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If you ever wanted to see a derby battle down to the last
second, it was this last weekend’s game when the New Jersey Roller Derby
All-Stars (NJRD) met up against the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls’ Blast Furnace
Betties (Betties). Traveling from Morristown,
NJ, NJRD, an aspiring WFTDA apprentice team, was given a 14:11 point advantage
to win over the Betties by flattrackstats.com.
Led by Captain and power jammer #10, Miss USA-Hole, the New
Jersey Roller Derby All-Stars came out at the first whistle fighting and took a
quick lead over the Blast Furnace Betties.
Within the first 4 jams, the score favored NJRD 42-9.
NJRD’s jammer was sent to the box 12 minutes into the first
half, which allowed the Betties to catch up in points, 28 BFB - 54 NJRD. Recognizing this was going to be a harder bout
than expected, the Blast Furnace Betties switched their line ups and
concentrated on power line ups consisting of
back to back jams of power blockers #28 Levilin Levi, #2E Loogie
Vuitton, #29 Tortellina Temptress (Captain)
and #53 Wayward Stay. With 4 minutes left in the first half, the
Betties caught up in points, just behind NJRD 67-74. With a final power push by the Betties before
the end of the first half, the score was nearly tied, 81-79 favoring the Betties.
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Two minutes into the second half of game play, Betties’
jammer #624 Ginga Railed U completed a strong power jam and got a nice lead for
the Betties bringing the score up to 94-79. However, NJRD answered right back
after being awarded 2 subsequent power jams. NJRD’s jammer #44 Maulin Rouge
helped to almost perfectly match the score, but slightly behind at 98-97. After a few more jams, about 12 minutes into
the second of game play, the score was tied, 107-107.
Soon after, the Blast Furnace Betties had some jammer
trouble and NJRD was awarded another 2 power jams in a row, allowing them to
take the lead the first time in about 30 minutes of game time, 114-132. For the next and last 10 minutes of game
play, the battle was furious. The
Betties were awarded a power jam, and brought the score up to 132-138, still
lagging behind NJRD. Each jam after this went almost point for point. The Betties concentrated on their power blocker
line ups and inched their score up within 4 points of NJRD. With only 1 minute and 46 seconds left on the
clock, and attaining lead jammer status, the Betties needed to make a fast decision. Do they get through the pack with the point
advantage, and call off the jam to risk the other team calling a time out and
possibly winning the next jam and the game, or do they attempt to run up the
score and burn the clock, hoping to have more points than NJRD by the end?
The Betties pressed their luck and pushed the clock, and
once Betties’ jammer #30 Lauranimal got the signal to call the jam after the
clock hit zero and she passed one extra opposing blocker, the Betties got the
win, 148-147 over NJRD.
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The Lehigh Valley Rollergirls’ other home team, the Metal
Vixens, is next up to play at home on April 26th against the Mason
Dixon Roller Vixens All-Stars.
The Lehigh Valley Rollergirls’ (LVRG) All-Stars will also be
traveling to Ohio this weekend (April 12th) to play the Little Steel
Derby Girls. Flattrackstats.com predicts that LVRG has a 93% chance of winning
with a 29:14 point expectancy ratio.
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All functions will be held at the Independence Family Fun Center, 4345 Independence Dr, Schnecksville, PA.
For more information about becoming a skater or official, contact us at join@lehighvalleyrollergirls.com
A big thank you to all of the volunteers, officials, friends, and family that make our team the best in the Lehigh Valley. This is as much your team as it is ours. Thank you
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