tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48169117967919151672024-03-05T20:33:07.298-05:00Lehigh Valley Rollergirls The information you need about their bouts, appearances, upcoming events and anything derby!Rose Beefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166099920202540607noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816911796791915167.post-35460128729027686182014-09-09T07:39:00.000-04:002014-09-09T07:39:14.153-04:00Metal Vixens vs NJRD - Bout Wrap-Up 9/6/14<div class="MsoNormal">
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on the New Jersey Roller Derby (NJRD) All-Stars. Don’t be fooled by the NJRD short roster,
these girls are tough! With names like
Maulin Rouge, Slam Hathaway and Chase Windu, the New Jersey girls weren’t just
all smiles, they were all about business when they got on the track. According
to flattrackstats.com, NJRD was predicted to win over LVRG with an 83% chance,
with the scoring ratio of 37 points for LVRG to 57 points for NJRD. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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first defensive line with some strong blockers. However the first few jams of
the game favored LVRG with a quick 24 to 2 lead. LVRG secured lead jammer
status multiple times in a row and continued to capitalize on that point by
point, bringing the score up to 62-33 (LVRG) with 8 minutes left in the first
half. Both teams had multiple players sent off to the penalty box, however
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55 points for 4 jams. However, with a
few NJRD power jams, about 12 minutes into the second half, NJRD brought the
score a little closer to 131 LVRG to 101 NJRD.
This was the closest point spread the teams had since the beginning of
the game, so LVRG called a much needed time out to break NJRD’s momentum. After
the quick recoup, LVRG pushed forward and kept control of lead jammer status. There was a quick burst of points from NJRD
near the end of the game. However, at the final whistle, the Lehigh Valley
Rollergirls’ Metal Vixens kept their undefeated record and beat NJRD 162-128. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Metal Vixens and the LVRG All-Stars travel to Knoxville on September 20<sup>th</sup>
for a double header. Then you can see
the Metal Vixens play the Blast Furnace Betties at home October 4<sup>th</sup>.
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</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All functions will be held
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">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<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Rose Beefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166099920202540607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816911796791915167.post-61403711724901091372014-08-18T09:45:00.001-04:002014-08-18T09:45:25.577-04:00Blast Furnace Betties vs. Rock-A-Betty Bruisers- 8/16/14 Game Wrap-Up<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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This past weekend the Long Island Rock-A-Betty Bruisers (Rock-A-Betties)
traveled to Schnecksville, PA to meet up with the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls’
(LVRG) Blast Furnace Betties. According
to flattrackstats.com, LVRG had a 73% chance of winning with a predicted
scoring ratio of 17 points to 13 points. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Led by team captain #32, CTHU’ Lou, the Rock-A-Betties, started
the game with some strong defense. For the first 5 minutes of game play, the
score was low and tightly matched (5 to 8 favoring LVRG). However, LVRG’s Jammer #514 Dottie Deathwish capitalized
on an early power jam and pushed LVRG into an early 10-41 lead over the
Rock-A-Betties. About half way through
the first half, LVRG kept their momentum going and continued to build on their
score one point at a time. With 12 minutes
left in the first half, the score was 42-80 with LVRG in the lead. Led by Captain Tortellina Temptress, LVRG
held the Rock-A-Betties to a 42 point score for 7 more jams while they
continued to run up their own score to 141 points. At the end of the first half, LVRG had a
commanding lead over the Rock-A-Betties, 56-165. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The second half of game play seemed to be no different than
the first half. Rock-A-Betty blockers #516 Gertie Bomb, #44 Pac-Jam, and jammer
#29 Forn Star did their best against a solid LVRG defense. However the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls’ Blast
Furnace Betties kept their focus and continued to rack up more points. Half way
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“The Blast Furnace Betties have come a long way in 2014.
They have learned to evolve as a team and because of it, you are seeing a
higher level of roller derby on the local level. These girls live the sport and
are actively seeking out the best offensive and defensive tactics to win each
game,” commented by LVRG Captain Tortellina Temptress. <o:p></o:p></div>
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For the remainder of the game, the penalty box continued to
be filled, sending multiple players off the track due to player ejections. However, even short a few players, LVRG continued to dominate the
scoreboard. At the end of the game, the Blast Furnace Betties took the win with
a final score of 101-331. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Looking ahead, the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls’ Metal Vixens
take on New Jersey Roller Derby in Morristown, PA on 9/6/14.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Find us online at: <a href="http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></a><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">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<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Rose Beefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166099920202540607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816911796791915167.post-75864488152552646562014-06-30T09:13:00.000-04:002014-06-30T09:13:22.375-04:00When Losing Means Winning<div class="MsoNormal">
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losers are happy? Welcome to the skewed world of the WFTDA rankings calculator.
Some skaters understand it and some ignore it, but if you ever want to be
competitive in WFTDA, you need to understand how the numbers of the game are
like the 15<sup>th</sup> player on the track. <o:p></o:p></div>
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What are WFTDA rankings?
There are currently 215 leagues that are competitively ranked throughout
the world against each other. Each WFTDA sanctioned game that is played not
only affects the leagues that play each other but they affect each of the 215
leagues throughout the world because our rankings are inter connected with each
other. Each team is ranked numerically from
1-215 and given a strength score based on their past 12 month rolling history
of games. The current #1 team in the world, Gotham, has a strength score of
4.25, whereas the lowest team, located at #215 of WFTDA, has only a strength
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So when is a WIN really a LOSS and a LOSS really a WIN in
derby? It all has to do with a team’s
current rankings, the opponent’s strength score and the point spread of the
game. You can see WFTDA’s rankings
calculations here: <a href="http://wftda.com/files/wftda-rankings-calculator.pdf">http://wftda.com/files/wftda-rankings-calculator.pdf</a> , but
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When a team schedules to play another team, they must
consider their own current ranking, and the strength score of their opponent. The calculator can be tricky, but the basic
equation states that you multiply 3 x (your points/total game points) x your
opponent’s strength score x 1 (game weight) x 100. Unless you are in a tournament or play off,
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Derby, ranked 69 in WFTDA, whereas LVRG is ranked 108. That is a huge difference in rankings and
both teams had a large gap in their strength scores. LVRG, according to flattrackstats.com only
had a 3% chance of winning, so why would LVRG even consider playing a team
ranked 39 spots above them? The answer is in the STRENGTH SCORE. LVRG’s strength score going into this game was .95
and Providence was 1.46. Let’s explain
how a game result of 250-99 (Providence won) ended up being really a win for
LVRG. <o:p></o:p></div>
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LVRG’s WFTDA points average prior to this weekend’s game was
114.90 points. This included 8 games in a 12 month rolling year. Let’s GEEK OUT for a second and run the
numbers. The total game points was 349
(250 for Providence plus 99 for LVRG). So using the ranking calculator: 3 x (99/349)x
1.46 (opponent’s strength score) x 1 x 100, this equaled approximately 124
WFTDA points. Because 124 is HIGHER than
LVRG’s current WFTDA points average (114.90), when combined into their current
ranking, the end result after this weekend’s loss to Providence would result in
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So in this case, LVRG’s LOSS was really a WIN for LVRG because they increased
their WFTDA rankings. As WFTDA rankings
increase and decrease for each team, rankings change monthly and affect all
other teams connected. This is how teams know going into a game how many total percentage of game points are needed to increase their rankings. Who knew derby included MATH!?</div>
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The moral of the story is to choose your opponents
wisely. It’s not important to just win,
but sometimes you have to win by enough to cover a point spread to benefit your
own team if your opponent’s strength score is low. And sometimes when you lose,
as long as you get a certain percentage of the total game points, you will
still benefit. Roller Derby is a crazy
sport. That is why every point counts, and that you should never give up until
that 4<sup>th</sup> whistle. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Rose Beefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166099920202540607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816911796791915167.post-34168220964839777672014-06-16T09:46:00.000-04:002014-06-16T09:46:02.296-04:00LVRG Double Header- Bout Wrap Ups 6/14/14<div class="MsoNormal">
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Rollergirls (LVRG) as LVRG’s Blast Furnace Betties took on the Reading Derby
Girls and LVRG’s Metal Vixens took on the Pottstown Roller Derby
Rockstars. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Blast Furnace Betties versus the Reading Derby Girls game
quickly established LVRG as the dominant team. About 10 minutes into the first
half, the Betties had a commanding lead over the Reading Derby Girls,
65-17. LVRG acquired lead jammer status
the majority of the jams and continued to build the score to 91-19 with 15
minutes left in the first half of game play. LVRG lived up to their reputation for having strong
defensive walls and aggressive jamming. At half time, the score was 149-38
favoring LVRG. <o:p></o:p></div>
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After switching benches, and some strategy change ups, LVRG
was expecting a new and refreshed Reading team after the half time. LVRG however wanted no part of that and came
off their benches looking to continue their point streak in the second
half. The Betties forced jammer track
cuts, got natural grand slams (this happens when a jammer laps the opposing
jammer while both jammers are in play and on the track), and rotated all
blockers in to be jammers. Half way through the second half, the Betties
continued their lead, 222-50. Rounding
out the last few minutes of play, the Betties shut the door on any possible
Reading win. The Blast Furnace Betties
secured the win with a final score of 273-77.<o:p></o:p></div>
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were met with fierce competition against the Pottstown Roller Derby Rockstars
(Pottstown). Although LVRG got a quick
jump in points in the first few minutes of play (38-2), Pottstown was a
definite threat with relentless jammers. LVRG was dominating in points, but it wasn’t
reflective of the fight between both teams.
15 minutes into the first half of play, LVRG was up 56-9. However, most
of points were gained through power jams and were not necessarily from
jammer natural calls offs. A natural call off happens when both jammers are on
the track, and the lead jammer strategically calls off the jam before the other
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Slowly, LVRG seemed to show they were the more strategic
team by bridging their packs and containing the opposing jammers. Once LVRG
found their system to synced together to form a wall of force to keep out the
opposing jammers, the score began to reflect it. By the end of the first half
of game play, the score was 102-30, LVRG.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Metal Vixens kept this rhythm going into the second half of
game play and shut out Pottstown from getting any points for the first 12
minutes of play. With 12 minutes left
in the first half, the score was 176 (LVRG) to 37 (Pottstown). The Metal Vixens began rotating in new
jammers and began testing some new strategies, one in particular they call
Omaha and another called Two Cats. By
the end of the game, the Metal Vixens took the win with a final score of
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Looking ahead, LVRG has 2 tough games ahead of them. This weekend LVRG’s All-Stars will be meeting
up with the Charlottesville Derby Dames at the East Coast Derby Extravaganza.
According to flattrackstats.com, LVRG is not expected to win and should only
score 8 points for every 19 of Charlottesville’s points. This will be a tough game for LVRG, but if they
secure at least 40% the game’s total points, even a loss will help LVRG in
their overall WFTDA rankings. And the
following week, LVRG travels to Providence, RI to play their WFTDA team. In
that game, LVRG is expected to get 11 points for every 30 that the Providence
team scores. Again, if LVRG can secure at least 35% of the game’s total points,
a loss will increase their standings. <o:p></o:p></div>
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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<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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This past weekend, the Dutchland Derby Rollers’ Blitz
traveled to Schnecksville, PA to face off against the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls’
(LVRG) Metal Vixens. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The last time these
two leagues played<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">was in 2011 when the Blitz beat LVRG’s SVU team 178-82.
