Fort Wayne finds what they were looking for

This past weekend, the Fort Wayne Derby Brats travelled across the country. Before coming, they did an Interview for a podcast with NIPR with WBOI's Sean Beuter. In it, they talked about their desire to test themselves. They had not had one defeat in their history, and they were beginning to wonder if there was stiffer competition elsewhere in the country. In the Great Northwest, they found it.

Friday evening they met the Seattle Derby Brats in a fierce battle. These two teams had never seen each other before, of course, and I don't think either team really knew what to expect. The Galaxy Girls were used to the play style of the northwest teams and Fort Wayne was not ready to play that way.

Tough, physical play seemed the order of the day for Fort Wayne, and it seemed to catch the Galaxy Girls a bit by surprise in the first 7 jams as Fort Wayne jumped out to a 27-17 lead using five different jammers over Mal Intent, Rockin’ Red and Random Max of Violence before Galaxy Girl freshman, Beatin!!BamB, entered the game and took advantage of a power jam to rattle off 12 points and give SDB the lead.

Three jams later, Aussie Bossie brought home 10 points of her own and gave Fort Wayne the lead again, But Max had found her Random groove and blasted through the pack 3 times for 15 points and snagged the lead back for the Seattle Brats.  Fort Wayne fought hard to get it back, but the end of the first half saw them down 62-57.

The first 9 jams of the second half were almost all Galaxy Girls.  While the Fort Wayne jammers were extremely proficient at getting lead jammer (4 of those 9 jams), they also found themselves on the receiving end of some major penalties on their jammers allowing SDB to expand their lead to 45 points before they began to claw their way back in. 

Liv-r-Die and Bad Kitty were fiercely holding strong in the pack and were NOT going to let their team be blown out.  The Fort Wayne Pack slowed down the pace and began to punish the Galaxy Girls with big hits and some impressive positional play.  This really seemed to break the Galaxy Girls’ stride as Random Max, Flyin’ Hawaiian and Rockin’ Red were all held to single digit jams while Mak Attack found open lanes and lapped the SDB jammer twice for 13 points in the 16^th to bring the lead back down to 23, a not impossible task in the final jam of the game.  Mak Attack and Evil O lined up for the final jam, but Mak was called out for cutting in the, allowing Evil O to close the door on Fort Wayne’s come back, and close out the game with a grand slam for a 137-109 Galaxy Girl victory

3 Stars for Fort Wayne!

Aussie Bossie - This skater was awesome on the jammer line, skating for 43 point and getting lead jammer in 89% of the jams she was in!  She also contributed heavily in the pack with defensive play. 

Bad Kitty – What more can I say?  Blocker extraordinaire!  She punished the Galaxy Girl Jammers on just about every pass and made them earn every point when she was on the track

Liv-R-Die – Along with Bad Kitty, she kept her team in this one, leading all blockers with hits and stopped SDB jammers as well as opening up huge lanes for her own.  Do NOT get in her way!

3 Stars for the Galaxy Girls!

Random Max of Violence – I have said it before, and I am 100% certain I will be saying again, this skater is amazing to watch.  Max was up to her usual standards and the Fort Wayne girls had trouble hitting a jammer who was there one second, and had her body in some weird position avoiding their hits the next.

Rosie D KreamHer – Her huge hits and strong pack play contributed heavily in this victory, but more astoundingly, she spent zero minutes in penalty box while doing it!

Thumpurr – Partnered with Rosie D Kreamher and playing in what is likely to be her last junior bout before going to Jet City (She was injured in the bout and her status for next weekend is unknown at this time), she had a +/- of 9 points and, just like Rosie, did it without hitting the penalty box once.

I should have the stat sheets for the I-5 game very soon and will be doing the writeup for that game as soon as I get them.  In the meant time, as Promised, you can find two great write-ups from Elwood Bruise on this weekend's action with Fort Wayne at the Examiner!

Galaxy Girls v Fort Wayne
I5 v Fort Wayne

I want to personally thank Fort Wayne for coming out.  It was great to see such exciting play from elsewhere in the country, and it fills me with hope and expectation for the the future!  Nationals, anyone?