Team captain, Abbey scored two points for the Double Crossers to finally put them on the board in the fourth jam. In the same jam, they lose veteran Nina Faile to a leg injury and the turning point of the bout for the Double Crossers.

Phoebe Fi Fo Fum proved to be the game changer for the Hell’s Belles. She had great poise and resilience under the face of punishment and made short work of the Double Crossers defense. Team captains Mya Ssault and Deb Autry were both dishing out punishment throughout the bout and creating havoc in the front and the back of the pack.

The Double Crossers weren’t able to amass enough points to break the Hell’s Belles lead, but they still managed to go blow for blow and brought some pain of their own to the track. Busty BraBender, Cruel Whip, Julia Rosenwinkel, and Berg were all handing out menacing blows to the ladies in red.

The Hell’s Belles made short work of the Double Crossers, keeping the momentum through most of the bout and tallying a decent spread. The Double Crossers were chipping away at the Hell’s Belles lead, but the points weren’t enough to counter their multiple trips to the penalty box and lack of juice from their jammer pool.

There was no shortage of defense on the Double Crossers side of the scoreboard, but they didn’t have the point-scoring drive needed to put the Hell’s Belles to bed. The Belles performance, winning 89-23, shows that they are in definite contention for a shot at the Ivy King Cup.

Double Crossers

Jammer of the Year: Julia Rosenwinkel

Pivot of the Year: Karmageddon

Blocker of the Year: Georgia On Yer Behind

Rookie of the Year: Sunshine N Painbows

Hell's Belles

Blocker of the Year: Mya Ssault

Jammer of the Year: Shocka Conduit

Pivot of the Year: Pominatrix

Rookie of the Year: Phoebe Fi Fo Fum

Manic Attackers

Jammer of the Year: Zoe Trocious

Pivot of the Year: Mo Vengeance

Blocker of the Year: Bork Bork Bork

Rookie of the Year: Thievin' Tyler

The Fury

Jammer of the Year: Kola Loka

Pivot of the Year: Jackie Daniels

Blocker of the Year: Yvette YourMaker/Sargentina/Ol' Drrrty Go-Go

Rookie of the Year: SpartaKris/Janicide Joplin

All-Stars

MVP of the Year: Jackie Daniels

Jammer of the Year: Varla Vendetta

Pivot of the Year: Hoosier Mama

Blocker of the Year: Bork Bork Bork

Second Wind

MVP of the Year: Ska Face

Jammer of the Year: Ska Face

Pivot of the Year: Mo Vegeance

Blocker of the Year: Tamikaze

Windy City League MVP of the Year: Jackie Daniels

Jammer of the Year: Ska Face

Pivot of the Year: Jackie Daniels

Blocker of the Year: Bork Bork Bork

Hammer Rookie of the Year: Sunshine N Painbows

Referee of the Year: Dr. Vroom

Stat Person of the Year: CleoSmackYa Jones

Support Staff of the Year: Roe DeLeon

Skulls and Crossbones Award: Tamikaze

Seltzer Commissioner: Jackie Daniels

Tequila Mockingbird: SpartaKris

Most Improved: Phoebe Fi Fo Fum

Most Intimidating: Yvette YourMaker

Sweetheart: Zombea Arthur

Golden Tickets: Sunshine N Painbows

Sexy Back: Norma Lee Wright

In the second bout Saturday night at UIC Pavilion, the Manic Attackers took on the Double Crossers.  With their spot in the Ivy King Cup secure due to The Fury’s victory over the Hells Belles in the first bout of the evening, the Manic Attackers looked to build momentum heading towards the championship.  For their part, the Double Crossers looked to end the season on a positive note, despite the fact that they faced a tough uphill fight without a number of their key players including Captain Georgia on Yer Behind, Sassy Squash, Indycent, and Berg.

The Manic Attackers got off to a fast start as Bork Bork Bork, Amy Nonamey, Mo Vengeance, AliSin Chains, and Tamikaze frustrated the Crossers jammers and opened holes for Manic jammers Wreck N Shrew, Zoe Trocious, Beth Amphetamine, and Thieven’ Tyler.  By the fifth jam, the Manics had built a 39-0 lead on rookie Thieven Tyler’s nine point jam.  The Double Crossers refused to go quietly into the night, however, and on the next jam, Crossers Captain Julia Rosenwinkel picked up a grand slam on nice offensive blocking from the Crossers pack.  Abbey then picked up another four points for the Crossers in the seventh jam to give them hope.