Prior to that, the teams saw each other in</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">2009 with a resulting score of the Blitz 118- LVRG</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">Hissy
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From the first whistle, LVRG came out strong and gained lead
jammer status the first 5 jams and put up a quick 26 points to Dutchland’s 2
points. Jam after jam, the Metal Vixens
continued to secure lead jammer and would call off the jam before the Blitz could
sneak in any points. The Metal Vixens’ blockers showed great strategy in
hitting out the Blitz jammers and then pulling the pack back to force the
jammer to reenter the pack from the back to start her pass over. After about 15 minutes into the first half,
the Metal Vixens has a commanding lead of 74-8. The Blitz were having difficulty getting
through the massive LVRG wall of blockers and only scored while the LVRG
jammers were in the penalty box. At half time, the score was Metal Vixens 114
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With teams switching benches at half time, and a reshuffling
of strategy, there was still time for the Blitz to come back from an early
deficit in points. However, the Metal Vixens still were fighting tough and
refused to let up. They were earning
natural grand slams and by half way through the second half, the Lehigh Valley
Rollergirls had a sizeable lead (156-21).
The Blitz did enjoy a nice string of power jams at the end of the second
half when LVRG’s jammer spent 2 minutes (4 penalties) in the box consecutively.
However this wasn’t enough to make up the point spread. The final score was 233
(Metal Vixens) to 60 (Blitz). <o:p></o:p></div>
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Looking ahead, there will be a double header at home
(Independence Family Fun Center in Schnecksville, PA) on June 14<sup>th</sup>.
The Blast Furnace Betties will be playing the Reading Derby Girls and the Metal
Vixens will be playing the Pottstown Derby All-Stars. The doors open at 5:00p.m., the first whistle
is at 6:00p.m.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">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</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
Rose Beefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166099920202540607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816911796791915167.post-9402826567478927742014-05-12T09:07:00.000-04:002014-05-12T09:07:07.749-04:00Blast Furnace Betties vs Black Rose Rollers' Rotten Cherries- 5/10/14<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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This past weekend the Black Rose Rollers of Hanover, PA sent their team, the Rotten Cherries, to battle against the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls' (LVRG) Blast Furnace Betties. LVRG hadn't played the Rotten Cherries since April of 2013 (score 324-118 LVRG), but with the new home team structure, LVRG still was unsure what to expect from the Black Rose Rollers on game day.<br />
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For the first few jams of the game, the bout seemed equally matched. LVRG took on a slight lead (16-12) after the first 8 minutes of play. However, very suddenly, LVRG built up some steam and was able to shut out the Rotten Cherries from scoring for the next 5 jams and increased their lead to 52-12 favoring LVRG.<br />
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The Blast Furnace Betties were on fire, racking up one jam after the other in 4-0 lead jammer conversions. A 4-0 lead jammer conversion happens when the lead jammer scores 4 points, and then calls off the jam before the opposing jammer scores any points. At the end of the first half of game play, the Blast Furnace Betties had a commanding lead with a score of 121-30.<br />
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Hot out of a half time break, LVRG started the second half just like they ended the first half. LVRG continued to score more and more points, making a win almost nearly unattainable for the Black Rose Rollers 15 minutes into the second half with a score of 180-50 LVRG. LVRG began to rotate all skaters in as jammers and the crowd went crazy with excitement seeing their favorite blockers jam for a change. Although not versed as well in jamming as LVRG's typical jamming crew, the Blast Furnace Betties still continued their lead and ended the bout with a final score of 241-88 favoring LVRG.<br />
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Looking ahead, the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls’ Metal Vixens will play the Dutchland Derby Rollers' Blitz on 5/31 at the Independence Family Fun Center. The doors open at 5:00p.m., the bout starts at 6:00p.m. The All-Stars will play again at the end of June at the East Coast Derby Extravaganza against Charlottesville. The week after that, LVRG’s All-Stars will face the Providence Roller Girls. <br />
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Find us online at: http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com<br />
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All functions will be held at the Independence Family Fun Center, 4345 Independence Dr, Schnecksville, PA.<br />
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For more information about becoming a skater or official, contact us at join@lehighvalleyrollergirls.com<br />
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Rose Beefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166099920202540607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816911796791915167.post-66918934427769078652014-05-06T10:39:00.004-04:002014-05-06T10:46:48.974-04:00LVRG at the Gold Coast Invitational -5/2/14<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.6pt;">
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">The Lehigh Valley Rollergirls All-Stars (LVRG)
were busy this weekend while in Ft. Lauderdale for the Gold Coast Beach Brawl
Invitational. Within their bracket, they
battled against three closely ranked WFTDA teams; Alamo City RollerGirls, Sioux Falls Roller
Dollz and the Mississippi Roller Girls. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Before the weekend began, flattrackstats.com predicted the following outcome
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Vs. Alamo City RollerGirls– LVRG has a
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Vs. Sioux Falls Roller Dollz – LVRG has
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Vs. Mississippi Roller Girls – LVRG has
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">LVRG’s All-Stars took
on Alamo City first and immediately took a quick 24-8 lead in the game.
However, after some back and forth lead changes, Alamo City caught up bringing the
score to 47-49 favoring Alamo City.
Neither team showed any signs of weakness as the game continued to be
closely matched. 15 minutes into the first half, the score was tied, 53-53. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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left in the first half of game play, LVRG started to struggle with keeping
their jammers out of the penalty box. With one power jam after the other, Alamo
City started to increase their lead. At half time, Alamo City had the largest
lead in the game at 94-124. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">In the second half of
the game, both teams came out with intensity. Point for point, jam for jam, each
team did not show any advantage over each other. LVRG increased their score
slightly, and then Alamo City answered right back by putting up points of
their own. With 7 minutes left on the game clock, the score was 172-207, Alamo
City. With a final push at the end of the game, LVRG could not make up the
point spread from the first half of the game and gave the win to Alamo City
with a final score of 199-233. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">In the second game of
the invitational against the Sioux Falls Roller Dollz (Sioux Falls), LVRG came
out fighting from the first whistle. LVRG took a quick lead against Sioux
Falls, but the lead changed back just as quick by the 15 minute mark of the
first half with a score of 46-55 favoring Sioux Falls. Sioux Falls showed great strength and energy,
and was able to capitalize on some LVRG players visiting the penalty box. While
playing short players, LVRG saw Sioux Falls take a bit of a point lead (58-67
with 8 minutes until half time). LVRG instinctively tightened up their defense
with a few minutes left in the first half and was then able to decrease Sioux
Falls lead to 86-90 at the half. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Since the 3<sup>rd</sup>
jam of the game, Sioux Falls retained the scoring lead. This continued through
the first half of game play all the way until 9 minutes were left on the game
clock. LVRG capitalized on a much needed power jam and tied the score at
125-125. The crowd of spectators were going crazy, chanting "L-V-R-G." With 3 minutes left in the game, Sioux Falls
grabbed a fast 9 point jam, bringing the score to 135-144 (Sioux Falls). LVRG didn’t let up, and forced 2 consecutive
jammer cuts on Sioux Falls, allowing LVRG to catch up and surpass in points.
The score with 1:30 left on the clock favored LVRG at 155-144. Sioux Falls called a quick time out, and both
teams refocused for the last jam of the game.
However, with fire and intensity, LVRG fired another cannon and rang the
winning bell by the time it was all over enjoying a final score of 161-144
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">In the final bout of
the invitational, LVRG was paired up against the Mississippi Roller Girls. Starting the first few minutes of game play,
you could not tell which team was the dominant team. 10 minutes into the first
half, the score was nearly tied at 33-32 (LVRG). LVRG was clearly having penalty trouble, but
with a few adjustments to strategy, they seemed like a brand new team. LVRG got their act together and started gaining points on Mississippi.
With 5 minutes left in the first half of game play, LVRG was finally ahead with
a score of 95-51. LVRG seemed in
sync and settled into a nice blocking pattern and continued to capitalize on
their lead. At the end of the first half, LVRG was ahead 128-74. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Now that LVRG found their rhythm, they continued to
block like the team was born to do it. The score continued to climb to 195-84
after 10 minutes into the second half.
LVRG gained a larger point lead jam after jam not only through power
jams, but also through natural grand slams.
