You never expect the cupcake, though. Despite bellies laden with cupcakes, the Roller Dames persevered, jumping out to a lead, after the first two jams.
Dames and Dames swapped the lead several times during the first half, with D3 racking up lots of quick scores and Sioux City playing our feast-or-famine style of derby, putting up 0 points in one jam then 18 in the next. D3 made up some major ground when they put Stella Italiana in to jam 4 in a row, bringing the score to With her slight build, Stella looks like the spaghetti noodle that snuck into the beef ravioli can. She is as slippery as a spaghetti-o and harder to catch than the last meatball floating around in the sauce.
Oh, and did I tell you she leaps? Sioux City proceeded to only score one more point over the next 5 jams, allowing D3 to claw their way back not literally, they were all really lovely girls. We retired to the locker room with the score , Roller Dames. During halftime, D3 introduced us all to their new team, the Crash Test Dolls.
We were so happy for our fellow dames and their new expansion team, that we decided we should eat some more cupcakes to celebrate. Fueled by chocolate and oh-so-creamy frosting, we again took the floor.
In the first jam of the second half, D3 pitted Elbow Macfearson winner of my favorite name honor, after someone explained it to me against Funsize. Elbow eked out a 3 point lead before calling the jam. Next up for Sioux City was PBR who again put up a big number 14 and pulled our team back into the lead. After a couple of solid jams by Cosmo Disco, D3 had again tied the score, paving the way for Stella Italiana to snatch the lead back for Des Moines.
