Pistoffs sneak by Pistolwhippers, 77-67

Posted on January 14, 2008

by Rusty Wheeler — Jan 13, 2008

The Detroit Pistoffs trailed most of the way, but they mounted a late comeback to finally defeat the Pistolwhippers 77-67 in a very defensive struggle in the Drill Hall at the Masonic Temple in Detroit, Michigan on Saturday, January 12, in a game played in front of an oversold crowd. Although the Pistolwhippers were without two of their best skaters, Honey Suckit and Killbox, they led 34-25 after the first period and 49-41 at the 2nd intermission. The ‘Whippers continued to hold the lead until the 9th jam of the final period when the Pistoffs took the lead and then held it until the end of the contest. This game set a Detroit Derby Girls record with the lowest combined score. The Pistoffs have always been the most defensive oriented of the DDG teams, and they showed why.

Going into this game, some people wondered if the Pistolwhippers would have any chance at all, as the ‘Whippers were without Honey Suckit and Killbox, the 2nd and 3rd highest regular season scorers in DDG history. Killbox is also a very hard-nosed defender, leading the league in most penalties and fairly earning her “most feared skater” in the DDG for two years in a row. But, derby must go on, even without all of a team’s skaters, and in that respect the Pistolwhippers team managers Scarlette Fever and Jam Onya (assisted for this game by Honey and Killbox) did a commendable job in motivating their skaters to “hang tough” with the Pistoffs. The ‘Whippers did also have the services of Rock Candy, a veteran two-way player who was subbing courtesy of the Devil’s Night Dames. It should also be noted that the Pistoffs were missing veteran blocker Smashing Darling who was sidelined with an injury.

Cassie Corridor opened the scoring in the 1st jam of period 1, outscoring the Pistoffs Rude Awakening to give the ‘Whippers a quick 4-0 lead. But then Effin’ Money tied it for the Pistoffs in the 2nd jam at 4-4. Jam 3 saw the Pistoffs go ahead 8-7 as Vega Vendetta bested Rock Candy 4-3. That was to be the last Pistoffs lead until very late in the game. In jam 4, Kat Von D’Stroya scored a Grand Slam and a 5-0 jam over Effin’ Money, and the ‘Whippers led 12-8. The highest scoring jam of the 1st period came in jam 11 when the Pistoffs Cookie Rumble and ‘Whippers Del Bomber skated to an 8-8 jam in a jam that had no lead jammer and so went the full 2 minutes. The period was fairly evenly played, the ‘Whippers got 6 lead jams to the Pistoffs 5 leads. Kat Von D’Stroya jammed four times, getting lead each of those jams, and outscored the Pistoffs 10-0 in those jams. And she usually got lead jam within 15 seconds of the start of the jam. In jam 6, Kat had lead jammer but got sent to the penalty box after scoring 2 points. Her teammates held off the Pistoffs jammer, Violet-N-Deed, for the full two minute jam without allowing Violet to score. In the period, whichever jammer managed to get lead jammer would come around and score and then call the jam before the other jammer could score. The entire period was close blocking, the Pistoffs failing to score in 6 of the 12 jams, and the ‘Whippers being held scoreless in 3 jams.

In period 2, Cassie Corridor of the ‘Whippers got lead jammer in the 1st jam, but got knocked down and couldn’t call it off before the Pistoffs Effin’ Money scored a point. The Pistolwhippers built their lead to 16 points, 44-28, after 5 jams although the Pistoffs did somewhat close the gap and the ‘Whippers led by only 8 points at the end of the 2nd period. This period was even more defensive than the 1st, with the Pistoffs outscoring the Pistolwhippers in the period by a 16-15 margin. The ‘Whippers were shutout in 8 of the 13 jams, and the Pistoffs were blanked in 7 jams. Vega Vendetta did manage to skate to a 7-0 advantage for the Pistoffs in jam 6 when the ‘Whippers Cassie Corridor got sent to the box. That jam also featured a hard blindside hit by the Pistoffs Cookie Rumble on Holly Crap. But most of the rest of the jams were merely an exercise in blocking if not in scoring. I noted at the time that the first two periods featured “slow grinding defense.” There was a brief scare in jam 5 when the Pistoffs Elle McFearsome got knocked down in the pack and got (accidentally) kicked in the helmet. She was a little slow to get up after that, but then did arise and appeared to be OK the rest of the game.

The 3rd period got more lively, and really got the crowd fired up. Effin’ Money tried to start a Pistoffs comeback in jam 1 with a 4-1 win over Rock Candy. After a scoreless 2nd jam, Cassie Corridor took advantage of the Pistoffs jammer Effin’ Money going to the penalty box and dealt a 6-3 jam win for the Pistolwhippers to regain an 8 point lead, 56-48, at that point. And in the next two jams, the ‘Whippers fans were getting delirious as the ‘Whippers Del Bomber and Kat Von D’Stroya outscored the Pistoffs 8-0 to get to a 64-48 lead, tying the ‘Whippers biggest lead of the game at 16 points. But then Pistoffs Captain Cookie Rumble took charge of the game in jam 6, outscoring Cassie Corridor 9-0 to cut the ‘Whippers lead to 64-57. It was the turn of the Pistoffs fans to start cheering loudly. Then in jams 7, 9, and 10 the Pistoffs jammers Effin’ Money, Elle McFearsome, and Effin’ (again) rang up 16 Pistoffs points while the Pistoffs blockers were shutting out the ‘Whippers in those jams. The Pistoffs jammers scored Grand Slams in the last two of those jams. Suddenly, the Pistoffs, who had been trailing by 16 points, were in the lead 73-64. In the middle of that run, in jam 8, the Pistolwhippers started the jam with their jammer in the box, and then Pistoffs jammer Cookie Rumble got whistled to the box only a few seconds after the jam started, so play was stopped (the rules say you can’t continue a jam with both jammers in the penalty box, besides, there’s no point in playing without jammers!) and each team had to pick a player from the track to become their jammer in a new jam. Time was now running short for the Pistolwhippers, but they gave it a game try until the end. The ‘Whippers Kat Von D’Stroya got lead jammer in jam 11 but was only able to skate to a 3-3 tie against Cookie Rumble. Then the Pistoffs got lead jammer in the final two jams of the period and were able to call the jams just when the ‘Whippers got within smelling distance of the pack and so the ‘Whippers could not score to close the gap. The game ended in a win for the Pistoffs by a 77-67 score, although the Pistolwhippers gave them a scare and a skate for their money! And even though the teams fought down to the wire, they skated a fairly clean game as exemplified just before the final jam of the game when jammers Cookie Rumble and Del Bomber exchanged pleasantries just before the whistle blew and they then started trying to out skate the other.

