Below is a fantastic write-up of the bout by Matt De Capitator (DDR edited two slight errors). Thanks Matt for your write-up and support of derby! Thanks to everyone who came out to the bought supporting both team, and most of all congrats to Harrisburg's Nuclear Knockouts on their awesome win!!!




On Saturday October 13th, Lancaster, PA's Dutchland Derby Rollers
hosted the Dutchland Derby Carnival at Overlook Activities Center in
Lancaster where Dutchland's All Stars took on Harrisburg's Nuclear
Knockouts. Dutchland came into the bout undefeated having won their
last four bouts as the All Stars. Harrisburg came in on a four game
winning streak and in a heated battle, pulled off their fifth win
being the first team to upset the All Stars with the Knockouts
scoring 107 to 68 over Dutchland. The bout consisted of two thirty
minute periods.
The bout opened up with Harrisburg's Nash Villain dealing a
3-0 jam over Dutchland's Spawna Skatin'. The second jam had Knockout
Mother Trucker and Dutchland's Lucy Van Belt both bring in three
points for their teams. I could see at this point that both teams
had strong blockers and high scoring would prove to be quite a
challenge for both teams. The jammers had their work cut out for
them. In the third jam, Dutchland's Twisted Scizzors came in strong
achieving lead jammer and laying a 6-0 jam over Harrisburg's
Rainbow's Revenge putting Dutchland in the lead. This would be the
only time that Dutchland would carry the lead as it was quickly
taken away by the Knockout's Eve Ternal Jamnation, who retaliated
with a 6-0 jam over Dutchland's Torque Wench who was taken down
pretty hard by Harrisburg's Jane Wrastle. The fifth jam saw
Harrisburg's Holden Grudges take the lead jammer position and score
3 to 1 over Dutchland's Rum N. Choke. Harrisburg's Rainbow's Revenge
followed up with a nice 8-4 jam over Lucy Van Belt being one of the
two highest scoring jams of the evening. Dutchland's defense hit
hard in the seventh jam allowing their Spawna Skatin' to take a 4-0
jam over Nash Villain. The next jam saw the debut of Under Rage as a
jammer for the Knockouts, who in an action packed jam achieved lead
jammer status as well as a Grand Slam, scoring 6 points for her team
with her opponent Twisted Scizzors bringing 4 points to Dutchland.
With the crowd still in a frenzy, Mother Trucker came out and scored
3-2 over Rum N. Choke, who was sent to the box with a penalty, which
allowed Nash Villain to bring an additional 6 points to the
Knockouts in the following jam as Dutchland was skating without a
jammer. The following jam saw Mother Trucker return to the track
against All Star Lucy Van Belt in a high speed dual with many
penalties being called against Dutchland. After getting hung up in
the pack, Trucker pushed off of her blockers to break through the
pack and sent most of the pack to the floor in a domino effect in
her wake and ultimately scored 4-3 over Van Belt. With all but 2
Dutchland blockers in the penalty box, the stage was set for
Harrisburg's Eve Ternal Jamnation to lay a nice 4-1 jam over Twisted
Scissors. By now the score was 46 to 28 in Harrisburg's favor,
giving them close to a 20 point lead over the All Stars. With Nash
Villain scoring 3 points for the Knockouts, and Spawna scoring 1
point for Dutchland in the following jam, that 20 point lead was
achieved. In a heated battle, newcomer NastyNiss went up against a
Dutchland heavyweight, Torque Wench in the 14th jam, but with Torque
being taken down in a huge pile-up, Nasty was able to bring her team
3 points to Torque's 2 in the end. Dutchland's Rum N. Choke was able
to put a substantial amount of points on the board for Dutchland in
the next jam, when she went up against another Harrisburg newcomer,
Holden Grudges, where she scored 5-1. A nasty block by H.A.R.D.'s
Nash Villain brought Rum N. Choke to the floor in a gruesome leg
tangle with Villain which, to me, still remains a mystery how
neither girl was hurt. As time was running out, Harrisburg power-
jammer Mother Trucker came in and slammed a beautiful 8-3 jam over
Spawna Skatin'. With only seconds on the clock, a final jam was
started between Eve Ternal Jamnation and Torque Wench. Though
neither girl was able to score, Dutchland's Torque Wench managed to
get a penalty, leaving her team to start the second period without a
jammer. Harrisburg's blockers also managed to rack up some penalties
as well. The score at the end of the first period had Harrisburg at
61 and Dutchland trailing with 39.
