I was late on Saturday. A whole 30 minutes late. It happens... but it meant I had missed the entire first half of one of the games I most wanted to see! I always love watching the Reservoir Dolls, and I was very much looking forward to seeing them play against the newest kids on the A team block, the Puget Sound Roller Punks. That second half did not disappoint.
I raced to the track just 5 minutes into the second half to find the ECRG squad up 201-147 after a racing Tiny Badness took advantage of a track cut and the ensuing power jam. Spunkee followed up with 10 more and the Punks looked to be in some serious trouble, down nearly 70.
The Roller Punks had some great opportunities at 17:40 and 13:35 on the clock, but some excellent blocking by a couple of names I am going to be watching in the upcoming season: Beautiful Deadly, and Cassidy. They managed to kill those opportunities and hold PSRP to only 5 points in those chances.
After trading rounds of penalty box musical chairs just a few minutes later, the punks had narrowed that lead to 50, and were looking to make that comeback complete. The Dolls were just as determined to give no ground. With time getting short, it was a battle to see would come out on top!
At 8:20, a cut track gave a power jam to T-WrecksHer, but a very tough 3 wall held her to 8 before she was completely blocked in and handed the remainder of the power jam to Smack who managed a 6-2 decision before being forced to hit her hips and call it off.
The battle continued, and the penalties began to rack up for the Reservoir Dolls, who took full advantage of some short packs and brought the game back to within 30 with 4:00 to go.
The Punks' final opportunity game at 00:00:11. The Dolls had their jammer off the floor thanks to a penalty in the previous jam.
The Punks called a time out with the score looming 244-207 in the Dolls' favor. The whistle blew and the jam was off! The punks had a 4-3 pack advantage and the jammer was finding holes thanks to some excellent offensive blocking. Halfway through the jam, the Dolls' jammer was released, but committed a back block as she zoomed back on the track and another of her teammates fell victim to a forced cut, bringing the advantage in the pack firmly in the Punks' favor 4-2!
It was an heroic effort, but at the end of the 2 minutes, the Roller Punks found themselves 10 points behind. Reservoir Dolls Win 244-234
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