Leading scorer in the game was Effin’ Money of the Pistoffs with 30 points while jamming 14 times, getting 6 leads and scoring 2 Grand Slams. Other Pistoffs scorers: Cookie Rumble (20 pts, 5 jams, 2 leads, 1 slam); Vega Vendetta (15 pts, 5 jams, 3 leads, 1 slam); Elle McFearsome (9 pts, 5 jams, 2 leads, 1 slam); Violet-N-Deed (2 pts, 5 jams, 2 leads); Justass (1 pt, 3 jams, 1 lead); Rude Awakening (0 pts, 1 jam). The Pistolwhippers got fairly even scoring from a four jammer rotation, lead by Cassie Corridor with 20 points in 11 jams with 6 leads. Other Pistolwhippers scorers: Del Bomber (17 pts, 6 jams, 3 leads); Kat Von D’Stroya (16 pts, 10 jams, 7 leads, 3 slams); Rock Candy (14 pts, 10 jams, 3 leads).

Leading blocker of the game was Most Valuable Player of the game Cookie Rumble of the Pistoffs with 27 defensive blocks and 22 assists. Bikini Killer also skated another fine defensive game for the Pistoffs with 21 blocks and 11 assists. The Pistolwhippers Diesel Doll was outstanding with 30 defensive blocks as was Cold Fusion with 23 blocks and 10 assists.

The Pistoffs are now pretty well assured of regaining a trip to the championship game to attempt to regain their championship they last won in 2006 as they lead the league with a 2-0 record. They have one remaining game vs. the Devil’s Night Dames on April 12. The Pistolwhippers are all but eliminated from maintaining their current 2007 championship as they are now 0-2, with one game remaining vs. the D-Funk Allstars on March 8. The ‘Whippers must win their game and then hope that both D-Funk and the Pistoffs can defeat the Dames in order for the ‘Whippers to have a chance to return to the championship game for 2008. The DDG championship will be decided between the two teams with the best record. That championship game will be played on May 10.

The next DDG game is Saturday, February 9, featuring the 1-0 Devil’s Night Dames with Racer McChaseHer vs. the 0-1 D-Funk Allstars of Black Eyed Skeez. The D-Funk won the first two matches between these two teams, 146-102 in 2006 and 204-131 in 2007, so it promises to be a high-scoring game. Come down to the Drill Hall in the historic Masonic Temple in downtown Detroit, Michigan and enjoy every hard-hitting, fast-skating jam! Doors open at 6:00pm, game starts at 7:00pm. Tickets are $12 in advance, and $15 at the door. The January 12 game was sold out, so buy your tickets early to avoid getting shut out of watching your favorite sport–derby! Children 12 and younger are free with an adult. Check out http://www.detroitderbygirls.com for more information.

2008 Detroit Derby Girls regular season game 2: Detroit Pistoffs 102

Posted on December 10, 2007

– December 8, 2007
– Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI
– by Rusty Wheeler

While it wasn’t quite a case of “old age and treachery overcoming youth and skill,” the superior experience of the Detroit Pistoffs enabled them to easily defeat the D-Funk Allstars 102-59 in the Drill Hall at the Masonic Temple in Detroit, Michigan. Going into the game, the Pistoffs roster featured 11 players with a total of 94 derby games of experience, while D-Funk had only 10 players on wheels with a total of 29 games of experience. And 14 of those experience-games belonged to team captain Black Eyed Skeez. The Allstars had to borrow Kat Von D’Stroya from the Pistolwhippers just to have 10 players for the game, as they were missing Juicy Contusion and Tiny Ninja due to injuries, and assistant captain Cat’s Meow is on maternity leave. The Allstars were also hard hit in the off season when they lost four experienced skaters to other teams. The Allstars had five rookies (Eight Mile Rose, Fatal Femme, Polly Fester, Roxanna Hardplace, Seoul Slayer) in their
lineup compared to only two “fresh meat” (Beaver Fever, Violet-N-Deed) for the Pistoffs.

But derby is derby, and teams must compete with what they have. That being said, the D-Funk Allstars made a good accounting of themselves in the game’s opening period. Rookie Polly Fester jammed for D-Funk in the opening jam against the Pistoffs Rude Awakening. Polly got lead jammer when the Allstars Fatal Femme took a well earned major penalty by wiping out the Pistoffs jammer, thus also enabling Polly to score a
grand slam and a 5-0 lead for the Allstars. The Pistoffs Elle McFearsome countered in jam 2, passing easily through the pack on the inside and scoring a grand slam of her own in a 9-3 jam over Ima Wrecker to give the Pistoffs a 9-8 lead. Then it was Polly Fester’s
turn again in jam 3, besting former D-Funker Vega Vendetta 4-1 and flipping the score to 12-10 for the Allstars. Polly got the lead, scored, and quickly called off the jam, just the way the derby textbooks say to do it (that is, if there were any derby textbooks around!). In the 5th jam of the opening period, Kat Von D’Stroya leaped over Elle McFearsome’s attempted leg block to score another 4-1 jam for the Allstars, putting the D-Funk lead back at five points, 16-11. Then after the Pistoffs Cookie Rumble and D-Funk’s Roxanna Hardplace skated to a 3-3 deadlock in jam 6, the Pistoffs Vega Vendetta jammed three
times consecutively (spending a minute in the penalty box along the way), outscoring the D-Funk 15-7 in those jams to put the Pistoffs back on top, 29-26. The Pistoffs couldn’t score in the final three jams of the period, while Polly Fester scored a 4-0 jam in jam 11 to make the score at the first intermission 30-29 for the D-Funk. Things were looking OK for the Allstars at that point, and it looked like their rookies would be able to skate with the Pistoffs.

