Atlanta Rollergirls Win Clover Cup

The Atlanta Rollergirls used late big jams in their championship game to win the Clover Cup tournament Sunday in Fort Worth, Texas. Atlanta's Dirty South Derby Girls defeated the Dallas Derby Devils in the finals of the double elimination tournament, 123-96.

Anita Riot opened up with a 1-0 jam to give the Dallas Hell Razors an initial lead. But the team from Georgia would show why they beat Dallas the night before 134-70. Both teams engaged in a defensive battle as the Dirty South Derby Girls established a 13-10 edge after nine jams.

Dallas showed that despite playing in their fifth WFTDA sanctioned bout of the weekend; they would not be run out of the rink. Anita Riot scored a 13-2 tenth jam, with the Dallas defense holding the Atlanta jammer in the pack for nearly the entire jam as DDD took a 23-15 lead. The team from Georgia would chip away at the north Texas team's lead and take a 30-29 lead after the twelfth jam.

Strawberry Deathcake took advantage of a jammer penalty to Atlanta in the next jam scoring an 8-0 jam giving the Hell Razors back the lead. Merchant of Menace turned it around against Dallas, as a DDD jammer was in penalty trouble in the jam scoring a 9-4 jam and narrowing the lead to 49-42. Both teams would score equally the rest of the first half as the Dallas Derby Devils took a 57-50 halftime lead.

The second half started off as a defensive struggle with Dallas moving their lead out to 59-50 after three jams. Wheelin Jennings took advantage of a Dallas jammer major penalty scoring 14 points for the Dirty South Derby Girls and giving them a 64-59 lead after the fourth jam.   Merchant of Menace followed that up with a 9-0 jam for Atlanta, and suddenly Dallas looked exhausted in their fifth bout of the weekend. Demi Gore scored a 14-0 jam as the team in blue had sprinted out to a 93-63 lead in the ninth jam of the half.

Dallas struck back with a 14-0 jam by Anita Riot, but Atlanta skated right back with a 10-0 jam by Merchant of Menace to keep the lead at 26 points after the 11th jam. Anita Riot countered with another 10-0 jam for the home team to narrow the lead to 103-87.

The Dirty South Derby Girls played tough defense the last few jams, until the last jam when Dallas needed a massive score to tie the bout up. It started off well enough, with the Atlanta jammer being sent to the penalty box, but then the Dallas jammer was sent to the penalty box. After every penalty and point was sorted out, Merchant of Menace had scored eight points and Strawberry Deathcake had scored six points, with a final score of 123-96 recorded in the tournament record book.

Leading scorers for the Dirty South Derby Girls were the Merchant of Menace with 61 points, Demi Gore with 31 points and Wheelin Jennings with 30 points. Top blockers included Juju, Switchblade Siouxsie, Amelia Scareheart, Alassin Sane and Canna Whoopass.

Top scorers for the Dallas Derby Devils were Anita Riot with 52 points, Hot For Teacher with 20 points and Strawberry Deathcake with 19 points. Leading blockers for the Hell Razors included Rink Panther, Juicy J, and Mona Bruiser.

Second Place Bout

The Dallas Derby Devils used an explosive second half to guarantee them a place in the championship bout on Sunday as they defeated the Tampa Bay Derby Darlins 137-79.

Dallas opened up the bout scoring back-to-back 4-0 jams by Anita Riot and Brandi Danger. Anita Riot would score an 8-4 jam in ninth jam to give the Hell Razors a 25-17 lead. Tampa Bay narrowed the lead slowly-but-surely to a 40-34 score after the 21st jam.

The final controversial jam of the half would put the Tampa Trantrums right back in the bout. Strawberry Deathcake would open up the jam with lead jammer status and score five points on a pack pass, but after being shoved out of bounds, the Dallas jammer would be sent to the penalty box for cutting the track. Little A of Tampa Bay took advantage of the penalty scoring ten points and narrowing the halftime margin to 45-44 in favor of the home team.

