Hit Crew Doubleheader
Tickets are on sale now for the May 19th, doubleheader 'Hit Crew'. The Party Crashers will take on the Cornfed Derby Dames (Muncie, Ind.) and the Socialites will contend with the South Bend Roller Girls (South Bend, Ind.). We'll be back at our regular location for this bout at the Forum at Fishers, 9022 E. 126th St., Fishers.
Tickets are $10 in advance at Brown Paper Tickets. or $12 at the door, children 6 and under are FREE at the door.
Doors open at 5pm. Party Crashers bout at 6pm, Socialites at 7:45pm. All tickets and seating are general admission. Try out our suicide floor seats to get up close to the action!
We'll have Triton Beer, Ritter's Frozen Custard, Harvest Cafe coffee (don't forget to try our special CCDG blend!) and more! Meet us up after the bout at Claude & Annie's in Fishers at 141st St & 37 North -- our official after party location.
Socialites fall to Paper Valley, 243-32
by Malice Munro
Photos by Damage Control
Just one week after their exhilarating triumph over the Rollergirls of Southern Indiana, the Circle City Derby Girls' Socialites took on the Paper Valley Roller Girls of Appleton, Wisc., on April 28 at Ellenberger Park.The bout was the opening of a doubleheader, with the Race City Rebels men's roller derby team taking on the Green Bay Smackers. The Socialites fell to Paper Valley 243-32 in a brutal, physical battle.
The bout was a low-scoring nail-biter for the first four jams. The first jam was scoreless, with Vivi Section winning lead jammer status, but with MVP Paper Valley jammer Pissy Pistol hot on her wheels, Vivi was forced to call it off before scoring points. Roll-R Damage had better luck in the next jam, drawing the first blood and scoring three points on visiting Chop StickYa before ending the jam. The next two jams weren't so lucky for Circle City: Skully Crossbones and StickYa had the refs pointing out their lead jammer status over home-team sweethearts Liberty Spykes and Cassie Khaos, and the score raised to 6-3 in favor of PVRG.
Disaster struck for Circle City six minutes into the first half, when Vivi was called to the penalty box on a track cut, giving PVRG's Swiss Miss total point-scoring power. Jackie Bauer and Guiyatine Gretyl attempted to contain Swiss Miss with a two-wall, but she scored 20 points that jam. Circle City took a time out but was unable to regroup—PVRG won lead jammer status for eleven jams in a row, taking control of the track for most of the remainder of the half. Notable exceptions came from Vivi Section, who managed lead jammer status twice in the second quarter of the bout: The home crowd went wild when she scored Circle City's first grand slam of the evening. The score at halftime, however, remained an unpromising 112-11, with Paper Valley in the lead.
Circle City emerged from the locker room reenergized at the start of the second half, with Vivi Section earning lead jammer status in the first jam. Chop StickYa dashed the home crowd's hopes in the second jam, scoring 20 points while Socialite blockers Jackie Bauer and Lady Miss Bier struggled to maintain a powerful defense.
The physical game began to take its toll on players on both teams, as skaters careened into the penalty box for the rest of the evening. Liberty Spykes and Cassie Khaos were able to capitalize on some power jams in Circle City's favor while Skully Crossbones and Pissy Pistol did their time. CCDG players also spent time in the box—star blocker Spleana Rupture split the box with Skully and Swerving Berlin went to the box on a controversial call when she bumped some PVRG blockers before the starting whistle of one jam. Though the Socialites managed to put up some points, they couldn't undo the damage done in the first half and Pioneer Valley took the victory, 243-32. Visiting skaters Pissy Pistol and Amanda Spank also took home Best Jammer and Best Blocker awards.
After the defeat, the Circle City Derby Girls are hungry for a win, and they hope to bring home two at Hit Crew at the Forum in Fishers on Saturday, May 19. First, the Party Crashers will face off against Muncie's Cornfed Derby Dames and then the Socialites will contend with the South Bend Roller Girls.
About the Circle City Derby Girls
CCDG is an independent women’s flat-track roller derby league based in Indianapolis. We compete with roller derby teams throughout the Midwest, and host our popular home season bouts at the Forum in Fishers, Ind. We are skater-owned and -operated, with a network of dedicated volunteers and fans who help make our league thrive. We aim to provide opportunities for skaters of all levels to play roller derby. For more information about the league, visit our About Page.
