(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 Arizona Derby Report has been made aware of several derby related events taking place in both Phoenix and Tucson. With the timing of these events, it is possible for the hardcore derby fan to attend all of them.

The AZDR will be at these events, which we are billing as the "Arizona Derby Love Weekend".

The Colonel (announcer for Houston Roller Derby) has this amusingly low-fi podcast dispatch from the Texas Rollergirls' championship bout. Highlights include the betrothal of Jim "Kool-Aid" Jones, the retirement of announcer extraordinaire Whiskey L'Amour, and a controversial star drop that may have kept the Hotrod Honeys from closing the narrow gap on the Hell Marys.

Update: Read on for Gnosis' [non-authoritative] analysis of the controversy.

After losing to the Dairyland Dolls last year on their home track in Austin, the Hotrod Honeys came to Madison looking for payback. The girls in pink & black were in fine form and gave the fans at Fast Forward a night of nail-biting, fast as lightning flat track competition.

With their ferocious feline captain Cat-Tastrophe at the helm, the Texas team certainly gave Crackerjack and the DD's a run for their money. The Dolls' Mouse met her doppelganger in tiny dynamite jammer Rice Rocket, while the Honeys' Lucille Brawl kept the home team blockers busy.

The Bracket - Final (click to enlarge)

It was an extremely tough day of bouting and Seattle's Rat City Rollergirls put their ass-kicking derby spin on the age-old Cinderella story. Showing us all that the days of southwestern domination are entirely over, the third seed Seattle squad defeated both the first and second seeds, within hours of each other, to take home the Dust Devil championship and secure a pole position in September's national finals. Read on for more...

The Bracket - End of Day 2 (click to enlarge)

Here are the scores from Day Two of the WFTDA 2007 Western Regional Tournament. As usual, we'll post links to recaps & other such nonsense as we find them on the international world wide web.

- Kevin Smith kept up with another couple rounds of color commentary for yesterday's bouts
- Here are several photo galleries

Read on for the scores from day two....

This Saturday, Jan 7th 2007, interleague derby action will converge on Wichita, Kansas at the Big Boy Toy Show (at the Century II Events Center). The exhibition tournament will feature six leagues: Assassination City (Dallas, TX), Kansas City, No Coast (Lincoln, NE), NorCal (Chico, CA) Texas Rollergirls (Austin, TX) and the ICT Roller Girls (Wichita, KS). Here's your chance for a KCRW preview - all eyes will be on them in the Western Region Tournament (Dust Devil) next month.

Bouts:
Wichita vs Wichita (exhibition)
KC vs. Assassination City
No Coast vs. NorCal
Texas Roller Girls vs. KC
Assassination City vs. No Coast
NorCal vs. Texas Roller Girls

Justice Feelgood Marshall announced today that the Dust Devil Schedule is out! Start salivating friends...the first of the three WFTDA championship tournaments will soon be upon us. Twelve teams, twelve bouts, one victor. And, though the top five is all but certain, the champion this year is definitely not. Read on for the schedule...

Tucson's Saddletramps defeated the champion-of-the-universe Texas Rollergirls' Austin Texecutioners 62-60 in a nail-biting overtime bout this past Saturday. Contratulations Saddletramps! A bout recap and discussion are here; photos are here.

Texas defeated Tucson 129-96 in the WFTDA National Championship bout last Feb. at the Dust Devil tournament. This is the first time anyone, anywhere has topped the awesome Austin team.

Everything you want to know about the rapacious day of derby known as the Bumberbout Invitational. Recaps, stats, photos, and more.

"How does one even begin to express their gratitude to all the amazing volunteers, medics, mascots, announcers, half time performers, fans, individuals and organizations that made this day in derby history such a success? The list of names and organizations to be thanked will continue to roll in...."

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