams played really well, but the Pinups just kept getting the upper hand in the exchange. The Pinups manage to control the front of the pack for much of the first half, fantastic blocking by Vix Smackey and Candy Snatcher, was a key element in ensuring Punk’d Pixie carried over that momentum that she had in the first bout this year. Slambassador (whose birthday it was, Happy Birthday Slammy) also, did some incredible jamming herself. In a change of pace, Killy and Booty two jamming powerhouses, failed to rack up a lot of points in the first half; however, they did a great job of keeping 0 point jams when not lead jammer. With the Pinups going into the half with nice lead, things looked well for the Pinups.

I would like to note that I really liked the halftime interview ideas, that was a very intelligent move. Interview of the night goes to Margarita Mayhem; well thought, well presented, and very cordial, great job Mayhem.

After halftime it was really more of the same, Pinups just slightly one upping the Steamers. But the Steamers kept fighting, Killy started to really let loose out there on the track and score some points, Cupquake is definitely making a name for herself out there as well. Two jams from victory, the Pinups with a 30 point lead, the Pinups made a decision that will forever be ingrained into their heads. It is not uncommon to prime a rookie for a jammer position while you have a comfortable lead. The Bombers have been doing it the past two games with Eduskater. However, when sending a rookie out on the track you have to have a strong pack. Once Chatter hit the penalty box things went haywire, also not helping the equation were two Pinups rookies getting thrown into the box for blatant 20 foot penalties. Back to back 15 point jams, and this bout is sent into overtime! Had that jam lasted two more seconds, Killy would have passed a blocker way in the back, for a 16 point jam! The venue was freaking out, Steamers fans were out of their seats awaiting this moment the entire game, Pinups fans were still gasping for air from what had occurred. I was flabbergasted (I don’t even use words like that), I could not believe what had just occurred. 1st Overtime jam, more pandemonium as the pack looked more like a parade, people were everywhere, both jammers were scrambling for every point they could, and managed to keep the game tied. Double overtime, Professor Booty vs The Killustrator, both packs are stacked with veterans, this is it. As the jam took place The Killustrator came out of the pack first, Booty grabs her third minor, shortly after then gets a fourth minor and is sent to the box. As the jam took place Killy came out of the pack first, Boots grabs her third minor, then gets a fourth minor and is sent to the box. Killy snags a point for the win! Killy falls to the ground in front of Turn 2 overwhelmed with joy and exhaustion….. now that is fucking some shit up ! Steamers in the craziest comeback ever, steam their way to victory 86-85.

Though I heard the typical complaints from skaters on how bad the refs were, I disagree. This bout was one of the better ref’ed games I have ever seen, of course you are never going to be able to catch everything (that is the joy of derby), but I felt this was a vast improvement from the last bout. I felt that the Jammer refs were great, Scissor Lick is not intimidated by anyone (Good try Monster), Pist as a jammer ref was a fantastic call. And the organization by the outside track refs this game was much needed! Great job refs, no complaints from Turn Two!

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