As compared to the opening game of the ’08 DDG season when the Devil’s
Night Dames defeated the Pistolwhippers 151-138, and where the jammers eschewed calling off jams and instead went around for second and third scoring passes even though that allowed the opposition jammer to also score, in the 1st period of this Pistoffs-Allstars game the jammers were almost universally getting lead jammer status, scoring, and then
calling the jam before the other jammer could score. Each team had five leads, and two jams went the full two minutes without a lead jammer. And there was some nice blocking in the period. In jam 8, the Pistoffs Cookie Rumble wiped out the D-Funk jammer Damsel Distresser, causing Damsel to get stuck in the pack while the Pistoffs jammer Vega Vendetta was able to come out of the penalty box and circle the track. And then
on that same jam Cookie’s sister, Elle McFearsome, tripped Damsel. Elle received her 4th minor penalty which sent her to the box, but Damsel did not score on that jam. The final jam of the 1st period started with only 55 seconds left on the clock, and the Pistoffs Rude Awakening got lead, but was passed by the Allstars Kat Von D’Stroya. Rude then waited
until Kat got near the back of the pack and then adroitly called the jam.

In the 2nd period, the Pistoffs asserted themselves and had their way with the Allstars. Rude Awakening jammed the 1st jam versus Black Eyed Skeez. Rude got lead, Skeez got stuck in the pack, Rude scored, then called the jam winning the jam 4-0 and putting the Pistoffs in front to stay, leading at that time 33-30. Effin’ Money made it another 4-0 jam
over Polly Fester and the Allstars in the 2nd jam, giving the Pistoffs a 37-30 lead. And it got far worse for the D-Funkers after that. In the 2nd period, the Pistoffs outscored D-Funk by a 42-6 margin, shutting D-Funk out in nine of the period’s 12 jams. The Pistoffs were aided in that by grabbing lead in nine jams to only two leads for D-Funk. And
the hits just kept on comin’ in the period. The 3rd jam was scoreless between Black Eyed Skeez and Vega Vendetta, and during that jam Skeez was abusing Vega behind the pack. It wasn’t until there were only 26 seconds left in that jam when Skeez finally got lead for D-Funk, and there wasn’t enough time to jet around the pack to score. Kat Von D’Stroya got the only other lead for D-Funk in jam 5, although she had to survive a hard hit from Cookie Rumble. In that jam, the Pistoffs Devil Kitty picked up a major penalty for taking Kat down from behind, and before Kat could recover and call the jam, she was outscored 4-3 by the opportunistic Vega Vendetta. In jam 8, Cookie Rumble bounced Polly Fester off the hardwood. In jam 9, Polly was jamming for D-Funk and got sent to the box. The Pistoffs blockers astutely slowed the pack to make it easier for their jammer Vega Vendetta to come around and score a grand slam. And the D-Funkers were dishing out the hits, too. In jam 11, Vega was lead jammer but was passed by Roxanna Hardplace who then was banished to the penalty box leaving the Allstars without a jammer. Vega had scored seven points on that jam when Black Eyed Skeez sent Vega flying off the track, almost landing in the announcer’s table. Instead of getting up and continuing, Vega decided she had enough points for that jam and called it off. And then in the final jam of the
period, jam 12, the Pistoffs Bikini Killer wasted Roxanna when Roxanna came out of the penalty box, driving poor Ms. Hardplace into the media seating. After two periods, the Pistoffs easily led 71-36.

The D-Funk Allstars rebounded somewhat in the 3rd period and played theDetroit Pistoffs somewhat evenly. Each team got lead in five of the 11 jams, and although the Pistoffs had the edge in scoring 31-23 in the period, it was still hard-hitting derby action throughout. Polly Fester tried to get her team back into it with a 5-0 grand slam jam to open the period, but then Elle McFearsome answered for the Pistoffs with a 7-1 grand slam jam of her own. The Pistoffs got three more grand slams later in the period from Elle, Cookie Rumble, and Effin’ Money, while Polly and Ima Wrecker slammed the Pistoffs twice more. The blockers continued hitting anything that moved on the track right to the very end, and on the very last jam with about 29 seconds left in the game, D-Funk’s Ima Wrecker got sent to the penalty box. The Pistoffs Bikini Killer waved a “bye bye” to Ima as she left the track. At the end of the game, the scoreboard said it all: Detroit Pistoffs 102, D-Funk
Allstars 59.

For the statistically minded, the Pistoffs Vega Vendetta led all scorers with 41 points while jamming 14 times. She got lead 6 times, and tallied 1 grand slam. Other Pistoffs scorers: Elle McFearsome (25 pts, 5 jams, 2 leads, 3 slams); Effin’ Money (20 pts, 7 jams, 6 leads,
1 slam); Cookie Rumble (12 pts, 4 jams, 2 leads, 1 slam); Rude Awakening (4 pts, 4 jams, 2 leads); Violet-N-Deed (0 pts, 1 jam, 1 lead). Polly Fester led the D-Funk with a fine rookie performance of 25 points in 12 jams, 4 leads, and 3 grand slams. Other D-Funk scorers:
Ima Wrecker (13 pts, 6 jams, 3 leads, 1 slam); Kat Von D’Stroya (12 pts, 5 jams, 3 leads); Roxanna Hardplace (6 pts, 7 jams); Eight Mile Rose (3 pts, 1 jam, 1 lead); Black Eyed Skeez (0 pts, 2 jams, 1 lead); Damsel Distresser (0 pts, 2 jams).

The Pistoffs Elle McFearsome was named Most Valuable Player of the game. Besides scoring 25 points, Elle also racked up 26 defensive blocks, 8 assists, and was a plus 45 for the game while skating in 57% of the jams. Her sister Cookie Rumble also skated a typically outstanding game, with 12 points, 34 defensive blocks, 15 assists, plus 49 while skating in 74% of the jams. The Pistoffs also relied on their experienced blocking corps of Bikini Killer (36 blocks, 74%), Smashing Darling (28 blocks, 57%), and Rude Awakening (24 blocks, 57%). Rookies Violet-N-Deed and Beaver Fever only skated in 23% and 11% of the jams respectively.

For the D-Funk, Black Eyed Skeez had a very strong game with 36 defensive blocks while skating in a phenomenal 83% of the jams. Rookie Fatal Femme skated in 71% of the jams for D-Funk while earning 24 blocks and Damsel Distresser tabulated 30 blocks while skating 60% of the jams. Other D-Funk rookies gained a lot of track time in this game.
Polly Fester skated in 54% of the jams, Roxanna Hardplace 51%, Eight Mile Rose 40%, and Seoul Slayer 17%.

Although they were beaten by 43 points, D-Funk captain Black Eyed Skeez did a pretty good job assembling a raw bunch of recruits in the past few months and turning them into a derby team. Aside from the disastrous 2nd period, they did manage to win the 1st period and only lost the 3rd period by eight points. With a bit more experience for their rookies, the D-Funk can only move up in the standings.

