Phil Arnold's Roller Derby Is Sport Yahoo Group

"You may know how in the midwest occasionally a thunderstorm will roll through with lighting strikes and strong winds, and knock out
electricity to entire neighborhoods? Well I've talked to Pyro Maim Ya about this very scenario in Dallas with some of the fiercesome
thunderstorms they've had in North Texas, what would happen if you were skating and the lights went out? She was skating for Assassination City, and it happened Sunday night in Austin, and it disrupted two exciting games.

So what's the rules on derby bouts losing electricity, and all except for emergency lights and camera flashes? Well in this case The
Hustlers of the Texas Rollergirls were awarded a 17 point victory, I believe 67 to 50 after the fifth jam of the second half. But I can't
be certain because the scoreboard went out along with the lights and the statisticians could not be found quickly enough in the dark.

After about 30 or 40 minutes, with no real knowledge on how long the electricity would be off the first game was called a victory, under the
agreement of the captains, and the Hell Mary-Hotrod Honeys game I guess is a no decision. I have no official stats, although I had the Honeys leading 27-23 at halftime, although again with no official stats, it may have been 27-24.

Hopefully Rice Rocket will send me the official stats when they become available so I can write the game recaps. But I'll tell you the fans
were enjoying both games which seemed to have a lot of physical blocking, and fast jammers...which is nothing new in Texas Rollergirl
competion.

The Hustlers worked out to an early 21-6 lead after 8 jams in the first 30-minute period. They would draw it out behind jammer Dinah Mite who would take four out of five lead jammer statuses and score unofficially
20 points. The Hustlers would take a 54 to 30 lead at half time in an amazing 22 jams in that first half.

Perhaps the Hustlers were over confident, and perhaps the Special Ops from Assassination City wanted to prove something, but Goldie Schlager would pull a 14 point jam while the Special Ops were shutting out the
Hustlers behind two Choko Ono jammer takeouts for that jam. The Hustlers would draw it back out to 20 points, but Assassination City
would draw down the lead with Choko jamming, but who knew exactly how many points were scored in the sixth jam as the lights went out and the fans could all hear loud booms of thunder.

In the other game, that didn't count, the Hell Marys drew out to a 12-10 lead midway through the first half, but the Hotrods would rally
taking a 19-16 lead after a five point lead by Rice Rocket. The Honeys would hold onto that lead unofficially and add another point by the end of the half. But the lights would frustrate the skaters on both teams who wanted to prove who was the best team in the league. And the fans would be frustrated by not being able to see who was the best team in the league. That will have to be proven in the championship game in August. Meanwhile skaters were heard telling other skaters, let's settle this in practice Wednesday!

And honestly, both Assassination City and the Hell Marys and Hotrod Honeys were frustrated the Sunday night the lights went out in Texas
and stopped a derby match dead cold.

Phil Arnold,
Austin, Texas"

"There are whispers in the wind that The Hustlers will be traveling up to Dallas for a redo with Assassination City real soon! Stay tuned, derby fans, for more info the most anticipated rematch of the season, and, this time, our Special Ops team is bringing a thunderstorm all its own!"