On Sunday, March 8th, the Hellcats skated against the Rhinestone Cowgirls in the second bout of the TXRD season.  Both teams came to this bout with desire, drive,and determination.  If this bout is any indication, the 2009 season is going to be a nail biter up until the end.
Kategory 5 started the bout off with a bang for the Rhinestone Cowgirls, scoring a five point grand slam jam.  Dixie Sanchez answered right back with four points of her own.  This pattern would continue all night long.  Both teams played very physical games:  there were a lot of falling skaters, hard hits, and called penalties.  The Hellcats made excellent use of their extremely deep jamming rotation; the Rhinestone Cowgirls focused on defending the pack and opening up a path for their power jammer, Kategory 5.  The Rhinestones also used their penalties to advantage:  Truckstop Trixie scrapped her way to a pillow fight victory, and Miss Canada won a two lap duel on a last moment belly flop over the line.  In the last jam of the quarter, Purr Anna added three points to put the Hellcats ahead 11 to 9.
The second quarter began with some penalty business from the previous jam.  Both Mummy Dearest and Truckstop Trixie had to sit out during a reskate of the jam due to major penalties.  Although Ali Mony and Natorious valiantly tried to block in the pack, Purr Anna scored a five point Grand Slam in a jam that hugely turned the momentum in favor of the Hellcats.  The back and forth scoring continued–Kategory 5 would add one, Dixie Sanchez would score two.  Rollergazm would score one, Kategory 5 would score three, then Dixie Sanchez scored four.  The Rhinestones did an excellent job shutting down Curly Suicide, usually a big scoring threat for the Hellcats.  Dixie Sanchez and Purr Anna really stepped up and took leadership as scorers in her place.  At the end of the first half, the score was Hellcats 22, Rhinestone Cowgirls 16.

1st half–Hellcat Scorers:
Dixie Sanchez-14 points
Purr Anna–8 points
Dirty Blonde–2 points
Miso Vicious–1
Catalac–0 points
Curly Suicide– 0 points

Rhinestone Cowgirls Scorers:
Kategory 5–14 points
Rollergazm–3 points
Miss Canada–0 points
Truckstop Trixie–0 points
Skate Wolf–0 points

The second half began much like the first half:  Kategory 5 scored two points to Curly Suicide’s zero to start the action rolling.  After a scoreless jam, Kategory 5 and Dirty Blonde both incurred minor penalties.  They spun a two lap duel on the penalty wheel.  Each skater tried to pants the other as she made her way around the track.  Kategory 5 at the last moment whipped herself off of Dirty Blonde’s spankies and won the duel.  A particularly nasty tripping call on Rhinestone rookie Al B. Nasty resulted in a major penalty and a reskate.  Purr Anna was once again able to capitalize on a penalty and scored 3 unanswered points for the Hellcats.  A minor penalty on Mummy Dearest spun an arm wrestle penalty.  Rookie Kinky Kowalsky destroyed Mummy Dearest for the Hellcats.  (She was also impressive in an earlier tug of war penalty–this girl is a beast!) For the next jam, Glitterotica refocused all of her blocking efforts on Kategory 5.  She drew a major penalty, and Dixie Sanchez was able to further extend the Hellcat scoring run with two points.  Miss Canada answered back with four points, while Catalac was being blocked out hard by Mummy Dearest.  Mummy Dearest picked up another major penalty, but Miss Canada called off the reskate before any points were scored.  At the end of the third quarter, the score was Hellcats 26, Rhinestone Cowgirls 21.
By the start of the fourth quarter, the Convention Center was humming with the intensity of the crowd.  Neither team showed any signs of quitting or giving up the fight.  Penalties were even more frequent, and the pack action was more intense.  A major on Kategory 5 from the last jam led to yet another reskate.  Moko Loco was able to score four very important points for the Hellcats.  She picked up a major for pushing, but no points were scored in the reskate.  Kategory 5 then had a big jam where she scored four points.  A minor penalty on Mummy Dearest led to an exciting relay race penalty, that the Hellcats won after both teams dropped the baton.  Purr Anna scored a point for the HC, Dixie Sanchez scored three more, then Kategory 5 scored four for the RC.  Dixie Sanchez faced off against Kategory 5 again–Dixie scored one and Kategory scored two.  Major penalties were called on both Dirty Blonde and Diablo; Kategory 5 added two more points in the reskate to bring the score to Hellcats 35, Rhinestone Cowgirls 32 with one jam left to skate.  The crowd was on its feet, screaming for both teams.  Purr Anna faced off against Rollergazm.  Rollergazm was held back in the pack while Purr Ann fought her way to the front and called off the jam to end the bout.  Final score:  Hellcats 35, Rhinestone Cowgirls 32.
This bout was thrilling and intense throughout.  Both teams played with a ton of heart–no one could say that they didn’t leave everything they had out on the track.  Both started their season with big statements:  neither of these teams can be counted out of the Calvello Cup chase by a long shot.  Next bout–Sunday, March 28th–the Cherry Bombs take on the Holy Rollers.  See you at the Thunderdome!!!!

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