The Pistoffs are now in the lead for the 2008 DDG regular season with a 1-0 record and a +43 points differential. The Devil’s Night Dames are also 1-0, but are only +13 so they are technically in second place. The Pistolwhippers are third at 0-1 and -13, while the D-Funk Allstars are last at 0-1 and -43.

The next DDG regular season game is on Saturday, January 12, when the Detroit Pistoffs return to action vs. the Pistolwhippers. These two teams have met twice before. The first meeting was for the 2006 DDG Championship which the Pistoffs won 121-113. The Pistolwhippers won the rematch in the 2007 regular season 125-122. So who will win is anyone’s guess. You can see all of the action for yourself by coming out to the Masonic Temple in Detroit, Michigan. Doors open at 6:00 pm, action starts on the track at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Check out http://www.detroitderbygirls.com for more info.

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2008 DDG Season Opener: Devil’s Night Dames 151 vs. Pistolwhippers 138

Posted on November 13, 2007

– November 10, 2007
– Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI
– by Rusty Wheeler

In a rematch of the two teams who battled for the 2007 Detroit Derby Girls championship, the runners-up of 2007, the Devil’s Night Dames, outscored last season’s champs, the Pistolwhippers, to win a wild shootout by a 151-138 score. Last season’s Rookie of the Year, Racer McChaseHer, led the way for the Dames by scoring 78 points, breaking her old league record of most points in a game. Also for the Dames, Vicious Vixen, who previously skated for the D-Funk Allstars, tallied 44 points and played very determinedly on defense, punishing many Whippers with devastating hits. Vicious had played 14 previous games overall with the DDG, and had only scored six points on five jams. A fine effort was wasted for the Whippers by their assistant captain, Killbox, who jammed to the tune of 63 points, her personal best and putting her over the 400 points career mark. It was also the 5th best tally by any DDG jammer in any game. Killbox also delivered many hard hits in the game, proving again why she is one of the best two-way players in the DDG.

While the game featured many hard hits, it also saw most lead jammers declining to call off jams after they had scored to prevent the other team’s jammer from scoring. Instead, the lead jammers almost always went around for another pass. And in spite of some fast-skating packs, the jammers were absolutely whizzing around the track at a frightful pace and would catch the pack to rack up more points.

The very first jam of the game set the tone of what was to come. The Whippers’ Killbox matched up against the Dames’ Rock Candy, and the jam was scored 7-7. Then it was the Dames’ Racer McChaseHer besting Del Bomber 9-4, with a grand slam, in jam 2 to give the Dames a 16-11 lead. Del was the lead jammer, but didn’t call the jam. In the 4th jam, the Dames’ Vicious Vixen, in her first jam of the game, outscored Kat Von D’Stroya 12-4 with two grand slams. Vicious did finally call off the jam when she was floored by a vicious hit by the Whippers Holly Crap. That gave the Dames a 31-18 lead. In jam 7, Killbox got tossed in the box with a major penalty for wiping out the Dames jammer Dire Skates on a large hit, but it allowed the Dames Honey Suckit to get lead jammer and score a 4-0 jam. After 12 jams total, the 1st period ended in favor of the Dames, 49-40.

The second period was even more high-scoring than the first. In spite of the Dames using the slogan “burn it down!,” it was the Whippers who were on fire to start the period. In the 1st jam, the Dames lost their lead jammer, Lady Macdeath, to the box, so the Whippers’ Honey Suckit then proceeded to rack up a 16-0 jam, with three grand slams. Honey adroitly didn’t call the jam with the opposition being jammerless, but skated hard for the full two minutes, even passing on the inside right at the very end of the jam to score a couple of more points. That put the Whippers in front for the first time in the game, 56-49. The 2nd jam was Killbox vs. Racer again, and that jam was a 12-12 affair. But then instead of burnin’ it down, the Dames put out the Whippers fire in the next three jams, outscoring the Whippers 11-0 to regain the lead at 72-68. Vicious Vixen pulled off another outstanding jam for the Dames in jam 6, outscoring Diesel Doll 13-0 with two grand slams, to make it 85-73 in favor of the Dames. But the Whippers weren’t through. Killbox scored a 10-0 jam over Racer in jam 8 when Racer went to the box, cutting the Dames lead to 85-84. Jam 9 saw the Whippers’ Diesel Doll outscore Vicious Vixen 7-4 to put the Whippers back in front 91-89. Unfortunately for the Whippers, Diesel was sent to the box immediately after the jam, as apparently she had picked up a 4th minor penalty. In the ensuing 10th jam of the 2nd period, the Whippers were sans jammer and the Dames’ Rock Candy scored a 3-0 jam to once again flop the score to the Dames favor, 92-91. Then Racer McChaseHer once again raced to a 9-0 jam in jam 11 to give the Dames the lead, 101-91. There was one final jam in the period, but with only 30 seconds on the clock there was no scoring to close the period with the Dames holding a 10 point lead.

The 3rd period started off a bit more defensively than the first two periods. In the first four jams of the period the Dames added 15 points to the Whippers 9, and then in jam 5 the Dames’ Lady Macdeath pulled herself off the track, and skated slowly around the track towards her team’s bench while she was holding her left shoulder. When she got to her bench and took a knee, the refs quickly called off the jam and the EMTs got to work on Lady. Eventually Lady had her left shoulder wrapped in elastic bandages and she was wheeled off for a trip to hospital for an appointment with a doctor. It was reported after the game that Lady did indeed suffer a broken collarbone. It should be pointed out that the Detroit derby scene does an excellent job at handling injuries, and skater safety is almost of paramount importance. After the injury was attended to, it was reported that the Dames’ Racer McChaseHer had racked up another 5-0 jam on that jam, making the score 121-100 for the Dames. After the somewhat lengthy delay for Lady’s injury, Racer skated two more consecutive jams, scoring zero and nine points in them. After seven jams of the 3rd period, the Dames led it 130-104. The crowd seemed to lose a little enthusiasm at that time, although the Dames fans still displayed their “Sink the Pink” signs (pink being the uniform colors of the Whippers). But yet the Whippers were not through. Skating as befitting the 2007 league champs, Honey outscored Vicious 9-1 in jam 8 and Killbox bested Vicious 5-0 in jam 9 to cut the Dames lead to 131-118. Then Racer appeared to ice the game for the Dames in jam 10, outscoring Del Bomber 12-8 to make it 143-126 for the Dames with only a few minutes remaining in the 3rd period. But again the Whippers countered in jam 11, with Killbox going 12-1 over Vicious to make the game 144-138 in favor of the Dames. Now the Whippers fans were frantic with anticipation, whilst the Dames fans were in danger of falling off the edges of their seats. Just enough time for one final jam, and the Dames did indeed hold on as they sent out Racer McChaseHer, and Racer easily outscored the Whippers’ Cassie Corridor 7-0 to salt away the game for the Dames, 151-138. On that final jam, Racer broke her own league record of 75 points in a single game which she had set in her very first game in the DDG, finishing the night with 78 points. That final jam also put her over 600 career points (counting both regular league and travel team points), the first DDG skater to attain that mark.

