Hailey Hawkeye, Broken Arrow OK-

Sunday night the Northwest Arkansas Roller Girls (NWARG) were hosted by the Green Country Roller Girls (GCRG) for the Bout Against Breast Cancer.

GCRG has partnered with Breast Impressions and the Young Survivor Coalition to raise awareness of young women and men who have been diagnosed with Breast Cancer and have overcome this devastating disease. Skaters from each team volunteered their bodies to be cast, painted by local artists, and then auctioned off. In doing so the leagues were able to raise $2600.00 in the auction for this worthy cause.

In the past month both teams have had a busy schedule NWARG took on Dallas (19) with Dallas taking the bout 104 – 29, and also played Central Oklahoma Roller Derby where NWARG skated away with the score 145 – 41. Respectively GCRG was quite busy too. In the Love Hurts Bout GCRG played Central Arkansas 209 – 17, and Oklahoma Victory Dolls 117 – 45.

This bout was not without action, in what was destined to become a passionate bout. In 2007 GCRG hosted the Route 66 Rebellion where NWARG took first place with GCRG falling into third place.

NWARG is a more established league here in the heartland, but if the attendance of 570 patrons at Sunday’s Bout Against Breast Cancer is any indication, Green Country’s fan base is growing. Not only that, but the fans filling Broken Arrow Roller Sports are rabid for real Roller Derby Action.

GCRG’s new comer Aberition took lead jammer and earned 3 points in the first jam of her first bout with NWARG’s Apache Rose jamming with 4 points. Later in the first period NWARG’s Mellow Yellow proved herself a jammer to take note of with a 15 and 16 point jam. GCRG’s Syko Path who normally sports a pivot panty showed off her jamming skills in a 7 point jam. Referees were kept busy with a host of penalties bringing to mind Dust Devil 2007. The first period ended with NWARG in the lead 91 – 35.

During half time you could hear the fans commenting on the lack of presence by Rosie the Wrecker who along with Syko have become crowd favorites. Sadly Rosie caught a virus and was forced to sit out the bout for medical reasons.

As the second period began it was clear both teams were changing tactics, NWARG sped up the pack with GCRG landing more powerful hits, each team drawing more from their strengths. Early in the second period NWARG’s Danger Darling provided her team with a 10 point jam to widen the spread. Meanwhile GCRG’s Whiskey Birmingham skated the bulk of the jammer duties with GCRG being short a jammer. In the end North West Arkansas’s walls proved too solid for the Green Country Roller Girls offense to break through.
Stats of note: Whiskey Birmingham skated a total of 11 jams as jammer, 6 of which she was lead jammer. Mellow Yellow skated a total of 9 jams, 5 of which she was lead jammer.








Green Country Roller Girls:
85 Abhorition
2112 Dirty Dame
IV Play Eerie Tate
1000 volts Elektra Violette
2Cold Frosty
411 Hot Rod Havoc
5105 Krankee Yankee
Part 6 Lynard SkinHer
3Jacks2Nines Scarlet Devil
Johnny-5 Short Circuit
50 cent Syko Path
23 Whiskey Birmingham
Hatey 8 Wild Biotch
TK65 Zombie Trish
66sick Rosie the Wrecker

North West Arkansas

8 Apache Rose
905 Blackzilla
19 Danger Darling
911 Dilliverance
1977 Dimah Darling
17 Dis Missile
258 Itty Bitty Bang
4LUV Mellow Yellow
101 Pork Pie
A+ Queen LaTeachya
86-U Saba Taj

71 The Professional
4 Unskinny Wop
32 Spark Plug