In the opening matchup of the Gotham Girls Roller Derby intraleague season, the Bronx Gridlock steamrolled the Brooklyn Bombshells by a score of 145-52.
The sold-out crowd at Hunter College witnessed a dominating performance by the 2009 GGRD champions, who welcomed three rookies (B. Zerk, Tough Muffin, and Rushin’ Revolution) to the squad, and rolled with fan favorite Beyonsláy back on the track for her first bout action in thirteen months.
The Gridlock jumped to a 9-point lead in the first two jams, courtesy of jammers Bonnie Thunders and Luna Impact. Brooklyn’s Carmen Monoxide answered with a grand slam over Care Bear Scare in the third jam, but the Bombshells would remain scoreless for the next seven jams as Bronx jammers piled on an additional 32 points. At the end of the first half, the score stood at 72-19 in favor of the Gridlock.
Bronx started the second period on a 49-1 tear, including a 25-0 jam for Bonnie Thunders as Brooklyn experienced jammer penalty trouble. Brooklyn caught a break in the seventh jam when Bronx jammer Care Bear Scare went to the box on her fourth minor and Bombshell rookie (and Tallahassee transplant) Score of Babylon escaped from the penalty box to slice through the pack twice for a 10-0 jam.
Throughout the remainder of the period, Brooklyn crept back up, scoring in six of the next seven jams and outscoring the Bronx on a 23-12 run. In the final jam, Care Bear Scare scored 8 points over Brooklyn rookie (and former Long Island star) Tail Gunner Flo, grounded in the box on a cutting the track major. In the end, the Bronx Gridlock flexed their collective muscle in a 145-52 win over the Bombshells.
Leading scorers for the Bronx were Bonnie Thunders, (71 points and a whopping +70 point differential), and Luna Impact with 29 total points. For Brooklyn, Carmen Monoxide scored 28 points and Score of Babylon made her Gotham debut with 11 points. Bronx blocker Ginger Snap and Brooklyn blocker Hard Anya earned MVP nods for the bout, which also marked the first bouting action for Brooklyn rookie Lady Fingers.
The Gridlock make their next appearance on June 12 versus the Manhattan Mayhem. The Bombshells return July 10 against the Queens of Pain. The next GGRD intraleague game is May 22, featuring the 2010 debuts of Queens and Manhattan. The Meatpacking District (Gotham rookies) take on the Jerzey Derby Brigade this Saturday in Morristown, NJ at Inline Morristown. Tickets for all remaining GGRD home games are available at ggrdtix.com and tickets for May 8 at Morristown are available here.
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