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Friday, December 2, 2011
Sports Roller Derby Weekend
Posted by Courtney Ferguson on Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:59 PM
Tonight: The Rose City Rollers' newbies for the High Rollers and the Heartless Heathers are banding together to take on Eugene's Emerald City Roller Girls. 8 pm, $14-20, tickets here.
Tomorrow: The fresh recruits to the Break Neck Betties and the Guns N Rollers take out their aggressions on Medford's Southern Oregon Rollergirls. 6 pm, $14-20, tickets here.
Sunday: The junior skaters in the Rosebuds are holding a fundraiser bout for the Outdoor School. 3 pm, $7 (tickets at the door)
All this on top of a full schedule for the first-ever World Cup of roller derby taking place right now in Toronto. How is the USA team doing? Umm. They're doing okay. Thursday's game against Scotland ended with the final score USA 435, Scotland 1. Yipes. The USA plays either #8 Germany or #9 New Zealand on Saturday at 10:30 am PST with live coverage here.
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