Roller Girls Impress

In what seems to be a theme for Season 6, Terminal City Roller girls fans were treated yet again to a pair of intensely close bouts on May 5th at Minoru Arena in Richmond, which just happened to also be the six-year anniversary of TCRG’s inaugural bout, Derby De Mayo.

The Riot Girls had their first home-turf win of the year, 147-139 against Washington’s Whidbey Island Roller girls, and the Anarchy Angels (from neighbor league.

The Mainland Misfits) edged out Public Frenemy 156-126.

The showcase of the Riot Girl’s rookie talent kicked off with a tight start.

Both teams nickel-and-dimed their points, until Riot Girls‘ jammers Savage Mind and D.A. Da-Ruckus scored two consecutive 10-point power jams, and gained a significant lead on Whidbey Island.

Rookie jammer Justine Timber-Skate cutting through the pack like a shark through calm waters, and Hurt Russell inflicting some serious blocking damage, the Soldiers of Awesome seemed unstoppable.

But penalty trouble started accumulating, and Whidbey Island pulled up behind the lead to a close 72-82 at the half.

Both teams kept the jams short and sweet at the start of the second period, until a triumphant 20-point power jam by Whidbey Island triple threat Nana Nana Bruise You pushed them into the lead.

With just a few jams left, the score sat at 135-115 in favor of the Whidbey Islanders.

In a final burst of strength and speed, the rookie jammer juggernaut of The Golden Snitch and Justine Timber-skate each shut out the Whidbey Island jammers 4-0.

And with one colossal 23-point power jam, the Riot Girls proved that the team with the Golden Snitch really does win the game (147-139).