Despite inspired and determined play from the Double Crossers pack including Karmageddon, Norma Lee Wright, Joanie Utah, Tina Flay, Miss D. Meaner, Sunshine N Painbows, and Teriyaki, the Manics reasserted control of the pack and built an 80-9 lead by the fourteenth jam.  In the fifteenth jam, rookie Crossers jammer Dani Get Your Guns picked up lead and three points despite starting the jam in the box behind strong defense from Karmageddon, Sunshine N Painbows, and Tina Flay.  To make the Crossers struggle more difficult, the jam ended with Karma injured and out of the bout on a big hit from Wreck N Shrew.  The Crossers did not score again in the first period and the Manics built a 93-12 lead by halftime on strong jams from rookies Bellatrix Lapain and Thieven Tyler.

In the second period, the Manics picked up where they left off, extending their lead to 135-12 by the fourth jam.  The Double Crossers continued to trade vicious hits in the pack with the Manic blockers, and their hard work paid off with their Julia Rosenwinkel and Dani Get Your Guns picking up points in the fifth, eighth, and tenth jams, including a 14-point jam from Julia.  The Manic depth took its toll over the course of the bout, and they were able to jam most players on the team, getting points from veteran pack players Val Capone, Bork Bork Bork, and Tamikaze, and rookies Boo Meringue, Beaster Bunny, and Lola Getz.  With the clock at zero, the Manics prevailed by a score of 238-35 and set the stage for the upcoming match-up with The Fury for the Ivy King Cup.

The second bout of the evening was very much like the first in the fact that both teams were dishing out punishment in massive quantities.  Hell’s Belles blockers Pominatrix, Mya Ssault and Dinah Party were throwing hits like it was a football hitting practice.  The Double Crossers weren’t slouching in the hit department at all either.  Team captain Georgia on Yer Behind rallied Sunshine N Painbows, Tina Flay, Joanie Utah and Norma Lee Wright to hand out blow after blow to the Hell’s Belles’ offense.

Team captain for the Double Crossers, Julia Rosenwinkel, was still out due to injury, so Double Crosser jammers had to give that extra push just to keep the team alive.  The Hell’s Belles were jamming Shocka Conduit, Zombea Arthur, Unicoroner and Deb Autry regularly with excellent yields.  In the first jam alone, Zombea Arthur scored 14 points and got the ball rolling for the Hell’s Belles.  Though Dame Over answered back with an impressive grand slam two jams later, all the momentum shifted in the Hell’s Belles favor.

Karmageddon and Indycent were both working hard to keep the pressure on the Belles and were looking good early on in the bout.  The Double Crossers also jammed rookie Dani Get Your Guns, but she just couldn’t get anything going past Hermoine Danger and Yameet Ur Doom’s blocking prowess.  Tina Flay was closing out a number of the Hell’s Belles jammers as well, dropping the hammer on Zombea Arthur and allowing Double Crosser jammers to chip away at the lead.

As the half was drawing to an end, the emotions were running high for the Hell’s Belles and they were steamrolling the Double Crossers at every turn.  Captain Shocka Conduit was impressive during the last jam of the half scoring 23 points and setting the score at 96-27 in favor of the Hell’s Belles.  If the Double Crossers were going to get a win, they would need to bring their A-game into the second half.

As the whistle started the second half, both teams were throwing hits feverishly.  Pominatrix scored seven points early on and brought her team over the century mark.  The score was 106-27 for the Hell’s Belles and the game turned into a run-away for them.  The Double Crossers were throwing everything they had at the Hell’s Belles.  Jamming Sunshine N Painbows, Abbey and Dani Get Your Guns on a steady rotation still wasn’t enough to pull them out of the hole they were in.

Zombea Arthur and Pominatrix were impressive throughout the second half.  Zombea Arthur proved why she’s a speed skating champion and navigated through the pack almost effortlessly.  Pominatrix was as agile as a leopard.  She leapt over a falling Sunshine N Painbows to get a second grand slam and continue to push her team’s score over the edge.

