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An MVP at both ends of her skating career

Posted on Apr 18, 2014

Yoko Onoudi’nt started skating at the age of six. Photo by Jenny Evans by Jim Almy When you start skating at six and play all the popular sports like basketball, softball, soccer, roller hockey, golf, tennis, and distance running all your life…

"Too scared to jam", Izzie scores 38, earns MVP honors

By Webmaster Rat City

Posted on Apr 18, 2014

by Jim Almy Izzy Does it focuses on the bench before she jams. Photo by Stephen Giang For someone who started out in Pathfinder Junior Derby "to scared to jam" Izzie Does It has come far enough that she scored…

Derby Liberation Front overcomes key injuries, wins championship

By Webmaster Rat City

Posted on Apr 13, 2014

By Jim Almy There's no other way to say it. They just beat you down. They just take the best you can throw at them, shake it off and continue to beat you down. Derby Liberation Front (DLF), the team…

Throttle Rockets "Ready to bring it" for Saturday's championship

By Webmaster Rat City

Posted on Apr 9, 2014

Earlier in the season Coach Slutnik said, "The 2014 incarnation of the Throttle Rockets has been a remarkable mixture of intensity, focus, and strength." Photo by Danny Ngan by Jim Almy In the world of roller derby 24 points is…

Rat City Rollergirls Present: Hitditch Cup!

By Webmaster Rat City

Posted on Apr 8, 2014

Save the Date! The Rat City Rollergirls are creating something MAGICAL you won't want to miss!! Hitditch Cup will include skaters from Rat City being sorted into four different teams! The skaters have no idea what team they will be…

Derby Liberation Front, rebuilt and ready for the championships this Saturday

By Webmaster Rat City

Posted on Apr 8, 2014

by Jim Almy Photo by James McDaniel Derby Liberation Front (DLF) will say their rebuilding effort is complete when they win the league championship in a bout this Saturday, April 12, in KeyArena against the Throttle Rockets. The Throttle Rockets (2-1)…

Rookies play tough, so do vets in a battle of the generations at the Rat's Nest

By Webmaster Rat City

Posted on Apr 2, 2014

by Jim Almy Photo by John Stamets The final score, 160-154 in favor of the Throttle Girls, may have been the best evidence of how deep and talented the pool of players for the Rat City Rollergirls has become. It…

Sweet victory for Sockit Wenches over their Portland foe

By Webmaster Rat City

Posted on Apr 1, 2014

by Jim Almy Photo by John Stamets. Victory is sweet and the honey taste of this one will stay with the Sockit Wenches a few savory days, if not longer. They treated Portland Oregon’s Rose City Rollers, Guns ‘N’ Rollers,…

DLF Coach Ho Chi Danh looks pretty good in pedal pushers

By Webmaster Rat City

Posted on Apr 1, 2014

"You can't unsee that!", said everyone in the room. Photo by John Stamets Guns ‘N’ Rollers, the Rose City Rollers home team that came to Seattle Saturday night to play a bout against Rat City Rollergirls, Sockit Wenches, came without…

Rose City sends Guns 'N' Rollers to take on Sockit Wenches this Saturday

By Webmaster Rat City

Posted on Mar 28, 2014

Sockit Wenches' Sister Slaughter races in front of Scald Eagle of the Guns 'N' Rollers last December. Photo by Jenny Evans By Jim Almy The latest chapter in the sibling rivalry between the Rat City Rollergirls in Seattle and the…