Half way through the second half of game play, LVRG was merciless with a
score of 240-84. With WFTDA rankings on the line, LVRG could not ease up on
Mississippi. Every jam after, LVRG put up more and more points. At the end of
the game, LVRG took the win, 301-97. The Lehigh Valley Rollergirls finished
second in their bracket for this weekend’s invitational overall. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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All-Stars will play again at the end of June at the East Coast Derby Extravaganza against
Charlottesville. The week after that,
LVRG’s All-Stars will face the Providence Roller Girls. Coming up this weekend, LVRG’s Blast Furnace
Betties will be facing Black Rose’s Rotten Cherries at the Independence Family
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A big thank you to all photographers: Michael Hess, Craig Richmond and Olivia Searfass. </td></tr>
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Rose Beefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166099920202540607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816911796791915167.post-66172824889679096712014-04-28T08:23:00.000-04:002014-04-28T08:23:26.832-04:00Metal Vixens vs Mason Dixon 4/26/14 Bout Wrap-up
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Traveling from
Hagerstown, MD, the Mason Dixon Roller Vixens (Mason Dixon) were favored to win
this weekend against the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls’ (LVRG) Metal Vixens. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to flattrackstats.com, Mason Dixon was
expected to win with a point ratio of 45 to 44. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The game started
with the Metal Vixens taking a fast quick lead (17-4).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Penalties for Mason Dixon came early in the
first half, sending their jammer to the box, awarding the Metal Vixens with an
early power jam. LVRG Jammer Double Barrel Hot Gunz #215, capitalized on this
and helped bring the score to 48-6 favoring the Metal Vixens after 10 minutes
of game play. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two jams later, LVRG
teammate and Jammer MJ Slamher #932, also picked up a power jam and helped push
LVRG’s score to 89 points over Mason Dixon’s 15 points. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LVRG’s Christie Winkler #18 also dazzled the
crowd with her fast footwork and ability to avoid some potentially heavy hits.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although LVRG had
a noticeable lead 15 minutes into the first half, Mason Dixon’s blockers were
powerful and definitely a threat on the track. Thee Mighty Isis #1958, Brooke
#1111, and Trioxin #245 were slamming into the LVRG players and were breaking
down their defensive walls. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">With about five
minutes left in the first half, LVRG was up in points 129-26. LVRG decided to
rotate in a new jamming crew to test some new strategies. LVRG Jammer Helen
DaRink, surprised the crowd of spectators as she not only secured lead jammer
status, but she jumped the apex, juked around a potentially flattening lateral
block coming her way, and then right before calling off the jam, she snuck by
the pack balancing on one foot to make the crowd go crazy, all in one jam. At
the end of the first half game play, the score favored the Metal Vixens 150-30.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Starting the
second half of game play, LVRG kept with their alternate jamming rotation as we
saw LVRG’s blockers take the jamming stage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>LVRG’s Lin Diesel, $heRock$, Stella Mac, Hell Rasin Hussy, Sylvester
Shalom, Spock-it To You, and Absolute Bond Rage all jammed in the second
half.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Capitalizing on this was Mason Dixon’s
Vee O Lencia #011 and jammer Wicked Cruel #711 who appropriately took advantage
of a less experienced LVRG jamming crew. With 10 minutes into the second half,
Mason Dixon was able to double their score, holding back LVRG within 10 points,
bringing the score to 160-67, LVRG. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mason Dixon
continued to climb their score at a faster pace than LVRG until LVRG Jammer Vanilla
CreamHer was awarded a power jam and boosted LVRG with an additional 18 points
(202-89, LVRG). However immediately following, Mason Dixon was awarded a power
jam, but MVP blocker Lin Diesel, along with blockers DTainHer, Maulecule and
Helen DaRink held back the opposing jammer to minimize any advantage. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few more jams finished out the game and gave
the win to the Metal Vixens, 217-107.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Looking
ahead, LVRG will be traveling to Florida to play in a special 3 game tournament
called the Beach Brawl International Invitational this weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are scheduled to play Alamo City, the
Mississippi Roller Girls and Sioux Falls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Flattrackstats.com predicts the
following for each game:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Vs. Alamo City – LVRG has a 23% chance
of winning, score prediction is 23:30</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Vs. Mississippi Roller Girls – LVRG has
a 98% chance of winning, score prediction is 41:14</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Vs. Sioux Falls – LVRG has a 45% chance
of winning, score prediction is 18:19</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">LVRG’s Blast Furnace Betties also will
be hosting a home game on 5/10/14 against the Black Rose Roller’s Rotten
Cherries. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Find us online at: </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></a><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
</span></span><span style="color: red; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All functions will be held at the
Independence Family Fun Center, 4345 Independence Dr, Schnecksville, PA.</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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For more information about becoming a skater or official, contact us at </span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><a href="mailto:join@lehighvalleyrollergirls.com"><span style="color: #993399; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">join@lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All photos compliments of Michael Hess.</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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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</span></span></div>
Rose Beefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166099920202540607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816911796791915167.post-59234979520337815622014-04-22T09:09:00.003-04:002014-04-22T09:16:50.977-04:00LVRG Flea Market Sunday 2pm-7pm<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOIV-54GkNBvFFK7cEZHEl_d2D2BvitwQogirHbwtJNH-qC4_KA3u2qknyFXiDra3zVfXMKwyw-pdyRovOpJrTcosazBwg-3BEmAeWITWr4YqI38rraYuNd7OjuHW2WbHGsoYnuT3uaOh/s1600/flea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOIV-54GkNBvFFK7cEZHEl_d2D2BvitwQogirHbwtJNH-qC4_KA3u2qknyFXiDra3zVfXMKwyw-pdyRovOpJrTcosazBwg-3BEmAeWITWr4YqI38rraYuNd7OjuHW2WbHGsoYnuT3uaOh/s1600/flea.jpg" height="400" width="265" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Who knew this was going to be such an action packed
weekend? On Saturday, come watch the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls’ Metal Vixens take
on the Mason Dixon Roller Vixens All-Stars. The
doors open at 5:00p.m. and the first whistle is at 6:00p.m.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, on Sunday, come to the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls'
ROCKING Flea Market!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">This isn’t your Grandma’s Flea Market. This is a fun filled, music pumping, deal grabbing good time with over 50 vendors
on site. The indoor Flea
Market is this Sunday, from 2pm-7pm at the Independence Family Fun Center, 4345 Independence Drive, Schnecksville. Admission is just $3.00.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">So what exactly is this so called Flea Market?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Flea Market is a place where you can come
see local vendors display their crafts and offerings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will see the many unique products that
the Lehigh Valley has to offer. There will also be a live band, craft beer
samplings and food vendors on site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
can come out to look for unique gifts or just come to hang out for the party and
meet the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Here are just a few of the vendors that will featured
at this weekend’s market:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Music by: The Ultra Kings, No Heroes, and The Semi Originals<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Traveling 330 miles and about 5 hours this weekend, the
Lehigh Valley Rollergirls’ (LVRG) All-Stars drove up to Salem, Ohio to meet up
with The Little Steel Derby Girls’ (LSDG) Lawless Rollers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to flattrackstats.com, LVRG was
favored to win by a slight margin. They were predicted to get 25 points for
every 14 points LSDG scored. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The start of the game showed no true forerunner. Both teams
seemed equally matched in skill and brute force. The Lawless Rollers, led by jammers
Pocket Ninja and Sophonda Drama, got a quick lead over LVRG. However, with some
quick strategic skill and maneuvering ability, the LVRG jammers were able to
capitalize on two much needed power jams to even up the score. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">About 15 minutes into the first half, LVRG led by about 20
points with a score of 40-18.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LVRG Jammers #624 Ginga Railed U,
#215 Double Barrel Hot Gunz, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and #30
Lauranimal, continued to force their way through opposing blockers and added more
points to the LVRG score (59-43). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The battle went back and forth for a few more jams with LVRG gaining a few more points every jam. </span>At the end of
the first half, LVRG led 107-58.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The second half seemed much more evenly matched between the
two teams. Whereas in the first half of game play the Lawless Rollers were very
penalty heavy, and in the second half of game play, LVRG had a lot more
penalties and found themselves playing short on the track very often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LVRG served 9 more penalty minutes than LSDG
by the end of the game. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After a quick power jam brining the score to 121-63 favoring LVRG, the rest of the game seemed matched with skill from both teams. Almost jam for jam in the second half, each team gained a
few points advantage and then the other team scored those same points back in
the next jam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lead jammer status even
flipped back and forth all second half.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
With 10 minutes left in the game, the score was LVRG 144 to LSDG 99. Going into the last jam of the night, the score was 160-106, LVRG. The LVRG jammer was having a lot of difficulty getting thru the pack, allowing the LSDG jammer to score a quick 13 points to catch up. </span>If the second half of game play would be its own game, the score would
have been favoring LSDG 61 points to LVRG’s 58 points. However, since LVRG
capitalized so much in the first half, cumulative points made LVRG the overall
winner with a final score of 165-119.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Looking ahead, LVRG will be traveling to Florida to play in
a special 3 game tournament called the Beach Brawl International Invitational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are scheduled to play Alamo City, the Mississippi
Roller Girls and Sioux Falls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Flattrackstats.com
predicts the following for each game:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Vs. Alamo City – LVRG has a 23% chance of winning, score
prediction is 23:30<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Vs. Mississippi Roller Girls – LVRG has a 98% chance of
winning, score prediction is 41:14<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Vs. Sioux Falls – LVRG has a 45% chance of winning, score
prediction is 18:19<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">LVRG’s Metal Vixens also will be hosting a home game on
4/26/14 against the Mason Dixon Roller Vixens All-Stars. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Find us online at: </span><a href="http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
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</span></span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All
functions will be held at the Independence Family Fun Center, 4345 Independence
Dr, Schnecksville, PA.</span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
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For more information about becoming a skater or official, contact us at </span></span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="mailto:join@lehighvalleyrollergirls.com">join@lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</a></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All photos compliments of Michael Hess.</span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
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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<u1:p></u1:p></span></span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Rose Beefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166099920202540607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816911796791915167.post-63666979064695202212014-04-07T10:36:00.000-04:002014-04-07T10:36:00.101-04:00Blast Furnace Betties vs. New Jersey Roller Derby All-Stars- Bout Wrap Up 4/7/14
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">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).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Within the first 4 jams, the score favored NJRD 42-9. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">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. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>back to back jams of power blockers #28 Levilin Levi, #2E Loogie
Vuitton, #29 Tortellina<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Temptress (Captain)
and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#53 Wayward Stay. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With 4 minutes left in the first half, the
Betties caught up in points, just behind NJRD 67-74. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>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.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a few more jams, about 12 minutes into
the second of game play, the score was tied, 107-107. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the next and last 10 minutes of game
play, the battle was furious. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Betties concentrated on their power blocker
line ups and inched their score up within 4 points of NJRD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With only 1 minute and 46 seconds left on the
clock, and attaining lead jammer status, the Betties needed to make a fast decision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>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? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">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. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Lehigh Valley Rollergirls’ other home team, the Metal
Vixens, is next up to play at home on April 26<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> against the Mason
Dixon Roller Vixens All-Stars. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Lehigh Valley Rollergirls’ (LVRG) All-Stars will also be
traveling to Ohio this weekend (April 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>) 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. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">All photos were compliments of Quick Draw Sports Photography. To view or purchase prints from Quick Draw Sports Photography, follow this link: <a href="http://quickdrawphoto.com/p119651813">http://quickdrawphoto.com/p119651813</a></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Find us online at: <a href="http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></a><br />
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</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All functions will be held
at the Independence Family Fun Center, 4345 Independence Dr, Schnecksville, PA.</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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For more information about becoming a skater or official, contact us at </span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">join@lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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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<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Rose Beefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166099920202540607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816911796791915167.post-10063845169442117082014-03-24T11:41:00.000-04:002014-03-24T11:50:16.347-04:00LVRG vs. Cape Fear 3/22/14 Bout Wrap-Up<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This weekend was packed with action as the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls took on the Cape Fear Roller Girls. Not one, but two skaters snapped their plates
on their skates and one skater (Rose Beef) skated in her 100<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> bout. It isn’t often that two rare derby events happen in one bout, but in
addition to that excitement, the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls’ (LVRG) game versus
the Cape Fear Roller Girls (Cape Fear) was a fight to the finish. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Traveling up north 550 miles from Wilmington, NC, the Cape Fear was looking for a rematch after last September’s
188-99 loss to LVRG. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Flattrackstats.com
predicted LVRG to win this game with a 53% chance, expecting the point ratio to
be 32:31 favoring LVRG. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Immediately from the first whistle, LVRG pushed Cape Fear’s
jammer out off the jam line as they shuffled back to force a cut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LVRG took the quick lead in points, lead by Captain
