Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Hell’s Belles entered the final game of the home season in control of their own destiny and were widely expected to take a 5-1 record into the Ivy King Cup Championship on June 20th. A win against the Manic Attackers would put them alone atop the league standings and position the Double Crossers to jump into the title game with a win over The Fury. The only team never to play for the WCR championship, the Manics, held a 3-14 record over the past three years. History favored the Belles. On this night, however, history took a lesson from Ying O’Fire, who scored 19 points on the twelfth jam of the second half and gave the Manics a lead they would not relinquish in route to a 123-112 victory marked by huge hits and heated tempers.

Looking loose and confident in their pace line during Introductions, the Double Crossers circled the track while their leading scorer, Peg Legs, out due to illness, cheered them on in street clothes. The Assassins in Black began this game painfully behind in the tie-breaker category—points scored/points allowed—and needed a win to get into the Ivy King Cup Championship game. The Fury, however, not to be denied their first win of the season, took a 24-12 lead in the eighth jam of the game and never gave it up. Drawing on the finesse of Eva Dead, the jaw-dropping agility of Yvette YourMaker, and punishing defense supplied by Tori Adore and Go-Go Hatchet, the Fury prevailed 93-87.

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