The second period started out with Dutchland skating without
a jammer and Harrisburg playing with only 2 blockers, where
H.A.R.D.'s Jane Wrastle scored 4 points, calling off the jam soon
after Torque Wench re-entered the game. Rainbow's Revenge followed
up with a 3-0 jam over Twisted Scizzors, but Dutchland was able to
retaliate in the following jam with Rum N. Choke scoring 3-0 over
Mother Trucker. The relentless Dutchland defense proved crippling to
Trucker as they managed to take her down three times in a row before
she could ever enter the pack, though soon after, a smashing block
by Holden Grudges sent Rum N. Choke flying into the audience. Having
had some penalties dealt out to Harrisburg, the fourth jam of the
period again had the Knockouts skating with only 2 blockers, but in
a neck and neck competition, Spawna Skatin' and Eve Ternal Jamnation
both scored 4 points for their teams. Spawna hung tough after
another nice takedown by Jane Wrastle. The fifth jam resulted in
another tie, when Harrisburg's NastyNiss went up against Spawna
Skatin' in her second jam in a row, with each jammer scoring 3
points, but ended up with Spawna being awarded a penalty. In the
heat of battle, as NastyNiss was making her way through the pack,
one of Dutchland's blockers was eyeing Nasty and ready to strike,
seeing this, H.A.R.D.'s Rainbow's Revenge came out of nowhere and
delivered a heavy blow to the gut, successfully blocking the
attempt, while assisting her jammer out the front of the pack with
her other hand in an absolutely beautiful play. Dutchland's blockers
proved to be quite powerful in the sixth jam, as even though they
were skating without a jammer, they managed to keep Harrisburg
powerhouse Nash Villain at bay, allowing her to only score 2 points
in the jam, but it wasn't without expense, in all the hard-hitting
action, Dutchland blocker Rachel Slur was taken out with an injury.
Thankfully, it wasn't serious and she later returned to the game.
Mother Trucker followed up with an action packed 6-4 jam over
Twisted Scissors, with both teams fighting hard, and brought
Harrisburg now to a 30 point lead with the score being 83 to 53.
Rainbow's Revenge continued the assault in the eighth jam scoring 4-
1 over Rum N. Choke. In the ninth jam, Dutchland began making a
comeback with Twisted Scizzors scoring 3-2 over NastyNiss.
Harrisburg's Cruel Britannia was taken out for tripping, though I
didn't see it that way. Spawna Skatin' added some heat to the
comeback with a nice 4-0 jam over Eve Ternal Jamnation. All bets
were off for Dutchland in the eleventh jam, though, when Mother
Trucker came in with a sizzling 7-1 jam over Rum N. Choke, with an
absolutely picture perfect run to the lead jammer position. Nash
Villain followed up with a 3-0 jam over Torque Wench and a beautiful
cut through the pack. This was continued with Rainbow's Revenge
delivering a 5-0 jam over Twisted Scissors. In Dutchland's final
glory, Spawna Skatin' laid out a 5-0 jam over Harrisburg's Renegade
Raven, who was making her debut as a jammer as well as a blocker.
This was followed by Nash Villain taking a 4-0 jam over Twisted
Scissors. In the 16th jam, Dutchland's White Thrash made an
appearance as jammer, but only scored 1 point to Rainbow's 3, which
had the Knockouts leading 111 to 68. The 17th jam saw Jane Wrastle
taking on Twisted Scissors, things in the pack were boiling over,
Wrastle was taken down in a huge pile-up and the competition was at
it's height. No points were scored by either player. The final jam
of the bout had Harrisburg's Holden Grudges against Spawna Skatin',
but with 15 seconds left on the clock, the game was already over,
giving the victory to the Nuclear Knockouts and leaving the final
score at 107 to 68 and putting the Knockouts on a five game winning
streak.
A special thanks to the Dutchland Rollers for putting on an
outstanding show, and being great hostesses. The crowd was large and
both teams were well represented by their fans. A good time was had
by all.
On Harrisburg's side, Mother Trucker and Rainbow's Revenge
were tied for the highest scoring jam with both scoring 8 points.
For Dutchland, Twisted Scissors had the highest scoring jam with 6
points. Leading in jammer averages was Under Rage for Harrisburg
with 6 points per jam, and Lucy Van Belt for Dutchland with 2.6
points per jam. The Nuclear Knockouts averaged 3.3 points per jam
throughout the game, and the Dutchland All Stars averaged 2.1 points
per jam. In addition to those mentioned, Harrisburg's blockers
consisted of Jonnie Lawless, Anida Blade, and Vixxen Vindiction.
Dutchland's blockers were Bunny McBones, Josie Cuervo, Hillbilly
Hellcat, Treasure Chest, Fujiyama Mama, Laverne N. Surly and
Perkalicious.
The Nuclear Knockouts are down to one more game to complete
their first season. They will be taking on the River City
Rollergirls from Richmond, Virginia at Olympic Skating Center in
Enola, PA on November 11th. Will the Knockouts be able to complete
the season 6-2? Come out to Enola and find out! Dutchland will be
holding their season championship on November 10th at the Overlook
Activities Center in Lancaster on November 10th and will complete
their season with an away game against the D.C. Rollers on November
17th. Keep supporting your Rollergirls! !