By: Fire Anne Brimstone and Touretta Lynn

The Naptown Roller Girls’ veteran team, the Tornado Sirens, showed the Dixie Derby Girls the North’s definition of Southern Brutality with a 164-25 win in Huntsville, Alabama on April 18. This was DDG’s season opener, and both teams entered the track in great form-skating their way through smoke and dimmed lights for team introductions. Once the initial whistle blew, though, the lights were on and the action was intense. Naptown took control of the bout immediately, obtaining an ever-growing lead they’d feed all night. NRG jammers obtained lead jammer status 14 out of 18 jams to control the period, and where the Siren’s speediest left off, NRG’s heavy hitters took over. Sweet C made several seriously sweet hits, sending one DDG skater into the Sirens’ bench, while Sin Lizzie, J Roller, 4 Leaf Cleaver and the rest of the blocking crew put the stop to DDG’s jamming team on a regular basis. By halftime, the score was 78 to 13 in NRG’s favor.

The second period saw more on-your-feet action. But what no one expected? Two jammerless jams in a row. Both teams had their jammers sent to the box for penalties. NRG’s J Roller quickly donned the jammer cap to cover for Ivanna B. Naughty’s position at the jammer line. But soon after the jammer whistles blew, both jammers were again sent to the box. Only Sweet C, Sin Lizzie, and Touretta Lynn were left standing on the track, and Touretta Lynn, a blocker through and through, did something her team never thought she’d do: She put on a jammer cap. Overall, the bout saw several twists and turns, including lots of hard hits and dramatic falls from both teams and great performances from Katya Lookin’ and Joanie Gouge, the newest additions to the Sirens team. But, in the end, Naptown delivered the final assault, bringing home another win by more than 100 points for the second week in a row. Final score 164 – 25.