Hold on to your butts, rockers! Are you ready for a rematch? This weekend is the Season 7 Semi-Finals, and Saturday night sees our radical Guns N Rollers pitted once more against the lipstick-wearing Break Neck Betties. These two teams are ranked 3rd and 2nd respectively and will be battling for a shot in the Championship game against the winner of Friday night's bout (either the High Rollers or the Heartless Heathers). As you may recall, last month the Betties dealt GNR a crushing blow in the form of a 172-107 routing. With the exception of a few awe-inspiring first minutes, the Betties held the upper hand the entire game. But let's not open up that wound. Let's look ahead to what's in store for us loyal GNR fans this weekend...
Mel Mangles is back! Oh my god, you guys! After retiring from GNR to skate exclusively for the Wheels of Justice, Mangles is back in black and ready to kick some ass! \m/ \m/ I am so excited to see her back on the track for our butt-rocking ladies in spandex. Adding her to the list of formidable GNR blockers like Havana Good Time and Frank N Hurter means that sneaky little Betties jammers like D Konstructor and SoulFearic ACID will have a slightly harder time getting through the pack. This also means that GNR jammers will have a little more help on offense and may manage to rack up some serious points. This will be an absolute necessity if GNR has any hopes of neutralizing those Betties jammers. Supa Sixpack will need to put some major points up, and Scald Eagle will probably be pulling double-duty as a jammer and a blocker. Now that Squid Vicious has left Rose City for the untamed excitement of Utah, GNR has a gaping hole in their jammer rotation. Who will step up and fill it? As much as I love to watch Untamed Shrew out on the track blocking (she really is quite effective), I am crossing my fingers that we will see her reprise her role as the amazing jammer from earlier in the season. I'll also be watching for Harajuke A Girl and Juvie Hall to continue their proud tradition of solid positional blocking.
All the pieces are there, people. The key will be for GNR to stay calm and not fall apart in the face of chaos. Don't get flustered and commit stupid penalties! For god's sake, stay out of the box! And if you can, GNR, please please try to crush the spirits of those Betties jammers. DK may be an unflappable machine, but we have all seen the photographic evidence that Acid is at least capable of being flustered. ;)
Come to the hangar at Oaks Park this Saturday, May 5th at 6pm to see the Guns N Rollers take on the Break Neck Betties. I have a feeling it's gonna be a nail-biter!
In Other News...
The Guns N Rollers fundraising party on April 20th was a wild success! Guests and GNR alike piled into the Blitz party bus for some cruising and boozing, stopping first at Nectar in Sellwood (a GNR sponsor) to sample the GNR-inspired flavor High Voltage Chocolate. Holy crap, GNR has their own flavor! And boy was that stuff spicy! After burning our mouths out with deliciousness we climbed back on board the party bus and headed downtown to Ground Kontrol. At the door Va Va BOOM gave us each a little pink bag of quarters and unleashed us on the video games. Addams Family Pinball! Mortal Kombat! 4-Person PacMan! While drinking! We all wandered around and indulged our nostalgia, stopping at the fancy-pants tables reserved exclusively for GNR to hang when our quarters ran out. There we sat, snapping pictures, playing quarters, and laughing our butt-rocking butts off until it was time to climb aboard the party bus once more. This time we were headed back to Blitz Ladd, where GNR was being eagerly awaited by their adoring fans. As the live karaoke band set up on stage, guests ordered food and more drinks and started to settle in for a night of rowdiness and shenanigans.
Mel Mangles, purveyor of jello shots, mingled with the crowd. Raffle girls wandered through the masses. Inebriated guests started piling into the free photo booth to document their... shall we say... revelry? Everyone looks fantastic and good times were had by all. Untamed Shrew had the crowd eating out of her hand with a rousing rendition of Sweet Child of Mine, and many brave souls took the stage to sing their hearts out with a live band behind them. A sweet snowboard was raffled off along with other awesome prizes. When I left just after midnight the crowd had thinned but the party was still rockin'. As promised, I dutifully took video recordings whenever possible, and will be posting said footage on this very blog just as soon as I figure out how to do so! Look forward to skater interviews, footage from the party bus and Ground Kontrol, and even Shrew rocking the mic! It was an epic night of rock and roll with your favorite ladies in black. If you missed it, you missed out!!
Mel Mangles, purveyor of jello shots, mingled with the crowd. Raffle girls wandered through the masses. Inebriated guests started piling into the free photo booth to document their... shall we say... revelry? Everyone looks fantastic and good times were had by all. Untamed Shrew had the crowd eating out of her hand with a rousing rendition of Sweet Child of Mine, and many brave souls took the stage to sing their hearts out with a live band behind them. A sweet snowboard was raffled off along with other awesome prizes. When I left just after midnight the crowd had thinned but the party was still rockin'. As promised, I dutifully took video recordings whenever possible, and will be posting said footage on this very blog just as soon as I figure out how to do so! Look forward to skater interviews, footage from the party bus and Ground Kontrol, and even Shrew rocking the mic! It was an epic night of rock and roll with your favorite ladies in black. If you missed it, you missed out!!
See you on Saturday! Rock on! \m/ \m/
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