Party Crashers Face Tough Battles at Bloomington’s B-Cup
by Vivi Section
Photos by Bruce Berna
The Circle City Derby Girls’ Party Crashers lost a bruising bout against the Brewcity Bruisers’ Battlestars in the first round of the B-Cup Tournament over the weekend. The Battlestars of Milwaukee pummeled the Party Crashers with strong waterfalling that broke up their defense and left their jammers unable to break from the pack 
or achieve lead in most jams, resulting in a 254-31 loss. Brewcity went on to take championship honors in the two-day tournament hosted by the Bleeding Heartland Roller Girls on February 4-5.
The fist jam pitted green jammer Cassie Khaos against Moby Nipps for black. Brewcity took a knee to start the jam immediately and Moby quickly achieved lead as Cassie struggled in the pack. Moby put 6 points on the board for Milwaukee before Cassie broke free, causing her opponent to call it. The second jam didn’t go much better for CCDG, with Brewcity jammer Wipeout Scout adding 15 points to their lead during a full two- minute jam in which her blockers effectively contained Blazin’ Blitz in the pack. It wasn’t until the sixth jam that green jammer Wrecker Becker put CCDG’s first points on the board, bringing the score to 42-2. Three jams later, Cassie grabbed lead jammer status for the CCDG’s first time. The Derby Girls’ blockers were able to hold Mother Tucker back long enough for Cassie to score 2 points, with newcomer Trudy Bauchery taking out the black jammer just as she was about to emerge from the pack. Right before the half, Derby Girls’ blockers Guiyatine Gretyl, Mistress Azrael and GunnHoe held up Milwaukee jammer Wipeout Scout long enough for Tiny Ann Mighty to achieve lead jammer status and score 3 points, but Brewcity had already pulled away considerably, at 135-9.
The second half didn’t go much better, with CCDG jammers consistently held up by Milwaukee’s strong defense and unable to achieve lead most of the time. 
Green managed to put up a few more points, including a final jam in which the gold jammer started in the box. CCDG blockers Wrecker, Tiny, Gretyl and Dread Pirate Roberta got the jam started by taking a knee. Jammer Malice Munro added CCDG’s last 9 points to the final score, 254-31.
Saturday’s contest marked the bout debut of three new CCDG skaters — Trudy, Crash Menagerie and Guano Loco. The Battlestars went on to capture the B-Cup trophy after beating the Grand Raggidy Rollergirls’ G-Rap Attack and Naptown Rollergirls’ top-seeeded Third Alarms. The Party Crashers lost a closed consolation bout on Sunday to NEO Roller Derby’s Audio Assault, 196-47. It was the second year Bloomington hosted the B-Cup and CCDG’s second year participating. The Socialites and Party Crashers will travel to Iowa for a February 25 doubleheader against the Des Moines Derby Dames.
