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You Best Behave Yo Self: It’s the Texas Rollergirls Semi-Finals
By Robert Malina

Texas Rollergirls Public Bout
Sun, Sept 27, 2004 - Semi-Finals!
Live Music: The Nervous Exits and The Hazard County Girls

AUSTIN, TX September 27—After a month long break, the Texas Rollergirls took to the rink for an anticipated set of semifinal bouts. Winners would advance to the finals and the losers would play for pride. The questions of the day were; could anyone get in front of the Honky Tonk Heartbreakers on their way to the finals? Did the break help the Hotrod Honeys and their injury-plagued team? Could the Hell Marys stop the Hustlers from having a chance at defending their crown? All would be answered over the course of the next few hours.

1ST BOUT – HELL MARYS V. HUSTLERS
The month off proved to be good for rest but not for rust, as the girls came out a bit rusty seemingly. Although I’m sure the rust was more of a product of not being in a match in almost 60 days. As they huffed and puffed, the girls started getting rolling. Hot as usual, Dinah-Mite got the scoring started for the Hustlers. Looking stronger after the break, she shook off lots of hits to finish out the scoring on this jam. Bunny Rabid and Lady Stardust were doing a lot of clutching and grabbing in an effort to get loose, which Lady ended up doing. The Marys looked a bit fatigued early in the match as the Hustlers looked pumped up for the bout. Strawberry, not to be outshined, did some sweet skating to get through the pack but the Hustlers were still doing the scoring. Barbarella got some good blocks from 8-Track to spring through and with Dinah-Mite in the pivot it was very difficult for the Marys to effectively score. Electra Blu was fighting hard against Bunny Rabid who seemed to have an upper hand in the jam, but then with a whip from Dinah-Mite, Electra Blue shot around the corner to put away the jam. Strawberry matched up with Cheap Trixie and put a nice little spanking on her, scoring just when the Marys needed her to. END OF 1ST PERIOD - HELL MARYS 14 HUSTLERS 23

2ND PERIOD
The Hell Marys needed some work right off the bat and they got it from Misty Meaner who had been relatively quiet in the 1st half. Devil Grrl had a large hand in this with some nice work in the pivot and some hits to spring her. Dinah-Mite was called for a push in the back seconds into the jam and Bloody Mary took advantage, scoring nicely with Dinah-Mite in the penalty box. Again, it was Devil Grrl getting her troops fired up and the Marys gained some serious MO. Dinah-Mite, looking to squelch the momentum gained by the Marys, left a trail of bodies in her wake as she split the pack on her way to more points. Misty Meaner, with a little help from Reyna Terror, busted through to score more points, keeping this one closer than expected. Electra Blu had another tough match up with Bloody Mary but wound up getting the points in the end. The Crusher came through with a huge hit on Cheap Trixie, but the Hustlers were doing what they needed to do to get the lead shored up. But a penalty was called and the Marys had life. It took all they could give to get this close and it just was not enough. The Hustlers made sure they had a chance to defend their crown. FINAL SCORE HELL MARYS 40 HUSTLERS 44

2ND BOUT HONKY TONK HEARTBREAKERS V. HOTROD HONEYS
Where the first bout started off a bit sluggish and rusty, the Honky Tonks did not look rusty at all as they came out firing on all cylinders. White Lightnin’ took down Sparkle Plenty right off the bat and this one looked like it had the makings of a nasty bout. Buckshot Betsy got things going for the Tonks as she flew through a porous Hotrod defense. Slim Kickins was looking to build on the lead but she cut the corner and Speedy Marie took the points. The Honeys would need all the breaks they could get at this point. Lucille Brawl, taking a page out of Sedonya Face’s book, got into it with Trouble right off the bat. This kept the Tonks most deadly skater from scoring…a little strategy if you will. Trouble doesn’t like being unable to score, so she took the next jam and freaking ripped it up. Her body lean on the corners is phenomenal and she made quick work out of the jam. Loose Tooth Lulu faced off with Cat Tastrophe and did a great job of fending her off. Lulu got some quality points in this jam. I forgot to mention that a certain Vendetta von Dutch was back in action for the semi-finals. Well, that must mean FIGHT!!! Bettie Rage was feeling the pain from von Dutch as the fists began to fly. Sparkle Plenty was sent to the box next jam, not sure why but that enabled Cat to make a run for some points. But Lulu and Slim Kickins were holding it down up front, making it very difficult to score. The action in this one was highly emotional as the tempers were flaring. Dottie Karate was matched against Trouble to finish the period in what was a total mismatch, allowing the Tonks to score even more as the clock wound down. END OF PERIOD HONKY TONK HEARTBREAKERS 34 HOTROD HONEYS 25

2ND PERIOD
The Honky Tonk Heartbreakers came out ready to fire it up in the 2nd period. If the Honeys need some help; scoring would be the only way to fix it. Pixie put a bead on Sparkle Plenty and looked as if she was about to plow her into the crowd. Sparkle dodged a bullet with a nice move. The Honkys were continuing to score, which was not looking good for the Honeys. Barbie Crash sent Buckshot flying with a huge whip, meanwhile Dottie Karate went down with a shoulder, but she’d be all right. Lulu was having a strong match, scoring big points and making nice moves in the defensive end. Body Massage!!! Tomcat gave Sparkle a rough and tumble smack down. Slim Kickins was picking up the slack and having a great night, she was ready to go to the finals. Trouble is a fiery hot lady, not to mention she was scoring at will and having a great time doing it. The Honeys were just trying top stop the bleeding on a rough season. Speedy Marie scored a moral victory by beating Buckshot Betsy in a jam. I say moral victory because she was holding her hands up in victory, but the scoreboard showed a 30-point hill still needed climbing to reach the Honky Tonks. Lucille Brawl got a nice whip from Hydra to break fee, but this one was in the books and the magical undefeated season for the Honky Tonk Heartbreakers continued into the finals. How will it end? See you October 24th. FINAL SCORE HONKY TONK HEARTBREAKERS 80 HOTROD HONEYS 52