Category Archives: Oly Rollers
Saturday scoreboard: T-Birds upset Cougars; Oly Rollers advance; Geoducks win fourth straight; All else fall
High school football
Tumwater 35, Capital 28 – 2OT
Roller derby
Oly Rollers 188, Rose City 121 – Recap from Derby News Network
Men’s soccer
Evergreen 2, Warner Pacific 1 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Northwest Nazarene 3, Saint Martin’s 0 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Edmonds 3, SPSCC 0 – Box score
Women’s soccer
Westminster 3, Evergreen 2 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
College volleyball
Southern Oregon 3, Evergreen 0 (25-21, 25-11, 25-19) – Recap
Alaska Anchorage 3, Saint Martin’s 0 (25-10, 25-22, 25-15) – Recap
SUNDAY UPDATE
Men’s rugby
Budd Bay Buffaloes 52, Battleground Bulls 0 – Recap from Budd Bay
Friday scoreboard: Oly gets first win, Shelton holds down Yelm, Rams dominate Abes; OIT downs Geoducks; Oly Rollers win playoff opener
High school football
Olympia 54, Stadium 7
Black Hills 27, Aberdeen 6
Timberline 48, Wilson 20
Shelton 38, Yelm 14
North Thurston 36, Lincoln 7
River Ridge 28, Hockinson 14
Tenino 28, Forks 12
Elma 47, Rainier 15
Hoquiam 54, Rochester 7
College volleyball
Oregon Tech 3, Evergreen 1 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Roller Derby
Oly Rollers 157, Rocky Mountain 92 – Recap from Derby News Network
Today (8/26): Oly Rollers wrap up home season
The Oly Rollers’ varsity Cosa Nostra Donnas will be in action again tonight when they play host to one of the original flat track derby teams, Austin’s Texas Rollergirls.
Texas is the #1 ranked team out of the WFTDA’s South Central region and is currently ranked at #11 by the Derby News Network but have been ranked as high as #4 this season. They played Rat City in Seattle last night and lost 207-154 continuing their struggles after losing to Gotham, Bay Area and Windy City at home in July.
Doors at Skateland! open at 6:00 PM with the bout getting underway at 6:30. Tickets are $15 at the door.
Saturday scoreboard: Bellas fall to Rodeo City, Nostras knock off Minnesota; Geoducks volleyball drops two more
Roller derby
Rodeo City 178, Oly Rollers Bella Donnas 151
Oly Rollers Cosa Nostra Donnas 212, Minnesota 152
The Bella Donnas outscored Rodeo City 105-63 in the second half but it wasn’t enough after digging themselves a hole in the first to trail 115-46 at the break.
In the second bout, the Minnesota Rollergirls led by as many as 23 points in the first half before the Cosa Nostra Donnas stormed back to take a 16 point lead at the half. The Donnas then went on a 30-3 run to open up the second half and withstood a barrage that brought Minnesota to within 11 points with 16 minutes left to play and outscored MNRG 72-23 the rest of the way to take home a 212-152 victory.
College volleyball
Montana Tech 3, Evergreen 2 (23-25, 25-15, 25-17, 25-22, 15-7)
Montana Northern 3, Evergreen 0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-18) – More from Geoducks athletics
The Evergeen volleyball team came so close to winning their first game under Greg Spector’s and their first game since 2010, but after forcing a fifth set with a 25-22 win in the fourth, the Geoducks ran out of steam and dropped the final set to Montana Tech, 15-7.
Then, in their final game at the Red Lion Frontier/Cascade Challenge in Spokane, the Geoducks were swept in straight sets by Montana Western to finish the weekend at 0-5.
Today (8/25): Oly Rollers doubleheader; Racing season continues
The New York Yankees Oly Rollers take to the rink tonight at Skateland! with a doubleheader featuring Oly’s rookie team the Bella Donnas against Ellensburg’s Rodeo City Rollergirls and the varsity Cosa Nostra Donnas against the Minnesota Rollergirls.
Oly comes into tonight’s bout ranked #5 by the Derby News Network and #3 by Derbytron while Minnesota is ranked #10 by DNN and #17 by Derbytron. Minnesota is in the middle of a three bouts in three days Cascadia road trip. They played the Rose City Rollers last night in Portland and were beaten 166-90 and will take on the Rat City all-stars tomorrow in a private bout in Seattle.
Tickets for tonight’s doubleheader are $15 at the door. Doors open at 6:00 PM with derby action getting underway at 6:30.
If you like motorized vehicles going around a much bigger track, head on out to South Sound Speedway’s 3/8th of a mile track and catch NSRA sprint cars, hobby stocks, compacts, mini stocks and bumblebees. The speedway website has a preview of the NSRA races tonight.
