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Spring Roll 2012 Hardest Hits Highlights
Spring Roll sizzle reel courtesy of Hinckley Design & Production. Event DVDs available now.
(17) Steel City Thumps Burning River, 270-145
PITTSBURGH, PA -- Exactly one year and 11 months ago, the Burning River All-Stars of Cleveland, Ohio (#16NC WFTDA) crossed the nearby border to take on the Steel Hurtin' of the Steel City Derby Demons at Romp 'n' Roll in Glenshaw, PA.
(18) London Blows Out Auld Reekie, 667-18
LONDON, UK -- London (#18 DNN, #5E WFTDA) put a record-breaking hammering on Edinburgh, Scotland's Auld Reekie (unranked, WFTDA East) in a closed bout on May 20, 667-18.
(2) Denver Defeats (9) Rocky Mountain, 169-145
BROOMFIELD, CO -- The first ever regular season meeting between Denver, Colorado's two powerhouse leagues was a hard-hitting, penalty-laden game largely dominated by the girls in glitter and blue. Denver led Rocky Mountain for the entire bout and was up by as much as 87 points before a Rocky Mountain rally fell short, with Denver winning by 24 points at 169-145.
Feature Preview: #5 Rose City @ #3 Texas
AUSTIN, TX -- Rose City (#5 DNN, #3W WFTDA) takes their first road trip of the year when they travel down to Austin to take on venerable Texas (#3 DNN, #1SC WFTDA) on Saturday and Houston (#23 DNN, #4SC WFTDA) on Sunday.
Weekend Preview: 5/18/2012
(5) Rose City @ (3) Texas; (5) Rose City @ (23) Houston -- See DNN's Feature Preview.
Feature Preview: #9 Rocky Mountain @ #2 Denver
BROOMFIELD, CO -- This weekend's match between cross-town rivals Denver (#2 DNN, #4W WFTDA) and Rocky Mountain (#9 DNN, #2W WFTDA) is a rubber match three years in the making -- and a key regional matchup in what's quickly shaping up to be the most wide-open race for the West crown in the history of the young sport.
Spring Roll Wrapup
FORT WAYNE, IN -- When the dust settled after a very busy weekend of MRDA-sanctioned action at Spring Roll, there were two major stories, both involving 2011 MRDA champions New York Shock Exchange.
Spring Roll: (7) YMMD Takes Out (1) NYSE, 199-149
FORT WAYNE, IN -- In the marquee game of Saturday action at Spring Roll, Des Moines' YMMD (#7 MRDA) utilized some extraordinary skate skills to deal the defending MRDA champion New York Shock Exchange only the second defeat of their six-year existence.
Spring Roll: (8) Twin Cities Upsets (6) Pioneer Valley, 219-99
FORT WAYNE, IN -- MRDA #8 Twin Cities, ranked two slots below Pioneer Valley in the MRDA, kept their momentum from a very strong second half against MRDA #9 Harm City earlier in the day and put up the first upset of Spring Roll in dominant fashion, upending Pioneer Valley 219-99 to quickly build an argument for inclusion in the MRDA top 6.
Spring Roll: (11) Race City Holds Off (u) Central Mass, 168-135
FORT WAYNE, IN -- For most of their Saturday afternoon matchup with MRDA #11 Race City, unranked Central Mass seemed just a couple of big jams away from a potential upset victory, but Race City resolutely refused to let those big jams occur.
Twin Cities Controls Harm City, 195-70
FORT WAYNE, IN -- When Twin Cities Terrors (#8 MRDA) and Harm City Homicide (#9 MRDA) met almost exactly a year ago at the 2011 Spring Roll, it was a fairly close match with the Terrors pulling out a 175-140 win.
Magic City Shuts Down Rock City, 285-28
FORT WAYNE, IN -- Relatively new, unranked Rock City (Fargo, ND) was dramatically overmatched in an early-Saturday game against Jacksonville, FL's Magic City Misfits, unable to solve some brutal Magic City defense and held to single digits in the first half before Magic City won by 257 in a 285-28 final.
Weekend Preview: 5/11/2012
Preview: Spring Roll 2012
FORT WAYNE, IN -- The 2012 edition of the Spring Roll, hosted again by the Fort Wayne Derby Girls, once again serves as a showcase for the best teams of the Men's Roller Derby Association to get lots of action over two jam-packed days of men's action on two tracks.
Angel City Upsets Sacred City, 143-137
SACRAMENTO, CA -- #8W Angel City traveled north on Saturday to take on long-time rivals #7W Sacred City, in what proved to be an epic barn burner of a game for two teams that meet often and consistently produce close results. Sacred made up almost all of a 75 point deficit in the second half, but fell two passes short of fully closing the gap, and Angel City took the win 143-137.
Arch Rival Rocks Bleeding Heartland, 173-58
BALLWIN, MO – In a week that saw them take a two-spot tumble in the WFTDA North Central rankings and a drop from the DNN Top 25 after five straight appearances, NC #8 Arch Rival righted the ship by week’s end with a 173-58 win over NC #12 Bleeding Heartland Saturday night in front of 500 at Midwest Sport Hockey.
#13 Minnesota Holds Off #15 Naptown, 149-114
INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- In what was effectively a battle for #2 in the North Central, Minnesota (#13 DNN, #2NC WFTDA) had a back-and-forth battle with hosting Naptown (#15 DNN, #3NC WFTDA) before finally pulling ahead for good in the final 10 minutes to win by 35, 149-114. There were nine lead changes and two ties in the game.
Weekend Preview: 5/4/2012
DNN Releases May 2012 Power Rankings
After four months of relatively stagnant Power Rankings, now we're talking. Welcome to DNN's May 2012 Power Rankings, in which a lot of stuff finally happens!