The Windy City Rollers’ Second Wind traded blows with the Rocky Mountain Roller Girls’ The Contenders in a seesaw bout that saw Second Wind ultimately felled by The Contenders 130-124. Making her travel season debut, Kola Loka drew first blood for Second Wind with three easy points in the first jam. But The Contenders’ Ho J answered with four in the second, followed by a 15-point jam by Uber Alice and an early lead for by the Rocky Mountain B team. Excellent blocking teamwork a few jams later by Carnage Wilson, Mya Ssault, and Tamikaze held back Uber Alice, allowing Kola Loka to score 15 and recapture the lead. With just under nine minutes remaining in the half, Mo Vengeance was sent to the penalty box wearing the star and May Q Pay cleared an inside lane for Little who brought her team back within two points. Despite increasing penalty trouble, Second Wind held the lead until the final jam of the half which saw Rose Feratu trying to fight her way out of the pack as Uber Alice racked up fifteen points and a 73-63 halftime score in favor of The Contenders.

Second Wind started the second half with Rose Feratu in the penalty box and a power jam for the speedy Uber Alice, who added another nine points to her team’s lead. AliSin Chains, Norma Lee Wright, and Bork Bork Bork teamed up to support Kola Loka for a 14 point jam with 23 minutes remaining. Much of the rest of the second half showed a jam-by-jam battle with blockers on both teams keeping jammers to single digits, with Second Wind steadily gaining ground. Breakout jams by Zoe Trocious brought Second Wind within five points with just under eight minutes remaining. But a double penalty for Kola Loka for an illegal procedure and insubordination left Second Wind jammerless for nearly two minutes, allowing The Contenders to pull away in the final minutes for the final 130-124 score.

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