OUR STATE.. OUR DERBY!!

This past Saturday was a night with overlapping bouts in Phoenix and Tucson. In Phoenix, the Arizona Derby Dames were skating at the Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum. Honestly, this was my first AZDD bout in over a year and I will say that league has been able to make the most out of the Vet and put on one impressive presentation. The 0-2 (AZ Power Rankings #11) Bombshells would take on the 1-0 (#5) Runaway Brides. In addition, the 1-0 (#8) School Yard Scrappers would take on the 1-1 (#7) Coffin Draggers. Meanwhile down in Tucson, the 4-1 (#1) VICE Squad would take on the 2-3 (#9) Iron Curtain.

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Well, it’s that time of the month again.  Every Sunday after the last Saturday in the month, I complile and release the Arizona Power Rankings, the only measurements of the 13 roller derby home teams from three different leagues in the state.

This has been a crazy month that included an indoor rainout and two huge upsets.  This definitely made some twist and turns in this month’s Power Rankings!

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Derby lovers, get set for a very interesting doubleheader bout at Bladeworld this Saturday night. Tucson Roller Derby presents two bouts featuring very evenly matched teams and what will likely be a preview of the TRD Championship Bout in June.   While in Phoenix, three leagues are doing something this Saturday.

DOUBLE THE HITS IN THE OLD PUEBLO

One of the bouts will pit the #3 ranked 1-3 Iron Curtain (AZ Power Rankings #11) against the #4 ranked 0-4 Furious Truckstop Waitresses.   Some of the IC skaters recently took a trip up to Alaska to take on Rage City Rollergirls, an up-and-coming league and gave them a workout that they were definitely thankful for.  The IC has so much going for them this year with LUC3F3R, Punchkisser and Bianka Trohl most likely taking the jammer line for this bout.  With the entire team taking life lessons from Helen Wheels, expect some interesting things to happen.  The FTW, with a fairly new roster has been going through a very hard trial this year as the rookies continue to develop.  I sure hope that Skeletor is back to help on the line with Peaches Rodriguez.  That last defeat to the VICE Squad could have been lessened if either Skeletor was good to skate or substitutes are allowed to jam at TRD.   While the FTW has a pretty strong pack, they need more point scorers.  I would expect this one to go IRON CURTAIN BY 40-60.

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In Tucson on Saturday night, hundreds of screaming Tucson Roller Derby fans were treated to a game that we could call a nailbiter in the making as the 2-1 Copper Queens (AZ Power Rankings #3) takes on the 1-2 Iron Curtain (AZ Power Rankings #12).

In the first half, the Copper Queens would come out screaming with grand slams by Ferocious Oxide, Pixie Axe, Powder Keg and team captain Dirty Teri who had 3 grand slams (2 in one jam).  In that jam, Dirty Teri would score 10 points as Iron Curtain jammer Luc3f3r (pronounced “Lucefer”) would get sent to the box.   In the next jam, Luc3f3r would come out of the box, pick up lead jam and answer those 10 points with her own double grand slam.  In this half, the Iron Curtain was plagued with penalties.  Co-captain Helen Wheels had three majors by the half.  At the half, it was the Copper Queens on top 47-19.

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Arizona has roller derby this weekend but us Phoenicians will have to make the roadtrip to Tucson to check it out.  On tap will be Tucson Roller Derby where the 2-1 Copper Queens will take on the 1-2 Iron Curtain.

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