and Blocker, # 31 Helen DaRink. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the
first few minutes of game play, LVRG controlled the pack and was able to
contain the Cape Fear jammers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Approximately 10 jams into the first half, Cape Fear jammer, #22 Dirty
Sanchez, gained lead jammer status for Cape Fear and allowed Cape Fear to catch
up in points. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">About half way through the first half, after calling the jam
twice in a row and not netting any points, LVRG finally regained the lead again
with an additional power jam, bringing the score up to 55-46, favoring LVRG. However,
Cape Fear blockers, #43 Hawaiian Puncher, #28 Maxi Rad and #100 Violet Outlaw forced
an LVRG jammer out on a track cut and pushed Cape Fear into a much needed power
jam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This brought the first lead change
of the game, favoring Cape Fear at halftime, 74-76. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After making a few adjustments at the half, LVRG came back fighting. With the strategic moves of #66 Lin Diesel, #28 Levelin
Levi, #2E Loogie Vuitton and #A1 Rose Beef, LVRG forced two jammer penalties in
one jam, giving them a double power jam which regained them the lead. LVRG
Jammers Double Barrel Hotgunz, Lauranimal and Ginga Railed U continued to
capitalize on 2 more power jams and helped LVRG with a 64-4 point run in the
first 13 minutes of the second half of game play. Half way through the second
half, the score was 136-80. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the last 10 minutes of the game, LVRG was on fire. LVRG’s
blockers were able to hold back Cape Fear’s jammers 2 out of the last 3 jams
allowing LVRG’s #932 MJ Slamher to score 17 and 25 points without the other
jammer making it past her initial pass. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This was the first time either team played under WFTDA’s new
rule set. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the most notable new rules
includes a reduced 30 second penalty, as compared to the 2013’s season’s rules
of 1 minute penalties. During game play, LVRG was awarded 10 power jams and
Cape Fear was awarded 4. The final score of the game favored LVRG for the win,
203-118. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Looking ahead, the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls All-Stars will
be playing again on April 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, when they are matched up to play the
Little Steel Roller Girls from Ohio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Flattrackstats.com predicts that LVRG has an 84% chance of winning that
game.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">To catch more LVRG action on our home turf, come out to
watch one of home leagues, the Blast Furnace Betties play New Jersey Roller
Derby on April 5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Find us online at: <a href="http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></a><br />
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</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All functions will be held
at the Independence Family Fun Center, 4345 Independence Dr, Schnecksville, PA.</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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For more information about becoming a skater or official, contact us at </span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">join@lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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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<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">All photography was produced by Thelma Van. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Rose Beefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166099920202540607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816911796791915167.post-40772952143129095342013-11-14T23:03:00.003-05:002013-11-14T23:03:37.749-05:00Kate "Bananas" Santee - LVRG's Skater of the Month<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Who is Kate “Bananas” Santee besides the quiet thunder
behind the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls’ (LVRG) Special Vixens Unit? This skater
is this month’s rough and tumble LVRG Skater of the Month. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfsFLByrA9LVD0rNc1NSUT4UvzqkXiJ6DSlEuT51ZVVEkl5L3_eGS_CmIfDrB59eiELgX3jGXJeBrU8OfQpxTJhniOPomEaFTtkqSukLq3HOwqwCRiVYtEdqimawXQjTdsKDWgFAQgJEq8/s1600/derby+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfsFLByrA9LVD0rNc1NSUT4UvzqkXiJ6DSlEuT51ZVVEkl5L3_eGS_CmIfDrB59eiELgX3jGXJeBrU8OfQpxTJhniOPomEaFTtkqSukLq3HOwqwCRiVYtEdqimawXQjTdsKDWgFAQgJEq8/s1600/derby+3.jpg" height="282" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Starting with LVRG in January of 2011, Kate is entering her
fourth season. We asked Kate how she got started with roller derby,
and she stated, “It’s hard for me to pinpoint when or how I exactly got into
roller derby. I had vaguely heard about the sport before and may have
entertained the thought of playing a few times, but I wasn't aware of any teams
in the area yet and I didn't take the notion of playing seriously at first
because I didn't have much of an athletic background. In the months following
my college graduation in 2010, I had something of a quarter life crisis—I had
already struggled with depression before, and the emerging feelings of
isolation and aimlessness were the cherries on top of a very sad sundae. Around
this time I stumbled upon LVRG's fan page through someone's Facebook profile
and it just happened to be around the time they were having an open recruit
night, so I thought, "Why not?" Now it's nearly been three years of
crazy good training and bonding with some incredible skaters that have all
changed my life for the better.”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Captain of the Special Vixens Unit, Wayward Stay mentioned
that “Kate improved over the 2013 season which paid off when she made the
roster for her first official SVU bout. Kate fights hard for every new
skill learned and has a strong will to keep improving. She has a never
give up spirit that is welcomed on the track.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kate represents the story of passion and drive for roller
derby. She is one of those players that never gives up and although challenges
are presented, she continues to push through and make her mark on the
team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When asked what advice to give new
recruits for the team, Kate stated “it's going to take a lot of work, but it's
totally worth it. And don't be afraid to fall! You can always pick yourself
back up again.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kate also mentioned that as a new recruit, there are some
really memorable experiences. “Experiencing my first power jam (as a jammer)
towards the end of my very first official bout I played in was awesome. It was
tough just to get to the point where I could play in a bout, but scoring points
and seeing all the support I had from my team and our friends and fans made me
absolutely giddy. I'm super grateful to you guys.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Besides roller derby, Kate is a very talented artist. She
has been drawing since a very young age. She stated that “from an early age
onwards, cartoons and comics inspired me to tell stories through my art. I'm
now gradually carving a niche for myself as a freelance illustrator and graphic
designer. This year I saw the release of my first published illustrations in
the children's book <i>Silly Nomads From Palmerston Close</i> (available for
sale on the publisher's website <a href="http://mohallandlewisllc.com/home" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://mohallandlewisllc.com/home</span></a>),
and I'll be doing a book signing with the two authors at the Moravian Book Shop
on December 20. You can find more of my work at <a href="http://ksantillus.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">ksantillus.com</span></a>, and I
regularly update a blog with illustrations and sketches at <a href="http://ksantillus.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">ksantillus.tumblr.com</span></a>”</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She loves owls, and has a collection
of owl memorabilia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She is a former Girl Scout and
stayed long enough to earn the Gold Award<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She can play the clarinet and is
trying to teach herself the guitar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When she was in 10th grade, she went
with her high school band to England to play with Her Majesty's Coldstream
Guard.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Although the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls are on a
break until 2014, you can come see Kate skate next season. For all of the information
on bouts in the upcoming season, stay tuned to this blog and find out more at <a href="http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
A special thank you to contributing Photographer Keith Stanley at Quick Draw Photography. Please visit his Face Book page here: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/QuickDrawPhoto">https://www.facebook.com/QuickDrawPhoto</a></o:p></span><br />
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Rose Beefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166099920202540607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816911796791915167.post-3442361726397389832013-10-10T16:31:00.002-04:002013-10-10T16:35:03.480-04:00LVRG Ref of the Month- Ria Culpa<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Many teams boast the skills of
their skaters and how much dedication it takes to rule the track. What many
forget are the faces behind the stripes and the pure passion that many an
official has for the sport and love of roller derby. One such gallant derby zebra
is the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls’ (LVRG) own Ria Culpa. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ria started with LVRG in August of
2007. YES, that’s 6 years and 7 seasons that he has been with LVRG. He got started
with roller derby because some of the current skaters would come into his old place
of business to make professional prints of bout posters and it got him interested in
watching games. He quickly become a super-fan and he eventually decided to join the
officiating crew.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
asked Ria Culpa to describe what he liked about officiating. He stated, “on a
non-serious note, I love the hand signals for penalties. Illegal procedures
make me feel like I'm doing the shuffle. Out of plays and no-packs make me feel
like I'm doing the robot. High-blocks allow me to itch my nose. Delays of game
are denoted with a "Z" on the board, and I'm partial to that letter
for some reason. On a more serious note, I don't "like" to call
penalties, I just call them to support the rule set as it is. If I see
something illegal happen from beginning to end, and it's against the rules in
the impact spectrum, I call them. To that end, I like being able to call
multi-player blocks and other things that mean that I'm "in the zone"
and seeing everything I need to see.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFoGpS9R329COqdCTh5C_jVKSc8fwD1jyoLInhuemld4pDQ27zRZZL5PScTOQDXZD9lhTKtppiASG-ABJ5aEPWf6ZswQs6m81eYheZFo_Uu__Y9C6p9fJFgMigVkr1T9NCHKU7VGBPs2R9/s1600/rookemail2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFoGpS9R329COqdCTh5C_jVKSc8fwD1jyoLInhuemld4pDQ27zRZZL5PScTOQDXZD9lhTKtppiASG-ABJ5aEPWf6ZswQs6m81eYheZFo_Uu__Y9C6p9fJFgMigVkr1T9NCHKU7VGBPs2R9/s1600/rookemail2.jpg" height="230" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He continued by adding, “As a ref, I think my defining
moment was actually reffing my first game after LVRG got WFTDA-league status.
Our ref crew tries to be first-in-class when it comes to officiating (both in
NSO-land and ref-land), and as such, (this was) my first game where I was able
to wear the stripes and getting to that point with my skating abilities and
ref-eyes was one of my greater moments. Oh, also... Sock derby. That was an <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">experience and a half</span>.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ria is a well versed and experienced official, always
studying the changes and the application of the WFTDA rules. He wasn’t born
knowing the rules, so we asked him on some advice on how to get started in
officiating for LVRG. He stated, “First thing's first. Know the game. Watch <i>a
lot</i> of derby. Then, learn the rules! They make more sense once you've seen
the flow of the game. Of course, all of that can be done as you go (so new people,
don't be intimidated!). When you're actually out there, just... go for it! It's
a little intimidating to go from "knowing nothing (Jon Snow)" to
"you're like a wizard (Sam Tarly)." We (as officials) try to help
each other out, and the rules are something that comes with it. Skating is a
little less of a concern, I think, because the rules are paramount, but both
have to get good to finally ref a game. But both come with practice,
experience, and just <i>getting out there</i>.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Facts about Ria Culpa:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He’s into Star Trek, tabletop gaming
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He is on the ketogenic diet. He has
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ria Culpa was also asked about his goals as an official. He
stated, “My primary goal as an official is to help the sport. What that
actually means, though, is to do my job (in whatever capacity is needed) in a
professional, skilled manner. Whatever the rules and best practices say, go.
The better I am at my job, the better the actual sport gets. Not to be
delusions-of-grandeur or anything, but if we call things in a consistent,
skilled manner, the rules that the skaters vote on are enforced the way they
need to be, and the sport gets better. My secondary goal is to have fun.
Seriously, this sport is rough, but all the people (officials, skaters,
volunteers, fans) associated with it make it what it is--a fun atmosphere. I've
made a bunch of really great friends, and as a transplant to the area, I'm
pretty sure I wouldn't've made as many friends without the sport. I adore
everyone involved. I can't imagine my life without roller derby, without LVRG,
and without the phenomenon that this has become. Not that my life was an empty
pit beforehand, but as a non-sports loving nerd from the opposite side of the
world, this opened up and fulfilled me in a way no other thing has, really.”<br />
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</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Looking
ahead, LVRG ends their season on October 19<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> with an interleague
Pink vs. Black bout of teammate versus teammate. This will be your last chance
to see the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls until the opening of the 2014 season on
March 1, 2014. <br />
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<u1:p>Find us online at: <a href="http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></a><br />
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</u1:p></span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">All
functions will be held at the Independence Family Fun Center, 4345 Independence
Dr, Schnecksville, PA.</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br />
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<u2:p></u2:p>For more information about becoming a skater or official, contact
us at </span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">join@lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br />
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<u2:p></u2:p>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</span></b><br />
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<strong>To find out more about our contributing photographer, Keyesboard, please visit his FaceBook page here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Keyesboard">https://www.facebook.com/Keyesboard</a></strong></div>
Rose Beefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166099920202540607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816911796791915167.post-90754301523090294092013-09-23T08:50:00.000-04:002013-09-23T08:50:01.030-04:00LVRG vs Cape Fear Bout Wrap Up -9/21/13<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If there ever was a team ready to travel 10 hours to play
roller derby, the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls (LVRG) is exactly that team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With over 550 miles between them and playing
the WFTDA’s Division 2 Cape Fear Roller Girls (Cape Fear), LVRG used road
antics such as team planks and other various funny photo moments captured and
published on FaceBook for their long ride to pump themselves and their fans up for this exciting match up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But once they arrived in Wilmington, NC, LVRG
was ready for business.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">According to flattrackstats.com, there was no clear favorite
to this game, as a 2 to 2 scoring ratio was predicted. The Cape Fear Roller Girls
sit in a higher division than LVRG and are ranked nationally according to the WFTDA
at the 110 position as compared to LVRG’s 134 ranking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With this knowledge, LVRG was ready for a hard
battle, and because of that, they started the game with their strongest line
ups of the season, and never turned back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDquW-QXHTdOul2T5-gc4ny_guWdLUctSDIebzz75A_KejEU-2NKs3-zLag49rui0EUsamjo2gMNfGI_zbUFsjNjVWNQ8-LQm8N91EaECbOSpKrm6xsS4TWPYGOfqQjck4JFdQbsK_TG0r/s1600/sdsdsds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDquW-QXHTdOul2T5-gc4ny_guWdLUctSDIebzz75A_KejEU-2NKs3-zLag49rui0EUsamjo2gMNfGI_zbUFsjNjVWNQ8-LQm8N91EaECbOSpKrm6xsS4TWPYGOfqQjck4JFdQbsK_TG0r/s1600/sdsdsds.jpg" height="176" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Immediately from the first jam, LVRG pulled a track cut on
Cape Fear, sending their jammer directly to the penalty box. This gave LVRG an
immediate lead during the first 2 jams of the game. But this didn’t stop right
then and there, Cape Fear got 2 more jammer penalties, leaving them without a
jammer for the first 5 jams of the game. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LVRG certainly capitalized on this and brought
their score up to an early 2-40 lead within the first 7 minutes of game play. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">From that point on, lead jammer status seemed to be a battle.
