The final bout of the
season for the hometown Corporal Punishers of the Jerzey Derby Brigade was a see-saw
nail-biter that wasn’t decided until the last jam. Brandywine scored the first
points and built up a 20 point lead in the first few minutes. An effective
power jam by #12 Evil Beauty seemed to put Brandywine on course for a
comfortable victory. But jams by #3684 CaliforniKate and #235 A Bomb gave the Corporal
Punishers a one-point 44-43 lead. #1945 Bomb Schell took a 2-point lead back
for Brandywine. Both sides put up strong blocking walls, and it was clear that neither team was going to have an easy time of it. At halftime Brandywine
had a 19-point lead, but this time it seemed anything but secure.
For most of the second
half Brandywine held onto its lead, but with 11 minutes remaining in the bout CaliforniKate
tied up the score 152-152. In the next jam against stiff blocking #8 Li’l MO
Peep pushed the Corporal Punishers into the lead. Evil Beauty took it back for
Brandywine 164-165 and A Bomb reversed it again 167-165. With a minute
remaining, a Corporal Punisher lead 185-170 brought victory within sight, but an
exciting and superb jam by Evil Beauty in the very last jam of the night added
22 points.
Brandywine took the win with
a final score 185 – 192.
MVPs: 1776 Merica (blocker) and #12 Evil Beauty
(jammer) for Brandywine; #93 Freudian Slap (blocker) and #3684 CaliforniKate (jammer)
for the Corporal Punishers.
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