Central Maine Derby 138, R.I.P. Tides 171
The R.I.P. Tides versus Central Maine Derby | March 24, 2013 | The Bangor Auditorium, Bangor Maine | Bout Recap by Chris Seneca
Sunday March 24, 2013, was a day of “firsts” and “lasts” in Bangor, Maine. The Inaugural Brawl marked Central Maine Derby’s (CMD) first home bout, the R.I.P. Tides’ first bout of the 2013 season, and the debut of women’s flat track roller derby at the Bangor Auditorium. It also marked the last sporting event to ever be held at the Bangor Auditorium. With over 1200 enthusiastic fans new and old, cheering on the action, it is obvious that roller derby is here to stay in Bangor.
Maine Roller Derby’s own Pixie Quikenwitty was on hand to announce the bout, as only she can. After the ‘National Anthem’ she introduced both teams and their skaters with cheers and applause greeting each one. Next was a quick lesson on the finer points of the sport with some help from both teams, much to the delight of the crowd. It was obvious that both the skaters and the crowd were anxious for the action to start.
The first whistle saw the RIP’s jammer Nutritional Beast squaring off against CMD’s Siren Plague. A track cut sent Nutritional Beast to the penalty box, giving CMD the power jam, but that was short lived, as Siren Plague was forced into a track cut by the RIP’s Gunner Hands-Off. The crowd erupted at the end of the first jam, as CMD had put up 10 to the RIP Tides 4 points. The second jam saw Zeldangerous for the RIP Tides taking 1 point to Ransom Note’s 2. The lead for CMD was short-lived, because on the third jam their jammer Nurse Heartless was sent to the box on a track cut allowing lead jammer Kirsten Damned to rack up 15 points on the power jam putting the RIP Tides ahead 20 to 14. The fourth jam of the afternoon saw the RIP Tides again on the power jam with Byte Size Bandit scoring 10 points. On jams 5 and 6 Nutritional Beast and Zeldangerous each quickly broke through the pack and made off with 4 points and then called the jam before CMD created a threat. Jam seven saw the RIP Tides on the power jam again with Kirsten Damned racking up 20 points to Ransom Note’s 1. Jams 9 through 11 saw the RIP Tides scoring quickly and ending the jams early to minimize any threats by CMD. No points on jam 12 saw the RIP Tides ahead of CMD 71-18. With jam 13 CMD started mounting some offense as Siren Plague scored 11 to Nutritional Beast’s 6. Zeldangerous scored 2 quick points on jam 14. Jam 15 saw CMD’s Nurse Heartless breakout and score 20 points while their defense held Kirsten Damned to zero points. CMD continued to apply pressure during jams 16 through 19 while minimizing the points scored by the RIP Tides. Going into halftime the RIP Tides held the lead over CMD 85-62.
Kirsten Damned started the second half against CMD’s Siren Plague with neither side putting anything up on the board. On jam 2 CMD’s Flex machine edged out Em Vincible 4 points to 2. Kirsten Damned was sent to the box in jam 3 for a forearm giving Siren Plague the power jam and she responded with 10 points to cut the RIP Tides’ lead to 11. With Ransom Note’s 3 points in jam 4 and Nurse Heartless’ 2 points in jam 5, CMD was closing in. The RIP Tides were now just 6 points ahead with the score 87-81. Untimely penalties by CMD in jam 6 opened the door for Em Vincible, who responded with the 23 points. Nutritional Best grab 4 quick points in jam 7. After forcing a track cut on Ransom Note in jam 8 Zeldangerous responded with 15 points to extend the RIP Tides lead. The score now stood at 129-81. Kirsten Damned followed that with 5 unanswered points in jam 9. Jam 10 saw neither side putting up any points. CMD responded in jam 11 with Ransom Notes grabbing 10 points before Byte Size Bandit could put up any points. The score was 140-98 after jam 12, which saw Zeldangerous picking up 6 points to Flex Machine’s 7. In jam 13 Nutritional Beast tied up CMD jammer Nurse Heartless allowing Kirsten Damned to pick up 5. In jam 14 Siren Plague picked up 8 for CMD, while Half-pint Hellcat put up 4 for the RIP Tides. CMD picked up another 3 points in jam 15 when Serpent’s Kiss ended the jam before Nutritional Beast could threaten. Jam 16 had Ransom Note picking up a quick 4 points and then calling it before Zeldangerous could respond. As the second half progressed the noise level had increased with each CMD point. They were looking for the comeback. Siren Plague stepped up in jam 17 giving them 15 points and hope. The crowd erupted. The score was now 149 to128 in favor of the RIP Tides. CMD was within striking distance and the crowd knew it. Zeldangerous put a damper on the celebration in jam 18 when she struck for a quick 4 points and calling it before Nurse Heartless had a chance to pick up anything. Nutritional Beast edged out Siren Plague 4 points to 3 in favor of the RIP Tides. Going into the last jam of the afternoon the RIP Tides lead Central Maine Derby 157 to 131. To end the game the RIP Tides sent out Byte Size Bandit while CMD put their hopes on the shoulders of Ransom Note. Jam 20 saw Byte Size Bandit pick up 14 points to Ransom Note’s 7 ending the bout with the RIP Tides victorious 171 to 138.
MVP Jammer
RIP Tides: Zeldangerous
Central Maine Derby: Ransom Note
MVP Blocker
RIP Tides: Em Vincible
Central Maine Derby: Miss Anthrope
Top Scorers
RIP Tides: Kirsten Damned (47)
Central Maine Derby: Siren Plague (61)
RIP Tides Roster
Born 2B Wildrose | Byte Size Bandit | Cabbage Smash Kid | Dubliner Broozes | Em Vincible | Eva LaDiva | Gunner Hands-Off | Half-pint Hellcat | Hans Yolo | Kirsten Damned | Maul E. Ringwald | Nutritional Beast | Tokyo Rollz | View Grind’er | Vintage Venom | Zeldangerous
Central Maine Derby Roster
Amazing Graceless | Artemis Wrecks | Flex Machine | Flogging Polly | Knife Edge | KTNT | Miss Anthrope | Nurse Heartless | Pickle Bunny | Ransom Note | Serpent’s Kiss | Siren Plague | Stargazer | Sweet Peacock | Wined Up |
