The Jerzey Derby
Brigade (JDB) opened its 2014 season last night with an intraleague bout.
The JDB has a history of playing against itself as a way of honing skills for use
against other leagues. Recently having lost some key skaters to other leagues,
the JDB is wise to continue the practice, Last night it divided itself into the
ad hoc teams of Black and Red.
On paper the teams looked fairly matched, with veteran
jammers (e.g. Maggy Kyllanfall and Lil MO Peep for Black; ASSault Shaker and
Brass Muscles for Red) and blockers (Doom Hilda; Raven Rage, et al.) with
relative newbies. B. Ver Cleaver and InCindyous proved effective for Black,
while Bow Chicka Pow Pow and Apocelyse added power to Red. It didn’t take long
for a difference to emerge, and most of it had to do with stronger Red blocking
slowing down Black jammers. Apocelyse in particular had and especially good
evening jamming for Red. By half-time, Red led 80-25.
The bout became more rough-and-tumble (literally) in the
second half, with the versatile CaliforniKate repeatedly taking down or
knocking out of bounds Red jammers. In an exciting final jam, Chick a Pow Pow
repeatedly changed places with CaliforniKate in the penalty box as each tried
to rack up points in a power jam. The clock ran out with a final score of Red
140, Black 70.
On May 17 we’ll see their combined skills put to the test
when the JDB faces off against the Strong Island Derby Revolution.
OK, maybe I’m
beginning to stretch for “roll” and “skate” references. Neil
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