Hell Marys Continue Work On a Perfect League Season
Bout recap by Phil Arnold

July 1, 2007

Even though the Hell Marys were short a couple of physical blockers, they continued their winning ways Sunday night defeating a talented Dallas Derby Devils all-star squad, 92-50. In the second game of the night the Hustlers beat a depleted Honky Tonk Heartbreakers squad 73-26 in Texas Rollergirls action.

The team from Dallas would actually open up a lead early in the opening bout, scoring three points by Ali Gorey in the first jam to take a 3-0 lead. And still holding onto an 8-6 lead after the fourth jam of the bout, the Devilish all stars had to be encouraged. But the Hell Marys would soon change encouragement into discouragement as Bloody Mary would bust out of the pack and score 14 points during the fifth jam, while her defense shut out Dallas. The team in red plaid would keep drawing the lead out until they had a 45-22 lead at the half.

The Hell Marys would continue their combination of offense and defense and build the lead up with a dominating second half outscoring the Derby Devils 47-28. And while the scoring went to the Hell Marys, the team in black would make a point in the second half that they would not be intimidated or physically dominated. Barooski, Scary Cherry Bang Bang, and Shocker would come out knocking Hell Marys down whenever possible. And while Dallas would get physical a tall jammer would display both power and speed in the half. Lady X, who doesn’t skate like a rookie, would score 19 points in the last period to keep the Derby Devils out of the game at least on the scoreboard.

Leading scorers for the Hell Marys were Bloody Mary with 34 points, while Lady X and Buckshot Betsy each tallied 24 points. The leading scorer for Dallas was Ali Gorey with 21 points followed by Anita Riot with 13 points. Top blockers for the team in plaid were Sparkle Plenty, Muffin Tumble, and Apocalippz, with the team blocking doing a great job slowing down opposing jammers and recovering to keep the Derby scorers from getting through the pack. In addition to Barooski, Scary Cherry Bang Bang, and Shocker other blockers for Dallas playing well included Cheaten’ Chong, Keltic Kamikaze, and Razen Kane.

In the second game of the night the Hustlers won their first game of the regular Texas Rollergirls’ league season against the Honky Tonk Heartbreakers. While the team in purple was missing all stars Lady Stardust and Slim Kickins, they still had plenty of depth compared to the Honky Tonk Heartbreakers who were down to nine skaters for the night. The team in purple would draw out to a 24-2 lead with Dinah Mite scoring a decisive 10-point jam during the fifth jam of the night. The ‘70s divas would steadily increase their lead to a 42-9 advantage at half time.

The Hustlers would come out in the second half on fire again outscoring the Heartbreakers 16-4 in the first five jams. After that it was pretty much a chance for skaters who normally don’t jam for the team in purple to take a shot at scoring points. The jammer-short Honky Tonks would score more points this half largely behind rookie jammer Olivia Shootin’ John. Missing all stars Trouble and Belle Starr and injured rookie jammer Mary Lou Threaten would make it a tough night for the team in blue. In the mean time, the Hustlers would send nine of their skaters out jamming during the bout..

Leading scorers for the ‘70s Divas included Barbarella and Pussy Velour each with 15 points, and rookie Das It with 14 points. Olivia Shootin’ John was the high scorer for the game with 18 points, but no other Heartbreaker would score in double figures. Still, the team in blue would have their physical blocking moments with Bettie Rage and Sic Shooter knocking skaters down, and Moonshine taking Pussy Velour into row three of the Playland Skate Center audience during the second half.

For the Hustlers, Dinah Mite would execute several knockdowns and jammer takeouts. Curvette would skate her usual solid blocking game, but would also jam three times and get lead jammer status each of her three jams. Cheap Trixie and Sedonya Face would have solid blocking games for the team in purple.

Next up for the Texas Rollergirls will be the championship bout on August 5th, when the undefeated Hotrod Honeys will take on the also undefeated Hell Marys. They previously met in June, but only got in a half of play as a thunderstorm knocked out electricity at Playland. The Hustlers and Honky Tonk Heartbreakers will also meet again in the consolation match in August and by then hopefully both teams will be healthy and back to full strength.

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