Port City Roller Derby

We didn’t want to open our third season with a loss, but at least we can take a lot away from it. So while the final score Saturday night in the state capital read Albany All-Stars 182, Port City 140, we came away with plenty of things you can’t find on a scoreboard.

Albany’s  has played eight bouts this season since January and they came out fast and furious, grabbing almost of all of the lead jams, landing the big hits and completely controlling play as they mounted a 60-2 advantage early. Adversity builds character, and that provided a huge opportunity for our time to show our character.

Our team didn’t hang our heads, we didn’t point fingers at each other and we didn’t mail it in. Instead, we took the gut punch and made it a gut check. We scrapped and scratched and skated hard, pulling back within 79-50 at the half. A couple times we pulled within 20 points — striking distance for a power jam — but couldn’t get over the hump.

Thanks and congrats to Albany for continuing their successful season. Kudos to Albany’s MVP Jammer Scarlett O’Hack-ya and Blocker Lusty Crush, plus MVP Jammer Certified Public Assassin and Blocker Crushed Red Pepper for Port City. Our list of notes from this bout are long, and we’ll have plenty to do in practice before our home season starts May 25 vs. the Roc City B-Sides. This bout gave us plenty to work on, and that’s just what we’ll do.