Note: The following is an exact transcript of the live blog posted for this bout during the 2007 WFTDA Eastern Region Tournament, aka Heartland Havoc. Click on "Read More" for the full post.

Note: The following is an exact transcript of the live blog posted for this bout during the 2007 WFTDA Eastern Region Tournament, aka Heartland Havoc. Click on "Read More" for the full post.

Note: The following is an exact transcript of the live blog posted for this bout during the 2007 WFTDA Eastern Region Tournament, aka Heartland Havoc. Click on "Read More" for the full post.

Note: The following is an exact transcript of the live blog posted for this bout during the 2007 WFTDA Eastern Region Tournament, aka Heartland Havoc. Click on "Read More" for the full post.

Tickets are now on sale for the 2007 WFTDA Eastern Regional Tournament, aka Heartland Havoc. The tournament will be held at Battelle Hall in the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, OH, August 17-19. Prices are $25/day or $50 for the whole event. Get tickets online here. More info here.

The top four teams from this tournament will go on to compete in the National Championship Tournament in Austin, TX in September. Click here to see the lineup.

East Coast Extravaganza, Philadelphia

Detroit 124, Charm City 107

Just one day after holding back a determined assault from the Grand Raggidy Roller Girls at Philly's East Coast Derby Extravaganza, the Mobtown Maulers found themselves on the opposite end of a very similar game, falling 124-107 to the Detroit Derby Girls. Detroit had also played on the ECE's opening day, going down 192-49 against the Carolina Roller Girls. The Maulers both gained and lost a player from the previous day's matchup against Grand Raggidy -- key jammer Betty Beatdown made it into town, but key blocker Sizzle-Leen was ill and unable to play.

From March 24, 2007
Masonic Temple, Detroit
D-Funk AllStars defeat Devil's Night Dames to take move into first place in a rough and tumble shoot-out that shattered DDG scoring records.
Saturday's bout, called the "Trial by Fire" by many, was a showcase of returning vets and a crop of up-and-comers. Also on their first time out were two new team managers (Dames' former captain and defensive terror Fanny Pack, and D-Funk's Howie Rollson) and two referees (Marv Illis and Candy Apple Ref) who donned the costumed stripes for the first time. Four new skaters made their debuts, and one of them was named as MVP- Devil's Night Dames' jammer/blocker Racer McChaseHer (#2.8 Racer, a transfer from the world of speed skating, broke the single-bout DDG record in her derby debut, tallying 75 points. She led all jammers in leads, taking lead jammer 9 of 15 times (64%), and also racked up 5 assists, 2 knockdowns (one explosive kd on D-Funk jammer Ima Wrecker in the third). Racer even came with her own outfitted cheering section! Dire Skates (5 points as a jammer) and Shear Terror (5 hits as a 8 blocks in 7 jams) skated hard their first time out. D-Funk All Stars rookie jammer/blocker Damsel Distresser was +10 in 9 jams, but did not skate as a jammer in her first time out. According to Howie Rollson, D-Funk's new manager "We have so many great jammers, so we're looking forward to her jamming against the 2006 Champs (Detroit Pistoffs)!" And jam those jammers did, to a 204 to 131 victory over the Dames. Each of scoring jammers, 5 in all, broke their old points records in record time. 2006 Jammer of the Year Vega Vendetta had 66 points in 9 jams, and 3 grand slams. Jammer of the Game Ima Wrecker had a stellar 61 points in 8 jams (7.625 points per jam), was +27 jamming, and had 6 grand slams and a knockdown. The AllStar’s assault was rounded out by Tinja and Cat’s Meow who both had 30 points, which was the highest scoring outing to date for both of them.

Detroit's Metro Times says the F-word in this article about the Detroit Derby Girls. "Sassy short skirts and skinned knees, black eyes and glitter-flecked false eyelashes: It's the fabulously I-don't-fuck-around fashion statement favored by the Detroit Derby Girls."

Hey Derby Fans -

Roller Derby has returned to Detroit! At last -- the event that you’ve all been waiting for: The Detroit Derby Girls Inaugural Brawl.

After months of skating, recruiting, training and fundraising, we are pleased to invite you to join us on Saturday, February 18, 2006 at the Masonic Temple in Detroit for our first public flat-track derby bout. In what is sure to be a hard-hitting competition, Fanny Pack and the fierce ladies of the KillPatricks will be taking on their feisty intraleague rivals, the Motown Hit Squad, led by captain Cookie Rumble.

The Real Detroit Weekly ran a piece recently about the Detroit Derby Girls. "The roller rink — it’s a forgotten landscape. Once the hot spot for so many weekend adolescent thrills … I’m long past those days, but a group of girls have once again drawn me to this cultural relic. I laced up my skates, contemplating the great tradition of roller derby past.