Abbey, Dani Get Your Guns and Sunshine N Painbows were working overtime to get points for the Double Crossers.  Between the three of them, they were able to keep the scoring steady for their team, but just couldn’t mount enough to have a good run for the lead.  Indycent, Joanie Utah and Miss D. Meaner were working the pack hard and helping keep their team afloat but Shocka Conduit and Deb Autry were pivotal in the last few jams of the bout.  Both ladies scored grand slams and took the wind out of the Double Crossers’ sails.  In the final jam, Luxe Capacitor got it up to 88 m.p.h. and racked up an impressive, high-speed 13 points that solidified the Hell’s Belles win of 171-89.

Deb Autry was named Player of the Game.  Though both teams fought well, the Hell’s Belles were on a scoring frenzy that just couldn’t be answered.  They face off against the undefeated Fury on May 21 in hopes for a third win and shot at second place.  The Double Crossers are taking on the Manic Attackers and looking for a chance to tally a win before the end of the home season.  Both bouts are shaping up to be pivotal for all teams.  If The Fury wins against the Hell’s Belles, they will be one game away from having the longest win streak.  If the Hell’s Belles beat The Fury, not only will they knock The Fury off their winning streak, but could potentially tie for second place with the Manic Attackers, if the Manic Attackers lose to the Double Crossers.  If the Manic Attackers win against the Double Crossers, they solidify their spot in second place and have a shot at the Ivy King Cup.  If the Double Crossers can tally a win in the next bout, they would affect the Manic Attackers’ chance at a finals shot, and give themselves a chance at redemption and a win before the season’s out.

The night was different than usual for The Fury, as they debuted rookie blocker SpartaKris and were down one of their powerhouse blockers, Sargentina.  The team still managed to maintain its top form.  By the end of the 5th jam, The Fury was up 17-5 and both teams were ready to start duking it out.  Behind Kola Loka, Ska Face and Jackie Daniels jamming; Ol’ Drrty Go-Go, Red Zeppelin, Slammy Sosa, Yvette YourMaker and Mel Content blocking, The Fury got an extensive lead early on in the bout.  The Double Crossers were working hard to keep the pace, especially with Julia Rosenwinkel out of the lineup.

Indycent, Abbey, Dani Get Yer Guns and Dame Over took to their jamming duties and helped keep the Double Crossers from falling too far behind.  Indycent and Tina Flay were working well in concert together.  Flay was handing out whips and Indycent was eating them up, zipping around the track like her skates were on fire.

Fury rookies SpartaKris and Janicide Joplin were making waves on the track as well, adding depth to the Fury blocking dimensions and keeping the team alive as their jammers were scoring grand slam after grand slam and keeping the lead near-unattainable before the end of the first half.  On the other side of the scorecard, Georgia on Yer Behind and Sunshine N Painbows were working their hits like pro boxers.  Behind these two blockers, the Double Crossers were trying to keep the lead close and get a chance at tallying a win for the season.  As the teams went into the halftime break, though, The Fury was up 84-39.

The beginning of the second half brought on two amazing feats from both teams.  The Double Crossers put Sunshine N Painbows in as jammer in the 3rd jam, and she solidified that not only is she a powerhouse in the blocking realm, but that she is also an amazing jammer.  Tallying eight points on her first go-round, she put up the first XXer points for the half.  The other great feat of the night came from Ska Face as she made a leap of faith over the apex on the first turn.  In roller derby, it’s no surprise to see agile jammers take the inside through the air, but Ska Face made a Michael-Jordan-slam-dunk-from-the-free-throw-line-jump past the entire pack and landed in full stride, continuing on to score four points.  The crowd held their breath as she was mid-flight, wondering when she was ever going to come down.

With all the circus-like antics happening, The Fury still stuck hard to their point-scoring and drove the point home as Jackie Daniels, Yvette YourMaker and Kola Loka kept the pace and mounted point after point to keep the game interesting all the way to the end.  Norma Lee Wright and Georgia on Yer Behind were difference-makers for the Double Crossers and kept a strong wall of black up front when they were on the track.

