Two Phoenix area leagues were bouting last night. Over on the west-side, Arizona Derby Dames had a doubleheader which featured the Runaway Brides in their debut bout take on the Bombshells and the School Yard Scrappers, coming off of a huge (and their first) win to take on the Coffin Draggers. On the east-side, Arizona Roller Derby had the Bruisers (sans Ivanna & Trish) take on the 0-2 Surly Gurlies...

Last Sunday, I was invited to come down to an old warehouse in Downtown Phoenix to watch the Renegade Rollergirls put on a bout at their new practice location. This bout, being put on for a by-invitation-only audience, was also being recorded by a major sports network for a documentary on alternative sports. Renegades came in from all of their sister leagues including Orange County, San Diego and Bend, OR.

HEY ARIZONA DERBY FANS!!!!!

We have been doing pretty good this year with the predictions. Let's do some for the rest of this month in Arizona derby!!

TONIGHT - TUCSON ROLLER DERBY

IRON CURTAIN VS. VICE SQUAD - 2 pretty equal teams but I was very impressed with the IC at the last bout and I think they will have a slight edge. IRON CURTAIN BY LESS THAN 10 in a medium scoring (50-80) game.

In Tucson, it was the opener of Tucson Roller Derby's season #5. In the first bout, The Copper Queens without star jammer Cheap Ore was able to manage to defeat the Iron Curtain 87-69. In the second bout, the Furious Truckstop Waitresses, who was also skating short was able to use a jammer rotation of primarily Sloppy Flo and Peaches Rodriguez to trample Whiskey Mick and Vice Squad with a final score of 95-46.

(Updated: to adjust final score.)

On Saturday, February 16, 2008, you could feel the walls of Bladeworld vibrating for about a quarter mile around because of what was going on inside.

This was the rivalry that pits the #4 ranked Texas Rollergirls (TXRG) Texecutioners against the #6 ranked Tucson Roller Derby (TRD) Saddletramps. The last time these two teams met was in December, 2006 and in that bout, Tucson beats Texas 62-60 in overtime.

The following is a press release from the Phoenix City Rollers, formerly known as the Arizona Bruisers:

As life evolves, so does derby.