Typically, lead jammer status is determined by turn 1 of the track. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However with both teams battling and forming
tight defensive walls, the jammers weren’t coming out of the initial lap’s pack
until turn 3, which was tiring them out. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With lead changing back and forth a bit, Cape
Fear caught up in points to 24-64 (LVRG) with 15 minutes left in the first half. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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period both teams played pound for pound with the same fury. Lead jammer
status was shared almost equally by both teams and at the end of the first
half, the score still favored LVRG with a score of 60-103.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">With only 43 points separating the teams at the half, it was
still anyone’s game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A game can be won
or lost by a quick power jam, however LVRG did not give Cape Fear that option.
One of the most impressive feats LVRG accomplished during this bout was that
throughout LVRG history, this was the first time that none of their jammers
were sent to the penalty box. LVRG’s Jammers MJ SlamHer, Ginga Railed U and
Toxic Shock were flawless. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After 15 minutes of game play in the second half of the
game, LVRG continued increasing their lead with a score of 79-131. But it wasn’t
until the last few minutes of the game when the Cape Fear Rollergirls gave LVRG
another power jam and allowed LVRG to increase their lead further. This closed
the door on Cape Fear, allowing LVRG to win 99-188. This was a big win for LVRG
as it increased their flattrackstats.com standings by 18.4 points and it will also
reflect in their national WFTDA standings when the next rankings are posted. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsw8hR2WrOG4qSfAfyjcCKsDfSavKZEUFB4atnlkMG6_TAvC0JZ-ESt9zdabhD-BCSW9KlC84IqgGiEfraeXP4ms5iopBmBu7v0NyXGRQnwumoLBewCICGTYRCIVNk29zyIwh9fMrhoc2p/s1600/Picture+41.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsw8hR2WrOG4qSfAfyjcCKsDfSavKZEUFB4atnlkMG6_TAvC0JZ-ESt9zdabhD-BCSW9KlC84IqgGiEfraeXP4ms5iopBmBu7v0NyXGRQnwumoLBewCICGTYRCIVNk29zyIwh9fMrhoc2p/s1600/Picture+41.png" height="400" width="256" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Looking ahead, LVRG ends their season on October 19<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup>
with an interleague Pink vs. Black bout of teammate versus teammate. This will
be your last chance to see the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls until the opening of
the 2014 season on March 1, 2014. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
<o:p>Find us online at: <a href="http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></a><br /><br /><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">All functions will be held at the Independence Family Fun Center, 4345 Independence Dr, Schnecksville, PA.</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /><u2:p></u2:p><br /> For more information about becoming a skater or official, contact us at </span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">join@lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /><u2:p></u2:p><br /> 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</span></b></o:p></div>
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Rose Beefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166099920202540607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816911796791915167.post-22783887672923349702013-09-13T09:40:00.000-04:002013-09-13T09:40:03.957-04:00Cagey Rage - LVRG's Skater of the Month<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPatE94bRgtpLt5q00HB9UVL0i-dDqc4qGk1Mu8OJAWuphLj9fOFSyrDBc3bczzfpWCehRs_gTnD1854_x5kEvjmv_gE8FsucfIR_kb0uIt18yYSXUSwmhFKNMpEGuyDCH6QB2ntc8-CZA/s1600/cagey+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPatE94bRgtpLt5q00HB9UVL0i-dDqc4qGk1Mu8OJAWuphLj9fOFSyrDBc3bczzfpWCehRs_gTnD1854_x5kEvjmv_gE8FsucfIR_kb0uIt18yYSXUSwmhFKNMpEGuyDCH6QB2ntc8-CZA/s1600/cagey+1.jpg" height="400" width="291" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Skating with the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls
(LVRG) for 4 seasons, Kristina Schware, better known in the derby community as
Cagey Rage, is not only a LVRG Board of Directors member, but also a
skater with true personality.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As a skater, Cagey Rage says that
her goals constantly change. She sometimes focuses on making charters and
rosters but other times she just focuses on the sport itself and increasing
her skills, such as endurance, agility and team cohesiveness. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When asked about her most memorable moment of LVRG’s 2013 season, she stated “there
have been many small special moments of 2013 that I will treasure as memories
for many years. None of them are great feats performed on the track (truthfully,
I usually forget a lot of the game play soon after it happens). They are
all teammate related. I love the car rides with other skaters to bouts and
scrimmages. I love meeting the opposing team after a game and sharing a beer. I
love the sisterhood of derby. And the ice cream party at the end of the year to
celebrate SVU's (the Special Vixens Unit) undefeated season was a true
highlight. The best reward for working hard as a team.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cagey Rage also works hard for LVRG
as their WFTDA (Womens Flat Track Derby Association) Representative. The WFTDA is
the roller derby governing body and association that the Lehigh Valley
Rollergirls belong to as members. With over 300 national and international teams that belong to
the WFTDA, it is a wonderful organization and we are proud to be included in their membership.
The WFTDA sets the standard of play, rules, and safety that the all the
leagues adhere to on game day. They also provide the platform for its members to be ranked and qualify for playoffs.<br />
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The WFTDA is unique in the fact that all decisions, from deciding who will be a
committee head to making a rule change, are all done by votes and input from
all the member leaques. No other sport does that. Every team has a voice. Cagey
Rage, along with two other LVRG skaters and some officials, are that voice from
LVRG. They are the liasons that bring all the pertinent information to LVRG to
obtain their views, and to get their votes. Cagey Rage then relays that
information back to the WFTDA.<br />
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Cagey mentioned, “as a WFTDA rep, I also make sure that all WFTDA paperwork is
completed to sanction a bout. I make sure our team’s information is constantly
correct and updated on the WFTDA database. And I work with LVRG's reps to
ensure that our team follows all the WFTDA bylaws and protocols, is aware of
new WFTDA information, is updated on decisions, and understands it all.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is a lot of work on the business side of LVRG that
Cagey is involved in, including helping to recruit new skaters. When asked
what advice she would give to anyone interested in becoming a roller girl, this
is what she said: "Well, of course, do it. Once you do it, though, be cognizant that is a sport that takes a while to
learn, physically and mentally. As with any endeavor it is challenging at
first, and slowly becomes second nature. You get stronger, quicker, smarter,
but it takes time. And everyone's time is different. I had slow learning curve
in derby. But I kept at it and now I am able to do things that I couldn't image
doing a few years ago. And since derby is constantly evolving there are
always new things to learn which keeps it interesting and fun.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fun Facts about Cagey:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsipTy9BrDTbeDBuBJDEUtXfDxklixh7WgQr1npKBKy32DqsbtTRjPCri_aUzMSFbmAgxNYIQpqdc0tmaY9iAgK1Qi5EabGnywZDEwLt1LBB__VdNdfZZeAsAwBzY8b_gXLPgU3CYF8v-e/s1600/1271727_10200542991529532_438065276_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsipTy9BrDTbeDBuBJDEUtXfDxklixh7WgQr1npKBKy32DqsbtTRjPCri_aUzMSFbmAgxNYIQpqdc0tmaY9iAgK1Qi5EabGnywZDEwLt1LBB__VdNdfZZeAsAwBzY8b_gXLPgU3CYF8v-e/s1600/1271727_10200542991529532_438065276_o.jpg" height="213" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She loves gardening, plants and
reading in her garden.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She loves to play board games, card
games, and any other games she can play with her 2 daughters and husband of 12
years.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Her all-time favorite TV show is “Buffy
the Vampire Slayer”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Her next door neighbor was a long
lost friend she had in high school that she lost track of until she moved in
next door<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Looking
ahead, LVRG’s Hissy Fits travel to Wilmington NC on Sept 21<sup>st</sup> to
play the Cape Fear Roller Girls. According to flattrackstats.com, LVRG has a
51% chance of winning the game, with almost no room for error, given a 2:2 point
scoring ratio between teams. <br />
<u2:p></u2:p><br />
Also, on October 19<sup>th</sup>, see all of your favorite Rollergirls play in
LVRG’s last game of the season for their interleague Pink vs Black game. <br />
<u2:p></u2:p><br />
Find us online at: <a href="http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></a><br />
<u2:p></u2:p><br />
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</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">All functions will be held at the Independence Family Fun Center,
4345 Independence Dr, Schnecksville, PA.</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<u2:p></u2:p><br />
For more information about becoming a skater or official, contact us at </span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">join@lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<u2:p></u2:p><br />
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.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<u2:p></u2:p><br />Rose Beefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166099920202540607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816911796791915167.post-88578313884575348972013-09-09T10:09:00.000-04:002013-09-09T10:50:33.656-04:00LVRG vs. Iron Mountain Rollergirls Bout Wrap Up 9/7/13<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCLDltEqJE51vfHTDYa6FZ9SZOcmwwlzrpap9tp_E_908BLH0RJqtM2OfQ3so6JgLYrAGo-ljmj6VHuWSobpKP4B9tL3voBRfBaXnf25ykf-NXSjt9-mUEcF_DvDYFrQQ8UvUQAlG2HYe/s1600/1175510_10201863274293654_1205118615_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCLDltEqJE51vfHTDYa6FZ9SZOcmwwlzrpap9tp_E_908BLH0RJqtM2OfQ3so6JgLYrAGo-ljmj6VHuWSobpKP4B9tL3voBRfBaXnf25ykf-NXSjt9-mUEcF_DvDYFrQQ8UvUQAlG2HYe/s1600/1175510_10201863274293654_1205118615_n.jpg" height="265" width="400" /></a>This past weekend the Iron
Mountain Rollergirls of Cumberland, MD travelled north to the Lehigh Valley for
a rematch against the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls’ (LVRG) Special Vixens Unit
(SVU). The last time these two teams met in June, the SVU beat the Iron Mountain
team 269-142.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Led by Captain Sari Lew
Threaten (#31), the Iron Mountain Ladies came ready to fight on LVRG territory.<o:p></o:p><br />
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LVRG came out strong on the jam
line within the first 4 jams, racking the score up to a 41-4 lead with an early
power jam led by LVRG Jammer Arista Crash. However, the Iron Mountain Rollergirls
held tight after that quick spree and went point for point against Lehigh Valley
for the next few jams. About 15 minutes into game play, both teams became
increasingly aggressive. SVU’s DTainHer suffered a hit to the face and even
removed herself from game play to treat a very bloody nose. <o:p></o:p><br />
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LVRG began dominating on the
track in the last 15 minutes of the first half of play, bringing the score to
116-27. LVRG’s $heRock$, Beck-N-Hater, Stella Mac and Tortellina Temptress all
got a chance to jam and helped to increase LVRG’s lead at the end of the first
half to 159 LVRG-66 Iron Mountain.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfLOvgnYw380t160FI7njg7f_2a57AD_OQqsplDQW3EjUTpj-iIPdpVS5XRZLuFBYmx_tEqZC2gzW5bD_qKKXfAks51BQtJiY0rrWI_36ocY42zIn19H6Vymevvr4WmMWEIYhWdDGRonE/s1600/1264274_10200542935928142_1748401487_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfLOvgnYw380t160FI7njg7f_2a57AD_OQqsplDQW3EjUTpj-iIPdpVS5XRZLuFBYmx_tEqZC2gzW5bD_qKKXfAks51BQtJiY0rrWI_36ocY42zIn19H6Vymevvr4WmMWEIYhWdDGRonE/s1600/1264274_10200542935928142_1748401487_o.jpg" height="268" width="400" /></a>At the start of the second half,
Iron Mountain blockers Tailbone Crusher, Roxy Torment, Yanita Nurse and Love
Pushin’ held their defense strong and gained a power jam against the SVU.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iron Mountain’s second row of blockers Squee
J, Jinger C., Shawanna Fightme, Thrill Kill Daffodill and Forcible Ntree
captured a total of 21 points while LVRG’s jammer was still sitting in the
penalty box. This brought the score up to 176-87 favoring LVRG. <br />
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With 12 minutes left of the
game, LVRG’s Cagey Rage and Fresh Meat Kari Oswald both stepped up to jam. Assisted
by powerhouse blocker Phish Tahko, LVRG continued to build their score to 232
points while Iron Mountain climbed their score to 137. With one jam left in the
game, LVRG Jammer Toxic Shock brought home an electric last jam, gaining 18
points for Lehigh Valley and closing the door on Iron Mountain with a final
score of 255-<br />
140, LVRG.<o:p></o:p><br />
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The MVPs of the game were Arista
Crash and Double Barrel Hot Gunz from LVRG and Gretta Gangrene and Becconator
from Iron Mountain.<br />
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The SVU finish out their 2013 season undefeated. Great Job Ladies!<br />
<br />
Looking ahead, LVRG’s Hissy Fits
travel to Wilmington NC on Sept 21<sup>st</sup> to play the Cape Fear Roller
Girls. According to flattrackstats.com, LVRG has a 51% chance of winning the
game, with almost no room for error, given a 2:2 point scoring ratio between
teams. <o:p></o:p><br />
<br />
Also, on October 19<sup>th</sup>,
see all of your favorite Rollergirls play in LVRG’s last game of the season for
their interleague Pink vs Black game. <o:p></o:p><br />
<br />
Find us online at: <a href="http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></a><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="color: red;">All functions will be held at the Independence Family
Fun Center, 4345 Independence Dr, Schnecksville, PA.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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For more information about
becoming a skater or official, contact us at <span style="color: blue;">join@lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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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.<o:p></o:p><br />
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All photos are by Jim Rhoades<br />
