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BOUT RECAP (10/18/08)
by Matt DeCapitator
October 18, 2008

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ - On Saturday, October 18th, Shore Points Roller Derby hosted the Derby Night Of the Living Dead, where Shore Points' Boardwalk Brawlers took on Harrisburg Area Roller Derby in a night of hard-hitting roller derby action, held at Spontaneous Sports in Egg Harbor Township. It was an evenly matched, action packed bout, where Harrisburg claimed the victory with a final score of 128-112.

The bout got underway, and Shore Points' Ivanna Shankaho kicked things off with an 8-6 win over Harrisburg's Cybil Disobedience. In the next jam, Harrisburg's Skate Edge, who was making her roller derby debut, stepped onto the track, earned lead jammer, and grabbed 4 unanswered points for Harrisburg. The closely matched teams produced a very defensive pack, and the following two jams were scoreless. The silence was broken by Philly Rollergirls' guest skater, Miranda Slambert, who dropped a 10-0 jam over Whiskey Business. A defensive and low scoring back and forth battle ensued. In the ninth frame, Shore Points' Sheila FU-up laid another 10-0 shutout on Harrisburg's Disco Bloodbath, establishing a sizeable lead for the Boardwalk Brawlers. Harrisburg's newbie, Skate Edge answered back with a beautiful 8-0 slam on Siouxsie Bruiser, however, Bruiser returned the favor in the twelfth jam, by pulling an 8-1 jam over Skate Edge, who was sent to the box after picking up her fourth minor penalty. Skate Edge was in good form, tonight, when upon returning from the box, she scored 5 more uncontested points, and in the fifteenth jam, she took another 8-3 win from the Brawler's CRASHT'ON. Although Shore Points kept good control of the front of the pack, that didn't keep Harrisburg from adding points to the board. In the following jams, Harrisburg's Jonnie Lawless and Whiskey Business both pulled 5-0 jams over Shore Points' Sister Sinister and Miranda Slambert, respectively, and began to chip away at the Brawler's lead. The final jam of the period saw Ivanna Shankaho take a 4-2 jam over Cybil Disobedience, leaving the final score for the first period at 62-59 in the Brawler's favor.

The second period opened up with Harrisburg's Whiskey Business taking a 4-0 win over Ivanna Shankaho, giving Harrisburg a one point lead. The tension was mounting. Sister Sinister pulled the lead back to Shore Points with a crushing 12-1 blow to Cybil Disobedience, who was pulled from the jam for a cutting track major. Upon her return to the track, Cybil earned lead jammer status, and belted a 9-4 win over Siouxsie Bruiser, where in some heavy jammer on jammer action, Cybil took her to the floor, before entering her first scoring pass. Another Philly guest, Heavy Flo, answered back with a 9-0 slam on Skate Edge, taking back a good lead for the Brawlers. Again, the HA.R.D. girls pulled some minor wins, and began chipping away at Shore Points' lead, little by little. That is, until the ninth frame, where Harrisburg's Skate Edge exploded off of the jammer line in a searing 14-1 jam over Siouxsie Bruiser. The jam was cut short, however, when both jammers were sent to the box, and the jammerless jam rule took over. Taking over for Edge, Whiskey Business added another 4 points to the board for Harrisburg, over Sister Sinister's 2. The action on the track was furioius, and the audience was in suspense, as the Boardwalk Brawlers were fighting hard to take back their lead. By the thirteenth jam, they were up by 2 points. In the fourteenth jam, Whiskey Business laid an amazing 14-0 shutout on Miranda Slambert, giving H.A.R.D. a nice 12 point lead. Harrisburg's blockers were working overtime, and building some good walls, and Skate Edge was able to pull in 4 more points by the end of the game, to seal the win for Harrisburg, with a final score of 128-112. A truly exciting and unpredictable bout.

Also skating for Harrisburg, was Bamm Bamm Brewskie, Bela Lowblowsi, Dosa Badazz, Plenty O'Toole, Brickhaus Intimidation, Donna Rae Gunn and Betty Fishnetty. For Shore Points was Hell Kat Thrasher, Fairy Vicious, Greta Scarbo, and guest skaters from the Long Island Roller Rebels: Chest Blockwell and Cyanide Kisses.

The highest scoring jam belonged to Skate Edge and Whiskey Business, who both scored 14 points in one jam. For the Boardwalk Brawlers, it was Sister Sinister, who scored 12 points in one jam. Harrisburg's Skate Edge scored the most points, scoring 50 points, being 39% of her team's total. For Shore Points, it was a tie between Sister Sinister and Heavy Flo, who both scored 22 points, being 19.6% of their team's total. The highest scoring jammer was Shore Points' Sheila FU-up, who scored 16 points in 3 jams, giving her an average of 5.33 points per jam. For Harrisburg, not far behind, it was Skate Edge, earning 50 points in 10 jams, giving her an average of 5.00 points per jam. Harrisburg averaged 3.76 points per jam throughout the game, and the Boardwalk Brawlers averaged 3.29 points per jam. The highest jammer point differential went to Harrisburg's Skate Edge with +24 points. Shore Points' Sheila FU-up had their highest jammer point differential with +15 points. Sheila also led the bout with lead jammer status, earning it in all three of her jams, being 100% of her jams. For Harrisburg, it was Skate Edge, who earned lead in 6 of her 10 jams, being 60% of her jams. Harrisburg earned lead in 16 of the bout's 34 jams, being 47% of the game. The Brawlers earned lead in 15 of the 34 jams, being 44% of the game. The referees called a total of 133 penalties. Harrisburg was awarded the most, with 43 minors and 24 majors called on them, for a total of 67 penalties. The Brawlers were awarded 53 minors and 13 majors, for a total of 66 penalties. One penalty less than H.A.R.D. Back Blocking was the most commonly called penalty for the Harrisburg girls, being 28.4% of the penalties called on them. For Shore Points, the most commonly called penalty was Elbows, being 34.9% of the penalties called on them. The Penalty Princess was Harrisburg's Skate Edge, who picked up 10 minors and 4 majors, for a total of 14 penalties. For the Brawlers, it was Greta Scarbo, who got 11 minors.