Rosebuds roll to 4-0 over Galaxy Girls 190-92

All season long, the Rosebuds have displayed an impressive array of both offensive and defensive weapons, confounding their opponents with dazzling pack work, jammers both strong and speedy, and a seemingly unwavering focus on the track.  The Galaxy Girls have also been an incredible, physical presence able to strike quickly and take advantage of opportunities.  Saturday was no different.

It started off with the Galaxy Girls being blanked over a period of 5 jams.  Lilly Lightning, Dislykher and Flyin' Hawaiian could not seem to find the combination for the wall safe that was the Rosebuds' pack. With Lilly Lightning on the receiving end of some "love" from the referees, the Buds found themselves with multiple power jam opportunities and bolted to 31-5 within the first few minutes of the bout.

And that was not about to stop.  The Galaxy Girls found themselves either chasing the Buds' jammers and forcing early call offs, or being forced to call off their own.  Neither team seemed to be able to get much when both jammers were on the track. 0's, 3's and 2's dotted the score sheet, but when opportunities arose, the Rosebuds were able to capitalize in grand form, posting up multi-pass jams.  They just weren't seeming to give the Galaxy Girls those same opportunities.

Jam after jam, these two teams were battling in the pack, holding back jammers and each other, pulling out every stop (I even saw some interesting use of trickery, faking out a blocker who had been hit out of bounds by pretending to be the one who did the deed).  It was an amazing display of blocker prowess.  Galaxy was beginning to slowly claw back the points until about half way through the first half when the Girls gave up a 20 point power jam which put the Rosebuds up by 47 points.  The battle continued, but the Buds were on top 87-43 at the half.

The second half saw more of the same tough, physical play as the first.  The Galaxy Girls were fighting hard and matching the Rosebuds point for point.  In fact, until the last few minutes of the game if you took into account only the second half, Portland only had a 1 point advantage (44 - 45).  The last four jams saw the Galaxy Girl jammer in the box, allowing a 58 -8 point romp by the Rosebuds.  When the final whistle blew, the Buds took the first lap with the scoreboard reading 192 - 90.

Three cheers for Portland -

Sumthang Sassy- This skater was amazing on the jammer line.  With 2, 20+ point jams to her credit, she contributed in a very big way. 

Jesus Feist - While she did get a good power jam with 15 points of her own, Jesus was, as usual, a force in the pack.  With opening for her jammer and multiple assists, as well as big hits, Jesus gets the second cheer.

 Tempest Fuget - Always a force in the pack, Tempest was off particular note as a leader amongst blockers.  With multiple stops and big hits to her credit, she is my pick for the third cheer

Three cheers for Seattle -

Rosie D Kreamher - Two shoulders, no waiting.  One jam saw her sweep left and remove half the Buds' blocker corps, then sweep right and remove the other half.  Holy wow, this girl can hit!

Evil O - Also a force ion the pack with jammer stops and big hits of her own, Evil O deserves some serious recognition.  Her ingenuity should also be recognized.  the second cheer goes to Evil O!

Beatin' Bambi - In a game that did not see a lot of bright spots for the Galaxy jammers, Bambi seemed to have the Buds' number.  An 87% lead jammer rate (7 of 8) definitely earns her the final star for the Galaxy Girls.

NOTE!

The I-5 Roller Girls pulled out a tough bout against the Reservoir Dolls 163 - 141 to gain a solid hold of second place for the season. Congratulations, I-5!