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Rose Beefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166099920202540607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816911796791915167.post-62916267562916142652013-08-28T09:19:00.000-04:002013-08-28T09:19:03.285-04:00LVRG vs. Salisbury All-Stars Bout Wrap Up 8/24/13
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBeKUZcN_N5YMMuXxc-SLqP0Bc74JyXoIkRfTuckmrvXaecL-5tGD00dIJtVZ133DJDPRn84Piz96MTwPQQDGKbvBW7moJnRoyO5eVMfpCeY7fdj51bZNIJQZf7eOpxyNV4pKRM_tw3WX/s1600/58267_10200952669773286_959839256_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBeKUZcN_N5YMMuXxc-SLqP0Bc74JyXoIkRfTuckmrvXaecL-5tGD00dIJtVZ133DJDPRn84Piz96MTwPQQDGKbvBW7moJnRoyO5eVMfpCeY7fdj51bZNIJQZf7eOpxyNV4pKRM_tw3WX/s1600/58267_10200952669773286_959839256_n.jpg" height="320" width="312" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This past weekend, the Salisbury Roller Girls’ All-Stars
traveled to Schnecksville to play the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls’ (LVRG) Hissy
Fits. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to flattrackstats.com,
LVRG was given a heavy advantage to win over Salisbury. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The first 2 or 3 jams seemed like typical game play with no
real established dominate team. However, Salisbury was awarded a power jam
(this is when the opposing jammer is sent to the penalty box) which resulted in
an advantage for their All-Stars. Not only did Salisbury capitalize on their
power jam over two jam periods, but Lehigh got into penalty trouble with their
blockers, giving Salisbury an even larger advantage. The referees were spot on
calling multiple penalties on Lehigh. This gave LVRG almost no defense left on
the track to defend against Salisbury.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the first half alone, LVRG spent 24 minutes in the penalty box as compared to Salisbury’s
16 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the end of Salisbury’s
power jam flurry, they were up by 44 points in the first 10 minutes of the game. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZdr7Kg5dtY1yWeUUgiIA2x6l6vRI8zUvRe7rnNyC1fqfUGuT7PAlhyxrPAArO2VlqRujBEfCajKuIvUX0vM5im17BAFhx_UdLYO_h-3DYqCLNcIF5-VdBHbeJ_jn-8SPhQFiIrAOZbPQ/s1600/1074101_531574336896062_235358997_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZdr7Kg5dtY1yWeUUgiIA2x6l6vRI8zUvRe7rnNyC1fqfUGuT7PAlhyxrPAArO2VlqRujBEfCajKuIvUX0vM5im17BAFhx_UdLYO_h-3DYqCLNcIF5-VdBHbeJ_jn-8SPhQFiIrAOZbPQ/s1600/1074101_531574336896062_235358997_o.jpg" height="320" width="247" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As game play continued, lead jammer status was held evenly
by both teams. Each team seemed to hold the strategy of gaining lead jammer
status and then calling off the jam strategically to gain one or two points
over their opponent. Before the end of the first half, the Hissy Fits, down by
about 40 points, were awarded their first power jam of the evening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lehigh was gaining points in that jam and right
as the opposing jammer was standing to return to game play, LVRG performed a
star pass from the Jammer to LVRG’s Pivot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In roller derby, when the Jammer passes her
helmet panty (the star) to the Pivot, the Pivot becomes the Jammer, loses any
lead Jammer abilities and can now earn points like a Jammer. However, upon
gaining the star, LVRG’s Pivot, now the Jammer, committed a penalty
and immediately went to the penalty box. This gave the Salisbury All-Stars and
immediate power jam. Unfortunately when the LVRG Jammer returned from the
penalty box, she committed 2 more additional penalties in a row, giving
Salisbury 3 straight power jams. The score at the end of the first half was
117-41 favoring Salisbury. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdUTeNxPRt6yB0gSaHdZEpiMJAa7RT59nLEy9f-5l4Icyra8PNXAq8lwCHkE60sBl3iCbacOpsev1tTTvdBmCGwC7n-ITow3LnGy8LSsaTd3NnQ8PYWkSrIl3i8mQbfZgtUtuy9XNE9ET/s1600/977803_518761291510700_673238436_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdUTeNxPRt6yB0gSaHdZEpiMJAa7RT59nLEy9f-5l4Icyra8PNXAq8lwCHkE60sBl3iCbacOpsev1tTTvdBmCGwC7n-ITow3LnGy8LSsaTd3NnQ8PYWkSrIl3i8mQbfZgtUtuy9XNE9ET/s1600/977803_518761291510700_673238436_o.jpg" height="320" width="254" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">With a hardy pep talk at half time and an adjustment to the
LVRG line ups, the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls attacked the second half with a vengeance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every opportunity for lead jammer status was
taken and Lehigh slowly gained a point at a time, chipping away at their
deficit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LVRG shut out Salisbury for 12
jams in a row and seemed to be on a great come back, as they refused to allow
Salisbury more than a point or two each jam. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both teams kept their penalties down in the
second half, and LVRG took lead jammer status 59% of the time. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LVRG was the team in control in the second half,
outscoring Salisbury 91 points to 51 points, but it was not enough to make up
for the large deficit Lehigh experienced in the first half of game play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The final score was 168-132, giving the win
to the Salisbury All-Stars. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 37.25pt;" width="50">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1st
Half<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2nd
Half<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.75pt;" width="54">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Total<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Total
Jams<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 37.25pt;" width="50">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">25<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" width="64">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">27<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.75pt;" width="54">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">52<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.75pt;" width="156">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">LVRG
Lead<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 37.25pt;" width="50">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" width="64">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">16<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.75pt;" width="54">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">30<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Salisbury
Lead<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 37.25pt;" width="50">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" width="64">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.75pt;" width="54">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">22<o:p></o:p></span>
</td>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">LVRG
Power Jams<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 37.25pt;" width="50">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.75pt;" width="54">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Salisbury
Power Jams<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 37.25pt;" width="50">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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Penalties<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Come watch when
LVRG’s Special Vixens Unit takes on Iron Mountain on September 7<sup>th</sup>. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Find us online at <a href="http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #993399; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></a></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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held at the Independence Family Fun Center, 4345 Independence Dr,
Schnecksville, PA.</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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volunteers that make this team so special.</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
Rose Beefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166099920202540607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816911796791915167.post-30843787477027098052013-08-19T12:47:00.002-04:002013-08-19T12:47:29.793-04:00$he Rock$ - LVRG's Skater of the Month<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Who ROCKS? $he Rock$! (She Rocks) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">That’s right, she’s the Lehigh
Valley Rollergirls’ (LVRG) one and only powerhouse blocker Sheila “$he Rock$”
Moyer. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In her second season with LVRG,
this hardcore woman of steel has been blocking her way to the top of the
Special Vixens Unit team by establishing herself as a solid defensive
player. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">We asked $he Rock$ how she started with LVRG. She
said, “</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I was at an outing and I ran into
LVRG’s Phish Tahko who just arrived from a derby game in uniform. I was
talking with her about skating when I was younger and she told me all about
derby and invited me to an open recruitment. I was flattered that she did
and from then on I have loved derby!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sheila is
one of those teammates that always is smiling, even when practices and games
get tough. She is a positive influence on the team, pushing all of her
teammates to be their best. She does have her own achievements that she
strives for, as she stated; “I would say my greatest achievement at LVRG has
been making the team and being a part of such a supportive group of
people. Leaving practice I feel good about myself and the contributions I
am able to make and provide because of the other team members. This
I have learned is one if the greatest attributes of the team and I am very
proud to be a part of it.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I also look up to our very own head coach Rose Beef because she
is an awesome derby player and wonderful person. She encourages me to do
my best and to never give up. She makes derby fun and challenges us with great
skills and drills. My goal is to continue to get better and learn the amazing
sport of derby! Also, my goal is to make the LVRG WFTDA charter.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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derby, $he Rock$ is an outdoors kind of woman. She likes to spend time with her
family camping, she likes to travel, she rides her Harley, she bowls, reads and SHE LOVES
TO GO MUDDING.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If her friends could
describe her, the words that would come to mind are energetic, loyal,
trustworthy, caring and inspiring. Shelia truly is a good hearted person both
on and off the track, but don’t get us wrong, she will block you flat if you
get in her way. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fast Facts
About $he Rock$:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She is an avid multi-tasker
(cleaning, cooking, laundry and babysitting)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She is spontaneous and always up for
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Come watch
$he Rock$ at her next bout with the Special Vixens Unit against Iron Mountain
on September 7<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Or you can
come watch LVRG’s Hissy Fits play this weekend, August 24<sup>th</sup> at 6:00p.m.,
when they take on the Salisbury All Stars.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Find us online at <a href="http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #993399; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All functions will be held at the Independence Family Fun Center, 4345
Independence Dr, Schnecksville, PA.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thank you to all of
the friends, family and volunteers that make this team so special.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Rose Beefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166099920202540607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816911796791915167.post-76579533556016512112013-08-14T19:28:00.001-04:002013-08-14T19:28:56.906-04:00SVU vs. Ithaca's Blue Stockings 8/10/13 Bout Wrap Up<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UA3dqPSYgSfCTDtveCIhdDckQgF9tHO8RBfUZ7eaMMfzs7KUOQ2WwKT2nzu9AbbReAeFGp1sv5TJRPOx00YfeH7CkALmDPrQV8enpC4kxpnYrZ7IiI8ZuApQSZ16E-0t16bgNrFUpur-/s1600/IMG_4400.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UA3dqPSYgSfCTDtveCIhdDckQgF9tHO8RBfUZ7eaMMfzs7KUOQ2WwKT2nzu9AbbReAeFGp1sv5TJRPOx00YfeH7CkALmDPrQV8enpC4kxpnYrZ7IiI8ZuApQSZ16E-0t16bgNrFUpur-/s1600/IMG_4400.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">This past Saturday the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls’
(LVRG) Special Vixens Unit (SVU) traveled to Ithaca, NY to play one of their
closest bouts this season against Ithaca League of Women’s Blue Stockings. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Skating in their first bout on polished concrete, LVRG's SVU seemed to have some difficulty during warm-ups getting used to the
new skating surface. However, at the first whistle of the game, both teams
seemed evenly matched.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Blue
Stockings took a quick lead over LVRG 19-5, but the Special Vixens Unit
answered right back a few jams later with the first power jam of the game 10
minutes into game play. LVRG’s Jammer Toxic Shock took command during this
power jam helping to even up the score to 31-32 favoring LVRG.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">For the next 9 minutes of game play LVRG’s blockers
formed tight and solid walls. Under the direction of Captain Wayward Stay, LVRG
blockers Stella Mac, Tortellina Temptress, Sly Shalom, $he Rock$, and Cagey
Rage held the Blue Stockings to a 1 to 3 point scoring ratio in LVRG's favor. However
after this large lead was obtained by LVRG, Ithaca Jammer Riot Angel, #33,
helped to capitalize on some SVU penalties and gained Ithaca 25 points in a
much needed Ithaca power jam. At half time, the score was within 11 points with
a score of 82-93 favoring LVRG.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MVPs</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">At the start of the second half, the SVU, led by
lead Jammers Levilin Levi and Arista Crash, seemed to dominate in their
offensive strategies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They shut out
Ithaca 7 jams in a row, not allowing them to either gain lead jammer status or
collect any points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After 10 minutes passed
in the second half, the score favored LVRG 82-144.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Ithaca then called a quick time out and readjusted
their strategy. Blue Stockings Blockers BeeBee Gunn, Motley Crouton, Hanna Solo
and Fanny Farmer returned with a vengeance and played a pivotal role in forcing
track cuts by the LVRG jammers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With 11
minutes left in the game, Ithaca’s roller girls caught up fast with two power
jams, bringing the score to 127-154 (LVRG). </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LVRG's Undefeated Special Vixens Unit</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Without a doubt, it was anyone’s game at this point.