The Double Crossers weren’t ready to quit before the final whistle, and behind top-notch blocking they were mounting a comeback.  Indycent, Abbey and Sunshine N Painbows were adapting “the hit it and quit it” technique and it was working for their team.  Towards the waning minutes of the bout, the Double Crossers brought in Miss D. Meaner for her rookie debut to block in front of Sunshine and Painbows as she tallied four quick points, getting her team worked up for a rally from behind.

The rally wasn’t enough, though, and The Fury managed to maintain the lead, winning 135-87 and keeping the Double Crossers winless for the season.  Though The Fury made off with a win, the Double Crossers made a point to make the league recognize their thus-winless season isn’t without a momentous amount of showmanship and drive.  The ladies of the Double Crossers are still making a mark on the league even if they can’t yet tally a win.  Fury favorite Kola Loka was named Player of the Game.  The Fury go on to play the Manic Attackers on April 23rd in what may be a precursor to the Ivy King Cup Championship in June, while the Double Crossers play the Hell’s Belles in the second bout of the evening.

Both teams were working tirelessly to get their jammers through the pack, but the Manic Attacker’s near impenetrable wall of Bork Bork Bork, Rose Feratu, AliSin Chains and Val Capone proved to be a deciding factor in the bout’s outcome.  Right out of the gates the hitting was intense with Double Crosser jammer Julia Rosenwinkel going down hard in the first jam and needing to be helped off the track.

Wreck N Shrew scored first blood, netting four points for the Manic Attackers.  Once the skates hit the track, the Manic Attackers ran away with the score and never really looked back.  Ruth Enasia, Beth Amphetamine and Zoe Trocious added to the score and within the first ten jams, the Manic Attackers had amassed 36 points to the Double Crossers’ five.

The Double Crossers were working feverishly to keep the Manic Attackers jammer line at bay.  Team captain Georgia on Yer Behind, rookie hotshot Sunshine N Painbows and Norma Lee Wright were working well together recycling blockers and roughing up the opposing jammers, but their efforts were still falling short.  The Double Crossers were throwing everything they had at the Manic Attackers, even lining up Dame Over against Beth Amphetamine, but the Manics wouldn’t let up.

By the time the teams went to the locker rooms for the half, the score was locked in at 74-14 in favor of the Manic Attackers, who were firing on all pistons and showing why they are a solid contender for the Ivy King Cup Championship this year.

As second half action started, Wreck N Shrew lined up against Julia Rosewinkel and made short work of the Double Crossers pack, scoring nine points and stretching the Manic Attackers lead even further.  The hard hitting continued from both team’s side of the line.  Amy NoNamey added a wealth of excellent hits to help contribute to her team’s lead.  Pound for pound, both teams were giving their all when it came to blocking.

Karmageddon was hitting like a woman possessed pulling double duty for the Double Crossers.  As the Manic Attackers’ score went over the century mark, the Double Crossers were reaching hard to catch up.  Indy Cent was working full-time jamming for the Double Crossers and moving through the pack like a heat seeking missile.
With less than nine minutes in the bout, the Manic Attackers were up by 110 points, with a score of 138-28.  Their lead was not only insurmountable, but the Manics were still in top form, as if they were trying to send a message to the other home teams.  With the minutes starting to wind down, the Manic Attackers worked some of their rookies into the jammer rotation.  Bellatrix La Pain made her rookie debut but was unable to tally any points.

The Double Crossers weren’t going down without a fight and kept pounding away at the Manic Attackers from all angles.  To seal the final nail in the coffin, Rose Feratu took the jammer line and scored 18 points.  As she skated back to her bench, the crowd regaled her with the happy birthday song in anticipation of her upcoming birthday and apparent early birthday gift of winning points.  When the final buzzer sounded, the Manic Attackers had demolished the Double Crossers with a 168-39 final score.  The Double Crossers just didn’t have enough gas in the tank to pull off a win, and so they remain winless this season.  Bork Bork Bork received Player of the Game and is quickly becoming an anchor for the Manic Attackers.

As the action was beginning to break at the UIC Pavilion, the Double Crossers were looking to tally their first win of 2011 and the Hell’s Belles were determined to pull their team together and give their fans a night to remember.