Scoring by period: Dames 49-52-50 (151); Whippers 40-51-47 (138).

Jammer stats (unofficial): Dames: Racer McChaseHer (78 points, 15 jams, 8 leads, 3 slams); Vicious Vixen (44 points, 10 jams, 3 leads, 5 slams); Rock Candy (24 points, 8 jams, 5 leads, 1 slam); Dire Skates (5 points, 2 jams); Lady Macdeath (0 points, 1 jam, 1 lead). Whippers: Killbox (63 points, 10 jams, 6 leads, 2 slams); Honey Suckit (43 points, 14 jams, 7 leads, 5 slams); Diesel Doll (12 points, 3 jams, 1 lead); Del Bomber (12 points, 4 jams, 1 lead); Kat Von D’Stroya (4 points, 1 jam); Cassie Corridor (4 points, 3 jams, 1 lead).

The next Detroit Derby Girls home game is Saturday, December 8, featuring the Detroit Pistoffs vs. the D-Funk Allstars. The action takes place in the Drill Hall at the Masonic Temple, 500 Temple St, Detroit, MI. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Note the new time for all DDG games: Doors open at 6:00 pm, games start at 7:00 pm. Check the website at <http://www.detroitderbygirls.com/> for the latest info about the Detroit Derby Girls games and appearances.

Sin City Neanderdolls 75 at Detroit Derby Girls 129

Posted on October 16, 2007

– October 12, 2007
– Detroit, MI
– by Rusty Wheeler

The Detroit Derby Girls gained a measure of revenge by whipping the Sin City Neanderdolls 129-75 at the Masonic Temple in downtown Detroit. The bout was a deferred rematch, harkening back to when Sin City beat Detroit 145-92 in Las Vegas way back on March 25, 2006. That match was the first ever “travel” match for Detroit (Vegas had been bouting for about a year at that time), and only the second match ever for the fledgling DDG skaters. Detroit has come a long way since that first Sin City match, up to a Nationals bid, and it showed on October 12.

It seems that many times home teams jump out to an early lead based on their “home floor” advantage, but on October 12, Sin City jumped into an early 9-4 lead after two jams. After seven jams, Sin City led 18-11, and after the 9th jam it was 23-13 in favor of the visitors from way out west. It was beginning to look like the match would possibly be a repeat of the first meeting between these two teams. Detroit regrouped, reevaluated and took charge in the final three jams of the 1st period. Detroit’s Racer McChaseHer outscored captain Ivanna S. Pankin of Sin City by an 18-6 margin in two of those jams, and D-town’s Rock Candy chipped in with a 1-0 jam to give Detroit the lead 32-29 by the first intermission. The first period featured fairly slow, organized packs, with both teams focusing on solid defense. Detroit’s “Most Feared Skater” (’06 and ’07) Killbox started doing some serious “head-hunting” wiping out a few Neanderdolls, including Sin City’s Bruce Killis in a most spectacular way in the 9th jam. Cookie Rumble also took a well-timed major penalty in the 8th jam when she floored Sin City’s jammer Skid (receiving a 20 ft. penalty), allowing Detroit’s Racer McChaseHer to get by and take lead jammer, which ended up a 2-0 jam for Detroit.

The 2nd period saw Detroit take firm charge of the game. Racer McChaseHer, who had 24 points in the 1st period, opened the scoring with a 9-4 jam over SCRG’s Bruce Killis. Then D-town jammers Rock Candy and Honey Suckit outscored SC in the next two jams 9-4. The following two jams saw Detroit’s Racer and Killbox outscore Sin City 9-0, then in the 6th jam Racer pulled off a 14-0 jam to give Detroit a 73-37 lead about halfway through the 2nd period. Detroit’s blockers played smart during that time, slowing the pack enough to help Detroit’s jammers come around to score. There were times when the D-town blockers slowed the majority of the pack to put a couple of Sin City blockers too far in front of the pack to legally block, and so the Neanderdolls blockers had to meekly yield and allow Detroit’s jammers to pick up easy points. All in all, Detroit’s blocking shut out Sin City in four of the first six jams of the 2nd period, and shut them out in eight of the period’s 13 jams. At one point, after 10 jams, Detroit had doubled Sin City’s score, leading 82-41, but then SC’s Bruce Killis outscored Elle McFearsome 11-4, cutting the lead to 31. That jam, the period’s 11th, was the highlight of the 2nd period for Sin City. Detroit led after two periods, 90-53. Unfortunately for Sin City, they lost their leading jammer, Ivanna S. Pankin, to an aggravated injury in the 3rd jam. Ivanna came back and tried to skate in the 6th jam, but she took herself out of the game. She had scored 20 points (54% of Sin City’s points at that time) in the game up to that point.

The 3rd period saw fatigue became a major factor, but the hard hitting and head hunting continued. The packs began to string out, and it seemed that Sin City was worn down. Detroit’s Racer McChaseHer only skated the first jam of the 3rd period, scoring 6 points to give her 67 for the game, her 2nd-best effort ever in the 10 games she has now skated. She also is the career points leader for Detroit with 528 points, passing Honey Suckit, who had been the career points leader. Both Honey and Racer scored their 500th career points in the game. Racer scored her 500th point in the 6th jam of the 2nd period. Honey Suckit tallied 10 points in the game, giving her exactly 500 career points, scoring her 500th point in the 4th jam of the 3rd period. Detroit’s blockers once again skated well and shut out the Neanderdolls in six of the 3rd period’s 12 jams, including holding the Neanderdolls scoreless in the last four jams of the game.