LVRG’s Beck-n-Hater, DTainHer, Double Barrel Hotgunz, Razor Ramona and Kate
Santee held their defensive line as strong as they could to defend what was
about to happen next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LVRG’s jammer was
sent to the box, and yet another power jam advantage was given to Ithaca. This brought
the score to 146-161, LVRG. With less than 2 minutes left in the game, and
potentially the last jam of the night, LVRG committed another jammer penalty,
awarding yet another power jam to Ithaca.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ithaca scored 13 points in that power jam before the SVU jammer returned
from the box. After one minute passed, and the LVRG jammer came back on the
track, both teams were scoring point for point as the jam ended. This gave the
win to LVRG. The final score was 159-169. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Looking
ahead, LVRG’s Hissy Fits will be bouting the Salisbury All Stars on August 24,
2013.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">The Special Vixens Unit will be playing their next game on September 7th against Iron Mountain. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Find us online at <a href="http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #993399; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></a></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">All functions will be held at the Independence Family Fun Center, 4345
Independence Dr, Schnecksville, PA.</span></div>
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Thank you to all of the friends, family and volunteers that make this team so special.</div>
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<o:p></o:p> </div>
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dips and weaves with offensive aggression and has made herself a name in the
short time she has been with the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls (LVRG). She is none
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This jammer extraordinaire came to LVRG recently as a
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A role model herself, we asked Toxic who her role models are
in roller derby. She stated “Bonnie Thunders; she can move through a pack like
nothing I have ever seen before. And she can jump the apex so high and get so
far. Her skating style is beautiful! Also, Suzy Hotrod. Everything about her.
She can jam, she can block, is there anything she can't do? And lastly, Juke
Boxx. She was one of the first skaters that stood out to me. She can do some of
the most amazing tricks and skate in ways that don't look natural at all but
can get her to where she needs to be in a jam.”</div>
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Toxic has been playing roller derby for a few seasons, and
when asked about her proudest derby moment, this is how she replied. “Playing
my first bout with LVRG and being MVP. That was an exciting moment. Or one of
the first scrimmages I ever went to at Gotham when I was maybe 4 months into
derby and being noticed and being told that I am short and skate awkwardly. It
was more of a funny moment but I got noticed by a more famous derby girl and to
me while being that new was a pretty big moment!”</div>
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Toxic is one of those “never say quit” skaters that is
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states as some of her personal goals:to not only become a much better jammer
and blocker, but she aspires to one day make it on Team USA.</div>
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<span style="color: black;">Looking ahead to see Toxic Shock skate, LVRG’s
Special Vixens Unit will be traveling to New York to play Ithaca League of
Women Rollers on August 10th. </span><br />
<br />
<b>Find us online at: <a href="http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com/" target="_blank">http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</a><br /> </b><br />
<b>All functions will be held at the Independence Family Fun Center, 4345
Independence Dr, Schnecksville, PA.</b><br />
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<b>For more information about becoming a skater or
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<b>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.</b><br />
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Rose Beefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166099920202540607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816911796791915167.post-54615244260280133742013-07-14T10:44:00.002-04:002013-07-15T08:57:00.595-04:00LVRG vs. New River Valley Roller Girls Bout Wrap Up- 7/13/13<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgET2zZMB86-PbKFAhCGFM78rRBnYjh3hSfzzTjeI-9WlOENtdsTmk2HQPhxmwXIWaw89iUfWrudQbeubh-VEiLYfrkUGFdO-mVspEOcShT1-Q24PSFgSh265-oYVFADdi_gLu7w0ptBoEI/s1600/Picture2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgET2zZMB86-PbKFAhCGFM78rRBnYjh3hSfzzTjeI-9WlOENtdsTmk2HQPhxmwXIWaw89iUfWrudQbeubh-VEiLYfrkUGFdO-mVspEOcShT1-Q24PSFgSh265-oYVFADdi_gLu7w0ptBoEI/s1600/Picture2.png" width="268" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Traveling
over 7 hours from Christianburg, VA, the New River Valley Roller Girls (NRV) made
their way to the Lehigh Valley this weekend to play the Lehigh Valley
Rollergirls’ (LVRG) Hissy Fits. Coming into the game, the ladies from New River
Valley were the heavy favorites. Not only were they seated higher than LVRG in
the WFTDA rankings, but flattrackstats.com’s score predictor gave NRV an
advantage of scoring 21 points to LVRG’s 17 points. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">From
the first whistle, it looked as if NRV was going to blow LVRG away with their
strong opening. In the first jam, LVRG’s jammer immediately got a track cutting
major. NRV took fast advantage of this with an early 24-3 lead in the first
jam. With LVRG’s jammer returning to play in the second jam of the game, she
got another penalty almost immediately and was sent to the box for a back block
major.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NRV yet again capitalized on this
power jam advantage and raced the score up to 54-4 by the end of only the
second jam. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Fans
and skaters from LVRG knew this was going to be a tough game coming into it,
but no one was prepared for a 51 point lead only 3 minutes into the game with
57 minutes left to go. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Slowly,
jam after jam, LVRG started chipping away at NRV’s lead. After those first two
jams, LVRG continued to secure lead jammer status and gained easily 1, 2, 3 and
4 points by calling off the jam before NRV could score anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LVRG caught up to and surpassed NRV about
half way through the first half of game play with a score of 54-63 and never
looked back. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LVRG MVP Arista Crash</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">After
LVRG’s come back, NRV found their jammers getting multiple penalties sending
them to the penalty box and giving LVRG many power jams.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LVRG shut down NRV in the first half, not
allowing them anymore but 9 additional points after the first 2 jams of game play.