Both teams were running rookies through the meat grinder as the Hell’s Belles introduced Miss Ill Annoy, Lupe Libre and Phoebe Fi Fo Fum, while the Double Crossers brought in Dani Get Your Guns and Sunshine N Painbows, to name a few.

The Double Crossers got on the board early scoring ten unanswered points in the first three jams behind the excellent jamming of Indy Cent and Captain, Julia Rosenwinkel.   But it didn’t take long for the Hell’s Belles to catch up and after Deb Autry scored nine points, the Belles were mounting an early comeback.

As the first half wore on, both the Belles and the Crossers were creating a blocker smorgasbord on the track, making each jammer work tirelessly for position.  As Georgia on Yer Behind, Norma Lee Wright and Karmageddon from the Crossers were working over Belles jammers, Yameet Ur Doom and Deb Autry were working double shifts and landing some serious punishment on the Crossers’ jammer line-up.

Belles jammers Shocka Conduit and Pominatrix were helping their team pull ahead scoring grand slam after grand slam at will until Julia Rosenwinkel tallied three impressive grand slams to bring the Double Crossers to within 14 points.  Deb Autry answered back with a double-fisted grand slam punch and the Belles were back on the upswing with six minutes left in the first half of play.

With only a handful of minutes left in the half, Indy Cent pulled a massive triple grand slam jam and got the Crossers to within striking distance, setting the score at 66-55 with the Belles still in the lead.  Dame Over was able to score four more points for the Double Crossers before both teams went to the locker rooms for halftime.  The Hell’s Belles were up 66-59 and looking to put a win on the board for the first time in a long time.

As the teams started the second half, the Hell’s Belles wanted to prove that they had the stamina to go the distance.  Zombea Arthur, Pominatrix and Unicoroner came out shooting for the Hell’s Belles and these three ladies in red were able to score 11 points before the black wall of death created by Georgia on Yer Behind , Norma Lee Wright and rookie badass Sunshine N Painbows started dishing out some punishment and allowing their jammers to tally some much-needed points.

Joannie Utah was able to round up 15 points on three grand slams for the Double Crossers, and the rally train left the station.  The Crossers were closing the gap and the score was 81-74 in favor of the Hell’s Belles.

The Belles tore out on another scoring run, coupled with the solid blocking of Mya Ssault and Nancy Pagan.  Jammers Zombea Arthur, Unicoroner and Shocka Conduit were stretching the Belles lead and the nail-biting began.

The hits from both teams were brutal.  Double Crosser hard-nosed hitter Abbey was taking as many shots at Zombea Arthur as she could and Nancy Pagan was decimating Double Crosser jammers the more they attempted to glide through the pack.

Both teams were putting up a valiant fight in the dwindling minutes of the bout.  There was a lot at stake and both teams knew the outcome could shape the rest of the season for them.  It was the stalwart, take-no-prisoners attitude of the Hell’s Belles that ultimately brought home the prize at the end of the bout, and they skated away with their first win in two seasons.

Elated team members from the Hell’s Belles were hugging ecstatically as the final whistle sounded and the many Belles fans were showering them with cheers and praise.  The best play of the game came before the beginning of the last bout as Dame Over from the Double Crossers reached out and shook Deb Autry’s hand as they waited on the jammer line for their final run through the gauntlet.  It was a show of sportsmanship that can only be described as classy to no end.  Though the Crossers remain winless this season, it appears they know a good fight when they see one.

Pominatrix of the Hell’s Belles was elected Player of the Game.

Next month, the Hell’s Belles line up against the Ivy King Cup champions, The Fury, and the Double Crossers take on the Manic Attackers as the home season tears on through yet another remarkable doubleheader.

Gapers Block

Fury, Manic Take First 2011 WCR Bout

It was an exciting opening night Saturday, Jan. 15, for the Windy City Rollers, as the league began their 2011 home season with an intraleague double header. The turnout was good at the UIC Pavilion, where fans, family, and fresh meat (new skaters) filled the stands.