Tickets are $20 for adults and kids 15 and under get in for free. Qualifying starts at 5:30 PM with racing at 6:30.
Oly Rollers stir up derby world with trio of transfers
If you think roller derby – at least at a high level – is all just fun and games, think again.
Yesterday, the Oly Rollers ruffled some feathers when it was learned that three skaters would be added to the Oly Rollers charter just before the deadline to skate in the WFTDA playoffs in September.
Atomatrix, Joy Collsion and Hockey Honey will be on the roster for the playoffs despite not playing with Oly at all this season and living nowhere near Olympia. Atomatrix had been an Oly Roller before moving to Arizona with her family and company Atom Wheels before this season, Joy Collision had spent seven years with Baltimore’s Charm City Rollergirls and Hockey Honey comes from San Diego after stops in Arizona and Olympia. Oly is a #4 seed in the upcoming WFTDA playoffs.
Reaction to this news throughout the roller derby world has been passionately negative, despite being technically within the rules of the WFTDA. Hellarad, a derby zine, was particularly profane in their criticism calling the Oly Rollers “the douchiest team in all of roller derby”.
You could go down the rabbit hole following the links reacting to this move and I encourage you to do so if you want to learn more about roller derby culture. Banked Track News post “Why We Dislike ‘Ringers’ and ‘Superteams'” is particularly interesting as are some of the links to Facebook posts that the Derby News Network linked to today.
But you can also read from the three skaters that are moving. Atomatrix, Joy Collision and Hockey Honey have all weighed in on the moves and I find it hard to argue with their reasons for joining Oly for a playoff run.
I do agree that it might not be completely fair to some of the skaters that have been on the Oly roster the whole season that will get bumped for the playoffs, but that’s the breaks when you are playing competitive sports and the Oly Rollers are a competitive team. There’s a reason that there are three roller derby leagues in this small town: the Oly Rollers are a competitive team and not completely recreational. If you want recreational fairness, don’t join the Cosa Nostra Donnas.
I will also say that I don’t feel bad for the other roller derby leagues that are losing players to Olympia. Olympia is by far the smallest market playing at a high level and with the smallest group of athletes to draw from, perhaps it is necessary to bring in old friends and people that want to play to compete with New York City and Denver and Bay Area and all of the other leagues based in major metropolitan areas. I’ve seen a few people refer to the Oly Rollers as the New York Yankees and as a proud native of Olympia, I’m pretty happy to see that insult lobbed our little old way.
So my message to the roller derby world: suck it up. Welcome to the realities of competitive sports.
OLY OLY OLY, OI OI OI!
Also today (7/29): Derby movie night at Skateland!
The Oly Rollers host a screening of the film “Derby, Baby!” today at Skateland! Filmmakers Robin Bond and Dave Wruck explore the boom in roller derby over the past decade with this documentary and the film features interviews and footage from the Oly Rollers. The film is narrated by Juliette Lewis, who starred in the fictional roller derby film “Whip It”.
Tickets to the screening are available at the Skateland! doors and the film begins at 5:00 PM.
Saturday scoreboard: Saints fall in Kitsap; Dropkicks comeback in Boise
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Kitsap Bluejackets 13, Lacey Saints 2
Roller Derby
Oly Rollers Dropkick Donnas 186, Treasure Valley 180 – OT
Today (7/14): Elks and Linx; Senators in Kamloops; Derby doubleheader; Racing
The West Olympia Linx get their chance at the West Coast League’s Bend Elks split squad team today at Saint Martin’s. Yesterday the Hawks Prairie Cardinals knocked off the Elks 2-1 but the Elks came back to beat the Nisqually Silvers 6-2 in a lightning shortened game. First pitch today is at noon.
In other Puget Sound Collegiate League action, the Thurston County Senators take on the Everett Merchants in the first round of the elimination portion of the Kamloops International Baseball Tournament. The Senators went 2-1 in pool play losing only to the defending two time champion Seattle Studs 6-1 last night. First pitch in Kamloops is at 2:30. Unfortunately, neither team seems to use Pointstreak so there are no live stats of the game.
Back in Olympia, Underground Derby hosts a doubleheader tonight when the Death Dealers take on Port Scandalous and the Back Alley Sallies face the Oly Rollers’ Bella Donnas. Doors open at 6:00 PM and derby action gets underway at 6:30. Ticket are $15 and can be purchased at the door.
And finally, weather permitting, South Sound Speedway continues it’s season tonight with street stocks, legends, baby grands, WMRA and bumblebees. Qualifying begins at 5:00 PM and racing starts at 6:30. Tickets are $14 for adults.
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