At the same time, LVRG aggressively racked up points resulting in a half time
score advantage of 150 (LVRG) to 63 (NRRG).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">The
second half of game play was just as feverish as the first. With benches
changing sides, and NRV still being the heavy favorite, it was still anyone’s
game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LVRG however, came out playing
like they were going to work. LVRG, continuing to get lead jammer status, kept up with
their 1,2,3,4 jammer quick call off strategy and pushed the point spread wider
and wider, out of reach for NRV to catch up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">With
some penalties on the LVRG side, NRV was able to score some good power jam
points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However it wasn’t enough, as the
game brought a solid win for LVRG with a final score of 286-120.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since this was such a large upset to the
much favored NRV, LVRG will see a good increase in their rankings on both the
WFTDA rankings (about 10 rankings) and flattrackstats.com rankings (LVRG
increased 30.7 points). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wayward Stay, Daisy Destructo and Double Barrel Hot Gunz</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">The
MVPs of the game go to LVRG’s #331 Arista Crash and to NRV’s #77 Baby’s Got
Smack. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Looking
ahead, the Hissy Fits do not play again until the meet up with the Salisbury
Rollergirls All-Stars on 8/24/13. But before that, LVRG’s Special Vixens Unit
will be traveling to New York to play Ithaca League of Women Rollers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Find us online at: <a href="http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></a></span></b></div>
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</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All functions will be held
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For more information
about becoming a skater or official, contact us at <a href="mailto:join@lehighvalleyrollergirls.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">join@lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></a></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A big thank you to all of the volunteers,
officials, friends, and family that make our team the best in the Lehigh
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Rose Beefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166099920202540607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816911796791915167.post-4716503828746843802013-06-28T10:52:00.001-04:002013-06-28T11:07:30.073-04:00LVRG vs. Auld Reekie Roller Girls - Bout Wrap Up - 6/27/13<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Roller Girls (ARRG) overcame jet lag and some mild culture shock last night to play
against the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls (LVRG). </div>
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From the first whistle, Auld Reekie’s
team, the Twisted Thistles, were no joke and immediately gained lead jammer
status and a 14-0 advantage. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But immediately
after, LVRG’s jammer Toxic Shock was escorted through the pack by blockers Hell
Razin’ Hussy and Loogie Vuitton to respond by getting lead jammer status for
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The game play went back and forth for a few jams, building the score up
to 51-37 (ARRG) after 15 minutes passed in the first half. However, the Lehigh Valley
Rollergirls quickly regained composure and took advantage of the Auld Reekie’s
blockers getting penalties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the
help of LVRG jammers Betty Switch and Ginga Railed U, LVRG caught up and became
the points leader with a score of 58-67. </div>
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LVRG’s blockers Evol Kitty and Rose Beef (before having her
jersey ripped) showed their strategic skills by forcing cut majors on the
jammers from Edinburgh, which helped LVRG capitalize on some much needed power
jams. With 3 minutes left in the first half of game play, LVRG was up in points
65-90. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LVRG blockers, lead by Captain
Lin Diesel, Levelin Levi, Helen DaRink and Daisy Destructo, held ARRG to a
tight score by forming solid defensive walls and pushing out their jammers. The
score at the end of the first half favored LVRG, 77-94. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3I8O1HYbsA8h-2MHwCj7ekJeKapspBlVjQkk5HhZyayRZLqYrxvI2apmr6rpgCo4Gx0qJWOe5x5PksAtcVjaqnPH4vfxGXccckBC8xQSlNToFuJUrzjziRxXzHukxf9VsPhziG88EnbP/s977/qs5gQd3CQNIBzsvAyrHIUNuKsbyOgZH9qpLuaVIWWX4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3I8O1HYbsA8h-2MHwCj7ekJeKapspBlVjQkk5HhZyayRZLqYrxvI2apmr6rpgCo4Gx0qJWOe5x5PksAtcVjaqnPH4vfxGXccckBC8xQSlNToFuJUrzjziRxXzHukxf9VsPhziG88EnbP/s977/qs5gQd3CQNIBzsvAyrHIUNuKsbyOgZH9qpLuaVIWWX4.jpg" width="400" /></a>At the start of the second half, ARRG came out with
intensity lead by jammer Admiral Attackbar #1111 and by some deadly hitting by blocker Minnie Riot #7. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This burst
of energy from ARRG resulted in some much needed points, which caught the score
up to 97-98 (LVRG) with 24 minutes left in the game. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soon after, LVRG’s Chikki Sixx showed some
impressive blocking holding back ARRG’s jammer and giving LVRG’s MJ SlamHer the
opportunity to score points. </div>
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LVRG found themselves with some penalty trouble late in the
second half, which opened the door for the Auld Reekie Roller girls. ARRG used
this advantage and creeped their score up to 112-98 with 20 minutes left in the
half.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LVRG Jammer Arista Crash did her
best to fight through the pack and get lead, and nudged LVRG’s score up again by
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With a win still within reach, LVRG got penalty heavy
sending both blockers and jammers to the penalty box giving ARRG some power jams.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Auld Reekie’s Twisted Thistles showed no mercy
and pulled ahead to a 160-106 lead by taking advantage of their power jams. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With 6 minutes left in the half, ARRG was
awarded two additional power jams and closed the door on LVRG.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The final score brought a win to ARRG with a
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LVRG- Betty Switch # 90 (Jammer) , Evol Kitty #150 (Blocker)</div>
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ARRG- Admiral Attackbar #1111 (Jammer), Mo B Quick #66
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Looking ahead, the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls’ next game is
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friends, and family that make our team the best in the Lehigh Valley. This is
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Valley Rollergirls’ Special Vixens Unit (SVU) traveled to Cumberland, MD to
face off against the Iron Mountain Roller Girls. Iron Mountain was a
complete wild card of a team going into this bout, as we had no information as
to what LVRG was getting into by accepting their challenge to bout. </span></div>
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away with an early 13 to 1 lead over the Iron Mou<span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">ntain Roller Girls.</span> This lead was secured by all
three of SVU’s main Jammers; MJ SlamHer, Arista Crash and Thelma
Van. In the back of the pack, blockers Stella Mac and Daisy
Destructo were noticeable anchors to a strong LVRG wall, which helped to push
the Special Vixens Unit score up to 65 to 5 by the 8<sup>th</sup> jam. In
a quick change up, the Iron Mountain Roller <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Girls made a minor adjustment to</span> their strategy and
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Half way through the first half, the
score was 83-31 (SVU). SVU was dominating at the jam line with <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">blockers Tortellina Temptress</span>,
She Rocks, DTainHer and Beck-N-Hateher supporting a solid defensive wall. At
the end of the first half, the <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">score
was 168-64, favoring LVRG</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the second half of game play, SVU
decided to rotate in new jammers lead by Captain Wayward Stay.
Wayward’s aggressiveness on the track proved that she was there to produce
points, and did so LVRG's other Jammers, Double Barrel Hot Gunz and Maulecule (getting
lead jammer in her first SVU away bout). The score continued to
climb to 250 to 127. With the Iron Mountain Roller Girls’s Jammer in the
penalty box, LVRG Jammer Kate “Bananas” Santee, produced a big power jam for
LVRG. The crowd went crazy with excitement as Kate skated since this was her
very first bout with the league. The Special Vixens Unit continued to
power through the second half of game play and secured the win with a final
score of 269-142. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kate "Bananas" Santee</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Looking ahead, LVRG’s Hissy Fits
will be playing a closed bout on June 27<sup>th</sup> against United Kingdom’s
Auld Reekie Roller Girls, the Twisted Thistles. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Find us online at: <a href="http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">All functions will be held at the Independence Family
Fun Center, 4345 Independence Dr, Schnecksville, PA.</span></span></div>
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a skater or official, contact us at <a href="mailto:join@lehighvalleyrollergirls.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">join@lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></a></span></div>
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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.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All photos are by Christie Winkler. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrqkZD8kIS0BxHXoKUus1Dd6bWFCerCBgz_aAt5XvDsiD4_1_o3EWCvn93HynvL_f7WCPPP707meQA-Ta3hRjYu5Q6Ex9onpr03Z7ENSNAiP2cRzVekpN1eUZ0tM7b3qMC0rSWhh1RtIOI/s1600/torti+2010+headshot.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrqkZD8kIS0BxHXoKUus1Dd6bWFCerCBgz_aAt5XvDsiD4_1_o3EWCvn93HynvL_f7WCPPP707meQA-Ta3hRjYu5Q6Ex9onpr03Z7ENSNAiP2cRzVekpN1eUZ0tM7b3qMC0rSWhh1RtIOI/s320/torti+2010+headshot.JPG" width="269" /></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With
a name that sounds like she is from the LVRG Skate Mafia, Tortellina Temptress
is one of those skaters that you will surely remember when she takes you out on
the track.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LVRG’s Skater of the Month, Michelle Messa-Hess, also known by the nickname Torte, has been a long time member of the
Lehigh Valley Rollergirls and is here to stay. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tortellina
started with LVRG in January of 2008 after hearing about the team from
co-worker and founder of LVRG, Elaina Borchelt. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her derby name was certainly intended to be a
mobster-esk name (she’s Italian).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
said that she picked the dangerously sexy name, Tortellina Temptress, because it sounded tough and is a spin-off of her favorite Italian pasta, tortellinis. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Torte
was asked what inspired her in roller derby. She stated, “the revival of the
sport overall is what really inspires me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Roller derby today isn’t like how it was back in the 70’s where skaters
were paid to play and a lot of it was staged theatrics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The concept of creating and managing a roller
derby league that is run by the skaters who play the sport is incredible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most sports, like soccer clubs, little
league, etc., the dues are paid to ensure a place on a roster and roller derby
is nothing like that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every little bit
of money – dues, fundraising, ticket sales from bouts – goes right back into
maintaining the league.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t get paid
to play roller derby; I pay to play the sport I love and I’m not guaranteed a
place on rosters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I will continue to
be part of this amazing sport because when I’m out on the track I know
everyone’s common goal; their love of roller derby.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When
not hip checking her opponent, Tortellina Temptress works full time as a Dialysis
Product Associate for a medical device company in Harleysville, PA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also likes to go to the gym to cross
train or is found relaxing and hanging out with her husband, Mike (aka “Sprinkles” to
the derby community).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Additionally, Tortellina
is also the Marketing Manager for the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls. As the
Marketing Manager for LVRG, her main focus for the 2013 season is to exemplify
roller derby as a legitimate team sport and to expand LVRG’s presence in the
Lehigh Valley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She works closely with our
Public Relations team who has been distributing formal press releases to area
media networks announcing our home bouts and upcoming events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a result, LVRG has been featured on
WFMZ-TV 69 News, The Morning Call, Patch.com, Lehigh Valley Marketplace magazine, and various local media sites and
blogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition to working with
Public Relations, she also coordinates LVRG’s participation in community events
throughout the Lehigh Valley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far for
the year, LVRG participated in the Allentown St. Patrick’s Day parade,
Bethlehem’s Celtic Classic Parade of Shamrocks, Skindustry Tattoo Expo, and
Color Me Rad 5K – Bethlehem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our
upcoming events include the Allentown Freak Out Fringe Festival and the PBS39 3<sup>rd</sup>
Annual MicroBrew Festival on June 22<sup>nd</sup> and the Moravian Hall Square Silver
Solstice Concert on June 25<sup>th</sup>. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFaLvmWkLrOjK2qxSGJ36yXM64UmujsPCi9RBMivXi_UeD03p3K-hnXAFjVF-euQAZvid6yF4SdHZe0rqZOvl7r9z80YZyS8-25oqJPzsyy5gKqEyrzwfbqHjgn_-FzBxVBnFCtx22QTAu/s1600/ECDX+Italians.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFaLvmWkLrOjK2qxSGJ36yXM64UmujsPCi9RBMivXi_UeD03p3K-hnXAFjVF-euQAZvid6yF4SdHZe0rqZOvl7r9z80YZyS8-25oqJPzsyy5gKqEyrzwfbqHjgn_-FzBxVBnFCtx22QTAu/s200/ECDX+Italians.jpg" width="189" /></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tortellina
Temptress was asked what it is like to be on the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls. She
explained, “<span style="background: white;">it’s almost like watching a child
grow up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In terms of the league itself, I’ve
watched LVRG grow out the early days of derby where it was “rough and tumble” with
fast skating and hard hits and roller derby being almost like a novelty, to
where we are today with the league embodying a legitimate, athletic, and strategic
representation of the sport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As an
individual skater, I have gone through various ups and downs, but have also
experienced a lot of growth overall with my team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am proud to say that I was one of the
skaters who voted for LVRG to become members of the WFTDA and have been with
the league since then to watch us grow into that role.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Overall, being a part of this league is being
part of something so much bigger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
really just have to join and experience it for yourself the transformations - <a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>not only that the league goes through, but what you,
yourself will go through.”</span></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fast Facts about Torte:</span></div>
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- ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, acrobatics, and baton - for 12 years.</div>
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2. She absolutely hates
coconut, unless its coconut milk used in curry.<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Her favorite number is
29 because she shares her birthday with her grandmother – July 29<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hence her derby number, “29” and her wedding
day - September “29”, 2013.</span></div>
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bottom eyelashes.</span>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Torte and the rest of the Lehigh Valley Rollergirls
will be skating this weekend in Cumberland, MD to take on the Iron Mountain
Roller Girls on June 15<sup>th</sup>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Looking ahead, the Hissy Fits will be playing a closed bout
on June 27<sup>th</sup> against United Kingdom’s Auld Reekie Roller Girls, the
Twisted Thistles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Find us online at: <a href="http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<span style="color: red;">All functions will be held at the Independence Family
Fun Center, 4345 Independence Dr, Schnecksville, PA.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For more information about becoming a skater or official,
contact us at <a href="mailto:join@lehighvalleyrollergirls.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">join@lehighvalleyrollergirls.com</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">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.</span></div>
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