Recap: OHRG v. North Star
Northern Lights found a way to gel midway through the first half. By using its pack size to its advantage and continually knocking Gang Green jammers to the floor, Ohio was shut out every other jam through halftime including the last two jams. It was these two jams that gave Northern Lights a 20-point swing and the halftime lead, 44-38.
The momentum stayed on the side of Northern Lights into the second half scoring seven points to Gang Green’s zero in the first two jams. Rookie skater Val-n-Tina Sauci did her best to keep Gang Green in the game skating to a 10-0 jam and bringing OHRG back within three points.
But that is as close as they would get scoring only four points in the next seven jams coupled with ill-timed penalties proved too much to come back from.
HellionBOI and Sauci lead Gang Green in scoring with 22 and 21, respectively, followed by rookie skaters Loraine Acid with 10 points and Nailher with eight points. reVulva proved to be a good match up in the pack contributing 26 defensive blocks with 11 hits on opposing jammers knocking them to the floor five times.
Gang Green is 0-2 this season. They next play the Dixie Derby Girls April 25 in Columbus. Tickets are now available
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Comeback falls just short for OHRG
A come from behind victory came up just short for the Ohio Roller Girls as they fell to the losing end of an exciting game March 21 versus the North Star Supernovas (Minneapolis, Minn.), 115-97.
The Ohio Roller Girls and the Supernovas came out of the gates swinging in a seesaw battle that showed the local Columbus crowd a new era of roller derby has been born. The Supernovas clung to a small 22-19 lead midway through the first period when penalty from OHRG jammer Wendra Woman sent her to the penalty box and gave North Star jammer Katarina Hit the opening she needed to go on a 9-0 jam and the start of a punch, counter-punch of humongous jams that would continue through the rest of the bout.
Five jams later OHRG jammer Foxy Force countered with a 9-0 of her own but star Supernovas jammer Medusa wiped out most of Foxy’s effort two jams later scoring a 9-2 jam. The Supernovas would take a 22-point lead into halftime, 69-47.
Katarina Hit would come out in the first jam of the second half and put up a 10 spot to Pippi RipYourStockings’ three points to bring the Supernovas to its largest lead of the game.
The Ohio Roller Girls would turn up the defense for the next nine jams only allowing the Supernovas to score six points. Led by Phoenix Bunz, Kitty Liquorbottom, Foxy Force and Pippi, OHRG would mount a comeback and erase the Supernovas 29-point lead and come within two points, 85-83.
Penalties would prove to be the downfall of OHRG in this bout though, racking up 53 minors and 12 majors. A power play in the next jam allowed Medusa to rack up another big jam for the Supernovas, 9-0, and secure them the victory. North Star would outscore OHRG 30-14 in the remaining eight jams of the game securing the 115-97 victory and giving OHRG its second loss of the season.
The Ohio Roller Girls were led in scoring by Kitty Liquorbottom who jammed for 34 points followed by Pippi RipYourStockings with 24 points, Foxy Force with 20 points and Wendra Woman put up 12 points. Phoenix Bunz and Alli Catraz led the defense with 23 and 20 defensive blocks, respectively. Chewblocka recorded the only knockdowns for OHRG, putting the jammer on the floor three times.
North Star Supernovas jammer Medusa led all scoring with 71 points. Katarina Hit picked up most of the teams remaining scoring effort with 33 points. The Supernovas committed 29 minor penalties and 15 major penalties in the bout
The Ohio Roller Girls will next face the Gem City Roller Girls, at 5 p.m. April 19 in Dayton and against the Sioux Falls Roller Dollz at 4 p.m. April 25 in Columbus. Tickets to both bouts are on sale now.