When the game was over, Detroit had won it 129-75, and there was much rejoicing amongst the Detroit players and fans. Detroit’s Killbox was named MVP of the game. Detroit’s Racer McChaseHer was the Jammer of the Game, scoring a game-high 67 points in 11 jams. Other Detroit scorers were Killbox, 21 pts (6 jams); Vega Vendetta, 15 (4); Honey Suckit, 10 (7), Rock Candy, 5 (2); Elle McFearsome, 4 (1); Cookie Rumble, 4 (4); Del Bomber, 3 (2).
Scoring for Sin City were Skid, 26 pts (11 jams); Ivanna S. Pankin, 20 (7); Bruce Killis, 15 (Trish the Dish, 7 (2); Pearly Gates, 4 (4); Victory Lane, 3 (1).

Sin City travelled to Grand Rapids to battle the Grand Raggity Rollergirls on October 13. Detroit’s travel team is on a break so the skaters can prepare for the opener of their 2007-2008 home season with a rematch of last year’s championship bout between the defending DDG Champions - the Pistolwhippers, and the runners-up from ’07 – the Devil’s Night Dames.

The DDG home season opens on November 10, and bouts will be every second Saturday through May. The DDG are offering presale tickets this season, and they could save you a few bucks so check out www.detroitderbygirls.com for info on this and other upcoming events.

Detroit’s next travel team game is scheduled for January 19th, 2008 against the Ohio Rollergirls in Columbus,OH.

Diary of a Detroit Derby Announcer - Regionals Day 2

Posted on August 20, 2007

August 18 Heartland Havoc travel report from Rusty Wheeler

Saturday, August 18, dawned clear and bright over Columbus, Ohio, scene of day 2 of the Heartland Havoc roller derby tournament. Had a cheap breakfast in the food court, sitting at a table with a couple of folks (a skater and ref) from a Kentucky roller derby league.

I proceeded to Battelle Hall to watch the first match of the day between the #7 seeded Windy City Rollers (obviously from Chicago with a name like that) and the #1 seeded “Dairyland Dolls” from the Mad Rollin’ Dolls in Madison, Wisconsin. Windy City came out on fire, and throttled the Dairyland jammers, and then took charge of all aspects of the game. Windy City won in an upset, 94-63.

That brought up the second game of the day, the #9 seeded Detroit Derby Girls vs. the #2 seeded Minnesota RollerGirls. Since Minnesota had brought their announcer, Scotty Cruz, and because Ohio’s announcer, Tank, wanted only three total announcers for a bout, Big Poppa Razzi and I decided to alternate periods between us. Poppa took the 1st and 3rd periods, and I took the second.

I was really worried about playing Minnesota. Going by past records, Minny had played Carolina pretty even, and back in march, Carolina stomped Detroit’s butts flat. But hey, anything can happen in a derby game, right? So, then, let’s rrrrrrrrrrroooooooooooooooooooollllllllllll!!!!!

Racer McChaseHer took the first jam of the game vs. Minnesota’s Roxanne Rolls, and Racer outscored Roxanne 4-3. Then DDG’s Honey Suckit upped the score to 8-3. On the 3rd jam of the 1st period, Minny’s Desi Cration skated a double Grand Slam and outscored DDG’s Elle McFearsome 10-4 to put Minny up 13-8. Uh oh, I thought, here we go (oh, me of little faith!). Next Racer outscored Suzi Smashbox 7-4 to cut the Minny lead to 17-15, then DDG’s Killbox outscored Minny’s Roxanne Rolls 6-4 to tie the score at 21-21. Well, that certainly looked better on the scoreboard, I thought. It also helped that Minny’s jammer went to the penalty box during the jam. Minny’s jammer started the next jam, and DDG’s Vega Vendetta took advantage, racking up nine points to none for Minny, giving Detroit the lead, 30-21. The next jam between DDG’s Honey Suckit and Minny’s Jawbreaker produced no score. By the end of the period, Minnesota got a little closer, but Detroit still led 38-33. Yay!

DDG’s Racer McChaseHer opened the 2nd period with a Grand Slam, scoring eight points to zero while giving Detroit a 46-33 lead. Then Minny grabbed lead jammer status three straight jams, but only cut Detroit’s lead to 54-43. Detroit then took charge, getting lead jammer four straight jams and outscoring Minnesota 14-6 to then lead 68-49. But then Detroit was shut out five straight jams to close the period, with Minnesota getting lead jammer each of those five jams, and scoring 17 points. Ouch. At the end of the 2nd period, Detroit led by an all too slim margin of 68-66. Momentum was clearly on the side of the Minnesota RollerGirls.

The third period opened, and the entire Detroit team shifted their play into a higher gear. Detroit’s jammers got the lead eight straight times. Detroit also shut out Minnesota for the first five jams. Detroit shut them out 6 out of the first 8 of those jams, and only allowed five points while Detroit’s jammers scored 20 points. At that point Detroit led 88-71, and time was running low. But I also have to clearly state that the reason Detroit played so well with getting lead jammer, was not just because of the jammers’ abilities, but also because of the superb job Detroit’s blockers did in bottling up Minnesota’s jammers while simultaneously clearing paths for DDG’s jammers to get through. It was magnificent skating!

There were only three jams to go, and Detroit outscored Minnesota 11-6 in those jams, with Racer McChaseHer sealing the deal with eight points on the last jam, giving Detroit a well-earned 99-77 victory. It was also the second major upset of the day. It also meant the Detroit qualified to attend the national roller derby championship tournament in Austin, Texas at the end of September! Mamma Morphine (Morphine’s mom) of the Texas Rollergirls was in attendance at the Heartland Havoc bout selling tickets to the national tournament, and even better was the fact she was wearing a black DDG hoody all during the Detroit-Minnesota bout! (Thank you, Mamma Morphine!)

For those who are statistically minded, top scorers were: For Detroit: Racer McChaseHer 46 points, Killbox 19, Vega Vendetta 13, Honey Suckit 12, Rock Candy 9. For Minnesota: Desi Cration 24 points, Suzie Smashbox 19, Jawbreaker 15, Roxanne Rolls 7, Harmony Killerbruise 4, Rebel Stella 4, Voodoo Prodigy 4.