The Tantrums opened up the second half with Sixgun Susie taking the first lead of the bout for the team from Florida 48-45 on a 4-0 jam. In the fourth jam, Dallas would begin a 38-1 run for the next four jams that featured a seven point jam by Hot For Teacher, a 14 point jam by Anita Riot, and an eight point jam by Rink Panther.

Tampa Bay narrowed the lead to 81-63 after the tenth jam on a 9-2 jam by Ninja Monkey and a 5-0 jam by Sixgun Susie. However that was basically the last hurrah by the team from Florida. Anita Riot would score a 13 point jam in the 11th jam, Hot For Teacher scored an 11 point jam in the 14th jam, Anita Riot struck for a 14 point jam in the 16th jam, and Olive Illegal finished out the bout for Dallas with a 13-4 jam. The final score of 137-79 reflected a dominant 82-35 second half by the Hell Razors.

Top scorers for the Derby Devils were Anita Riot with 66 points, Hot for Teacher with 24 points, and Strawberry Deathcake, Olive Illegal and Rink Panther each with 13 points. Leading blockers for the team from Dallas included Harazzis Mine, Mona Bruiser, and Juicy J.

The Tampa Bay Derby Darlins top scorers were Sixgun Susie with 29 points, Rojo Grande with 15 points, Little A with 12 points and Anita Bopabitch with 10 points. Leading blockers for the Tampa Tantrums were Leia Flat, Frieda Killigan, Bettie Kruger and Tara Fire.

Third Place Bout

The first bout on Sunday ended up determining the third place team in the double elimination tournament. In the closest game of the weekend, the Tampa Tantrums edged the Houston HaRD Knocks 150-143.

Houston began the bout with an 8-0 jam by Beverly Kills. Little A from Tampa Bay scored a 12-6 jam to narrow the lead to 14-12 by Houston. Lunch Lady scored a 10-0 jam giving the Florida squad their first lead of the morning, 35-14. Candy Codeine scored an 8-0 jam for Houston to narrow the lead to 39-24 after six jams.

Sixgun Susie scored a 10-0 jam in the seventh jam, but Houston struck back with their biggest jam of the bout in the tenth jam. Mistilla scored an 18-3 jam as the Tampa jammer received a major penalty. Mistilla would score five points, and Beverly Kills would score a nine point jam giving Houston a 78-76 lead. The Tantrums used a 2-0 jam by Little A to tie the game up 78-78 at the half.

Beverly Kills and Brand-aid opened up the second half for Houston with 4-0 jams to give the HaRD Knocks an 86-78 lead. Little A scored a 4-1 jam for Tampa to tie it back up 91-91. Beverly Kills would score a 13-7 jam in the seventh jam to give Houston a 106-100 lead.

However, Tampa struck with three big consecutive jams with a 14 point jam by Rojo Grande, an eight point jam by Sasha Haughtbich and a 10 point jam by Sixgun Susie. That scoring run gave the Tantrums a 132-109 lead.

Houston was not dead yet and began an energetic comeback. Mistilla scored nine points twice late in the game, and Beverly Kills added a 13 point jam to narrow the lead to 148-39. Mistilla would take a 4-2 jam to narrow the score down to seven points with time enough for one last jam. After a time out, Mistilla would line up for Houston on the jammer line, but Little A would take the lead jammer status and call off the jam with no time as the team from Florida had taken the nail biting 150-143 victory.

Leading scorers for the Tampa Bay Derby Darlins was Little A with 51 points, Sixgun Susie with 48 points, Rojo Grande with 29 points, and Lunch Lady with 19 points. Top blockers included Foxy Del Fuego, Tara Fire and Leia Flat.

Top scorers for Houston included Beverly Kills with 62 points, Mistilla with 45 points, Brand-aid with 14 points, and Candy Codeine with 11 points. Top blockers for Houston included Rebel Ann, Carmen Geddit and Tex Offender.

On Saturday, Dallas opened up the tournament with a 124-71 victory over Tampa. In the second bout, Atlanta defeated the No Coast Mad Maxines of Lincoln, Nebraska 225-58. The third bout had Dallas defeating Houston 141-54. In the fourth game on Saturday, Tampa defeated No Coast 99-88. In the final bout of the night, Atlanta beat Dallas, 134-70.