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The Columbia Chronicle

Windy City Rollers take it to the tracks

In a blur of spandex, fishnet tights, shin-high socks and helmets, the Windy City Rollers raced around the track fighting for position and points. The organization began its sixth year at the home opener on Jan. 15 at the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion, 525 S. Racine Ave., for a crowd of more than 4,000 people.

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Right out of the gates, both teams’ blockers were mangling the jammers as they burned through the pack.  The physical play was tough, landing Fury jammer Kola Loka in the penalty box for a major blocking to the back penalty in the first jam.  Double Crossers blocker Georgia on Yer Behind and The Fury’s Sargentina were landing monolithic hits with extreme prejudice and had no issues controlling the pack.  Kola Loka came out of the box and exploded through her scoring pass to give the Fury and early 5-0 lead.

Hitting and scoring was back and forth early on in the first half.  Both teams were creating amazing opportunities for their jammers.  The Fury was stacking Red Zeppelin, T.S. Helliot, ODGG, Take Out Box, Yvette YourMaker and Carnage Wilson against the Double Crosser jammers with excellent success.  While the Double Crossers had the black wall of Georgia on Yer Behind, Norma Lee Wright, and Sassy Squash, which was nearly impregnable, The Fury proved to have a deeper jammer pool and the one-two combination of Kola Loka and Jackie Daniels was a deciding factor in the overall win.  Relying on solid blocking, the Double Crossers were leaning mostly on Indycent and Julia Rosenwinkel to handle the bulk of jammer duties.

The Fury set precedence in the first half with lots of jammer-on-jammer action behind the pack and a mountain of points racked up by Kola Loka, Jackie Daniels and crew.  The Double Crossers were working hard to keep the points pace but couldn’t react to the positional hitting that The Fury was dishing out and the half ended with The Fury up 63-24.

The beatings intensified after halftime and both teams were right back to dishing out serious punishment.  Take Out Box made her jamming debut of the night for The Fury and scored an impressive Grand Slam.  ODGG and Red Zeppelin were handing out hits left and right as Julia Rosenwinkel and Indycent worked their way through the pack.  Ska Face brought her A-Game to the table and scored a Grand Slam after exploding off the line and blowing through the pack unscathed.  Tomy Knockers took the track for the first time ever, and coupled with excellent blocking, scored nine points putting The Fury up 77-27.

Shortly thereafter, Double Crossers jammer Julia Rosenwinkel went down hard after a nerve-racking hit.  A few silent moments passed as she was helped off the track by the medical staff and the referees ended the jam.  The Crossers called on Joanie Utah and Karmageddon to help with jamming and even though The Fury continued to run Kola Loka, Jackie Daniels, Ska Face and Tomy Knockers through the pack, the Crossers started to mount a comeback.

Indycent, Joanie Utah and first-time jammer Dame Over scored impressive, multiple Grand Slams and brought the Crossers to within 16 points with only 2:49 left, and the score was set at 100-84.  With the bout turning into a nail biter, The Fury showed why they are the defending champs and shut down the Crossers point-scoring production.  Kola Loka and Jackie Daniels continued to put points on the board and heads-up blocking by T.S. Helliot and Sargentina held the Crossers at bay.  The Fury kept the lead and beat the Double Crossers 128-84 to extend their winning streak to 7-0.  Kola Loka was named Player of the Game after scoring 55 points for her team.  The Fury take on the Manic Attackers, the last team they lost to back in the 2010 season opener, while the Double Crossers face the Hell’s Belles on Feb. 13 at the UIC Pavilion.

Time Out Chicago

Windy City Rollers Derby Championship

The subtle art of whooping on one another was on full display for the Windy City Rollers Derby Cup Championship this weekend. The Fury, unbeaten since a single season-opening loss, crushed the injury-bedeviled Double Crossers 130-71 for the Ivy King Cup Championship.

Gapers Block

This past Saturday, the near-undefeated Fury took home the Ivy King Cup, the highest achievement for local competitors in Windy City Rollers, Chicago's female roller derby league. They showed no mercy taking down underdogs the Double Crossers, ending the game with a score of 130-71.

Chicagoist

On Saturday night at the UIC Pavilion, the Windy City Rollers' league season came to a close as The Fury over-powered an injury-riddled Double Crossers squad for the Ivy King Cup, champions of the league for 2010.