Other games after Detroit’s game on Saturday night saw New York’s Gotham Girls destroy the Philly (Philadelphia) Rollergirls 139-81. Philadelphia had a bye the previous day, being out of the top four seeds (seeded #4), but Gotham, the #5 seed, easily handled them. About two-thirds of the way through the first period, the score was 13-1 in favor of Gotham. Gotham led 49-35 after one period,and 94-60 after two periods. Gotham’s jammers, especially #55, Suzy Hotrod, will be a handful for Detroit’s blockers on Sunday. Also, Bonnie Thunders, Cheap Skate, and even Beatrix Slaughter will be tough to totally stop. Gotham also has some real tough blockers, in particular the wickedly good Beonslay. After all of DDG’s skaters watched Gotham dismantle Philly, I noticed DDG’s Whiskey Soured hob-nobbing with Beonslay. I told them both I expected to see them joined at the hip in Sunday’s game. They were sharing the derby love, chumming like a couple of old pals. I’ll bet it will be a different kind of derby love (more like derby smackdown!) in Sunday’s game!

There was one final game on Saturday night. It featured the #6 Providence Roller Derby, winners on Friday night over Ohio, playing the rested (due to a bye) #3 seeded Carolina Rollergirls. I was pleased to see that Carolina put a whippin’ on Providence who was led by that sassy Dolly Rocket, Carolina winning by 98-55. I do have to say that Dolly Rocket is a great skater, easily the best skater on Providence. Apparently she is also moving to a different city so that will be Providence’s loss.

Diary of a Detroit Derby Announcer - Regionals Day 1

Posted on August 20, 2007

August 16/17 Heartland Havoc travel report from Rusty Wheeler

Most of the DDG travel team and support staff traveled to Columbus, Ohio, on the evening of Thursday, August 16, to attend the Heartland Havoc roller derby tournament. Twelve WFTDA teams from the East region were attending this event, with the top four finishers earning a trip to the National playoffs in Texas in September.

We arrived in Columbus around 11:30 pm, then checked in at the Hyatt Regency in downtown. I stayed up until 3 am (having stayed up until 2 am the night before) to work on updating DDG stats, just to have a few more tidbits of information to talk about at the bout. I definitely think I go way overboard trying to get the stats updated, I need to stop that stuff!

Awoke at 7am, and just for convenience, ate breakfast in the Hyatt’s restaurant on the 2nd floor, “The Market Stand Cafe.” As usual for a fancy hotel restaurant, it was expensive. I only had two scrambled eggs, sausage, hash browns, and toast, all for $11.50. Yikes.

I then quickly walked several blocks north of the Hyatt along High St (I didn’t see any folks along the way who appeared high, though) to the MoJoe Lounge, where a team captain meeting had started at 8 am. That was followed by a 9 am ref meeting in the same location. I left the ref meeting around 8:45 as I had to walk back to the Hyatt to attend an announcer’s meeting at 10am in the 2nd floor bar (sorry for any drinkers in attendance, but the bar wasn’t serving that early). “The Tank” from the Ohio Roller Girls was coordinating the announcing for the HH tourney, and they went over some things, gave us our admission ID badges, then a short walking tour, showing us the location of the food court - way cheaper than the restaurant where I ate breakfast!

But on to the games!

The first game of Friday was between the #10 seeded Atlanta Rollergirls and the #7 seeded Windy City rollers. Atlanta went out to an early lead, but Windy City came back and took the lead. Windy City ended up winning by a 106-77 score. I was still preparing for the following Detroit (#9) vs. Boston (#8) game. DDG’s Big Poppa Razzi hadn’t arrived, so Baam Baam of the Mad Rollin’ Dolls (Madison, WI) was prepping with me as Tank had assigned him to the game. Poppa Razzi finally arrived about 30 minutes before the DDG game started, so we had three folks talking on the mics.

Announcing was sort of difficult. Where we were sitting, we couldn’t actually hear what was being blasted through the loudspeakers to everyone in attendance, which meant that with the background level of noise we really couldn’t hear our fellow announcers very well. But we weren’t getting body-checked all over the derby track like the derby girls, so we figured it wasn’t too bad of a deal for us low-lifes, uh, I mean announcers!

And what a game it was! Boston’s Sarah Doom outscored DDG’s Rock Candy 4-0 on the very first jam, then Racer McChaseHer outscored Maura Buse 9-0 to put DDG up 9-4. After 6 jams the score was tied 20-20. On the 8th jam of the 1st period, Rock Candy outscored Maura Buse 10-zip as Buse had to go to the penalty box for being naughty. Detroit led after the 1st period, 36-32.

Racer put Detroit up 41-32 after the 1st jam of the 2nd period, but after the 3rd jam, Maura Buse put Boston up 44-41. Summer’s Eve-L had a bit of trouble with naughtiness herself, and managed to go to the penalty box a couple of times while jamming. After 5 jams Boston led 58-44. Boston seemed to sense they had a chance to pull away, but DDG cut the Boston lead to 58-53. At the end of the period Boston led 68-62.

There were seemingly more Boston fans (with signs) than DDG fans in attendance, which was a bit of a disappointment as Detroit is much closer to Columbus than Beantown, but c’est la vie. (By the way, “c’est la vie” is French for “time to cheat!”)

OK, so the 3rd period started with Boston outscoring the big D by 4-0 to then lead 72-62, then Racer outscored Sarah Doom 8-0 to pull Detroit to within 72-70. Finally, on the 5th jam of the 3rd period Killbox scored 4 points to put DDG up 78-77. But then Sarah Doom (pronounced “Doooooooooooooooommmmm” by the way) put Boston up again by 84-78.Then Maura Buse made it 88-79 just past the halfway mark of the 3rd period, and things were starting to look a bit grim for Detroit as time was beginning to run short. Then on the 9th jam of the period, Honey Suckit outscored Maura Buse 10-0 to put DDG up 93-92. Maura had been banished to the Box early in the jam, and Honey took full advantage of Boston skating without a jammer.

This is when the game got to its most intense moments. On the 10th jam of the period, Racer made it a 95-93 game in favor of Detroit. Cookie Rumble and Sarah Doom both were scoreless in the 11th jam. That set up the 12th jam of the 3rd period, with Racer vs. Doom. Racer was trying to pass one last Boston skater which would have given Racer lead jammer status and would have salted away the win, but referee Justice Feelgood Marshall instead penalized Racer for cutting the track, so DDG lost their jammer at a very critical juncture. Then, wouldn’t you know it, Sarah Doom got around the track, and with mere seconds remaining passed two Detroit skaters to tie the score at 95-95 when the clock ran out. If the clock would have had a few more ticks left, she would have passed another Detroit Derby Girl which would have won the game for Boston. As you can guess, the crowd was entirely on their feet during these last few jams, and everyone was going completely nuts. I usually try to not rip the refs too much, but I boldly asserted that ref Marshall had jobbed Racer by giving her a bogus penalty. (Later, after the game, Racer stated that she had cut the track and did deserve the penalty. So I will have to find ref Marshall on Saturday and give him an apology). Still not so sure about that though.

There was one minute rest, and the game went into overtime. There was no lead jammer status to fight over as the jammers began accruing points on their first trip through the pack. This also meant that the jam would last the full two minutes in length. One big problem, though, is that Detroit’s Racer McChaseHer was starting the overtime jam in the penalty box! (Remember that penalty she got on the last jam of regulation time?) However, Racer got out of the box and promptly zoomed around the track twice to Boston’s Maura Buse’s once, outscoring Boston 8-4 on the overtime jam and winning the game for Detroit 103-99. Whew! I think I said “Holy kielbasa!” I was almost speechless, which was OK as announcer Baam Baam was saying something, even though I couldn’t hear what was being said. Detroit players mobbed each other on the track right after the score was posted. I have to say that last jam was so hectic and confusing that I had no clue about what scores might have been achieved until they posted them on the scoreboard. There were players getting knocked down all over the track. Wow. If you missed attending this game, you missed a good one!

Lest it sound like it was the “Racer McChaseHer” (who scored 49 points) show, many Detroit skaters contributed to the bottom line. Honey Suckit scored 16 points, 10 of them very late in the game when they were badly needed. Rock Candy scored 14 points, Vega Vendetta scored 8 points, all in the 1st period. Killbox had 7 points. Cookie Rumble scored 5,and Summer’s Eve-L scored 4.

I haven’t seen the stats regarding blocks and assists and penalties yet (AK 40 oz, Lexpletive, Skid Bro, and Tin Gypsy were working hard all day long — four games in a row), but there were a lot of hard hits dished out in this game. Each team took the hardest hits the other team could dish out, and didn’t back down at all. What a bunch of tough derby girls!

Boston basically went with a three player jammer rotation of Sarah Doom (42 points), Maura Buse (27 points), and Claire D. Way (26 points), however, Claire didn’t jam after the 4th jam of the 3rd period, Boston also jammed Wanda Whipya (1 jam for 4 points) and Lois Common Dominator (1 jam for 0 points).

After the Detroit game, it was a bit of letdown to see our good friends from the Grand Raggity Rollergirls (seeded #11) get blown out by the Gotham Girls (#5). Gotham outscored GRRG by more than 150 points, winning 206-47. GRRG did the best they could, but I have to say that Gotham are like a machine. Their jammers are all fast, and their blockers take every opportunity to deal out punishment to not only the other team’s jammer but also to the other teams blockers. One gal in particular for Gotham, Beonslay, struck me as being particularly difficult to block.

The final game of the evening saw Providence (#6) beat Ohio (#12) 126-99. Providence was firmly in charge, but Ohio made a game out of it. Ohio had cut the lead to only 15 points late in the game before the Easterners pulled away again late.

Dames fire up late to beat the Pistolwhippers

Posted on May 14, 2007

May 12: The Devil’s Night Dames pull out a shocker in a come from behind 16-point win, led by the incredible jamming of rookie Racer McChaseHer (MVP for her second bout in a row) and do it in rocking fashion before a crazed Detroit derby crowd.

The first place Pistolwhippers came in strong and played well on both ends, maintaining the lead for 2 1/2 periods. Assistant captain Killbox was the Defensive Blocker of the Game (14 blocks, and 4 knockdowns), and Diesel Doll had an outstanding game as well with 11 blocks and 2 jammer KD’s for the ‘Whippers.  The rest of their core of blockers held their lines, laid some big hits, and did some of the best positional blocking the DDG has seen (37 booty blocks to the Dames 19).  The Pistolwhippers, though, were hampered by jammer penalties and were skating without Sonic Ruth, who’s usually called upon for a 20 to 30-point performance.  They turned to blockers Del Bomber and Diesel Doll and first time jammer Bytch Ryder who altogether put up 15 points to augment the primary combo of Honey Suckit (whose 52 points helped her surpass 300 career points and Vega Vendetta, putting her 1st all time in Detroit) and Killbox (also reaching a milestone 200 points, thanks to a 33 point bout).  Lack of experienced jammers and a few key jams made all the difference…

After the Dames fought to close the points gap, Racer McChaseHer pulled out a 10-0 double grand slam jam in the third period to give the Dames their first lead (ever as a DDG team).  Pumped up by Racer’s jamming and the roar of the Drill Hall crowd, the Dames pulled further ahead.   Overall, the Dames were just too deep on the jammer line thanks to solid performances by Rock Candy (35 points, 3 grand slams), Summers Eve-L (11 points, 1 slam), and of course Jammer of the Game, rookie sensation Racer McChaseHer (61 points, 6 grand slams and 9 leads).  Toss in 9 points from Dire Skates and (injury substitute) Effin’ Money for a 116 total to the Pistolwhippers 100.

Much credit should go to the pack play of the Dames who out-assisted the Whippers 44-24, and to new manager KillaKimZilla, who managed the Dames to their first ever DDG victory (0-3 in two seasons before Saturday).  Defensively the Pistolwhippers had a slight edge, and handed out 6 more knockdowns, and 8 more defensive blocks, but the focus of the Dames was to keep their jammers moving and helping them through the hard-blocking Pistolwhippers.  The Dames were without the league’s top blocker, Tura Skatana, but got strong performances from captain Lady MacDeath (15 blocks), Racer (7 blocks, 10 assists, and a knockdown), Rock Candy (7 blocks, 6 assists) and Offensive Blocker of the Game Vicious Vixen.  Vixen, who was subbing for the injured Tura, ended up with 14 assists and 15 defensive blocks, a knockdown, and 20 minor penalties.  Vicious Vixen was the night’s penalty queen with 6 minutes in the box.

The win for the Dames brings all four teams’ records to 1-1, and the rankings fall to point differentials, putting D-Funk All Stars (+36) back into first, followed by the Detroit Pistoffs (+34), then the Pistolwhippers (-13) and finally the Dames (-57).  These rankings are only superficial at this point because regardless of past score, whichever teams win the next two bouts will go to the 2007 DDG Championship bout in July.  So come catch this sizzling season roll on as the hot Devil’s Night Dames try to burn down the defending champs, the Detroit Pistoffs on June 2nd at the Masonic Temple in the current center of the sports universe- downtown Detroit!

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