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The Yukon Roller Derby team fell to Alaskan team Ptarmageddon in roller derby action Saturday night in front of a boisterous crowd at Mount McIntyre.

The score at halftime was fairly close, with Ptarmageddon in the lead 131-92.

Ptarmageddon pulled away in the second half, though. The final score read 250 to 143.

Ptarmageddon jammer 鈥淣iketah鈥� was instrumental in the win, effortlessly slicing through the Yukon defence.

鈥淩aging Radish鈥� Loos and the other Yukon jammers did their best to match Niketah, but fell short.

The game was part of a roller derby doubleheader, 鈥淲ham! Bam! Solstice Slam!鈥�, the first held in the territory in years.

In the first game, Flower Power (Alberta) triumphed over Midnight Stunners (skaters from Alaska, B.C. and Y.T.). 291-103.

Yukon was coached by legendary roller derby queen Miracle Whips (Claudia Mar茅chal).

鈥淚t was very emotional, it was full of really hard commitment. People tried plans. Some things worked. Some other things didn鈥檛. In the end, everybody is leaving this experience grown. It鈥檚 really beautiful to see.鈥�

Asked what stood out to her, Mar茅chal replied, 鈥淵ou always have the option of reinforcing your defence, and that鈥檚 the safe way. But they decided to keep on sending support for their jammers, their point scorers. They sent offence, they tried a plan, they tried another plan. There鈥檚 been a beautiful evolution throughout the two games.鈥�

Mar茅chal added, 鈥淭he roller derby scene in Yukon is really healthy. It鈥檚 a group that has a lot of momentum, a lot of kind, caring souls. If anybody鈥欌�檚 looking for an interesting hobby full of cool people, I really think they should check it out.鈥�

Yukon Roller Derby Association President Christy Huey, AKA Christy Crack-Her, said, 鈥淚t was so much fun. I got Most Valuable Blocker, voted by the other team. So that鈥檚 very exciting.

鈥淥ur team played really well. We鈥檙e really happy. We lost but we came to have fun and that was accomplished.

鈥淚鈥檓 sure you could see energy鈥檚 high. Everybody had a good time.鈥�

Huey agreed that the camaraderie seemed high as well, especially since the team hadn鈥檛 all played together before.

鈥淲e all met each other for the first time this weekend. But you already have that thing in common and you鈥檙e joust so happy to be here, so we have, like a new part of our family now.鈥�

Huey agreed that Niketah gave them a tough time and said Ptarmageddon has some pretty high-end, experienced players.

鈥淒efinitely. They鈥檙e a team that hits hard and is really aggressive and we have a really brand new team so we knew we weren鈥檛 gonna win, quite honestly, but we came into it just to do our best getting experience. We learned a lot. Going back into practice, we have a lot of things we can focus on. and I think we鈥檙e just going to keep on getting better and better the more we play together.鈥�

Andrea 鈥淗oney Badger鈥� Badger won Most Valuable Jammer in the game.

Huey added, 鈥淭onight was amazing. Anyone who came out and saw it, hope you had a really great time.

鈥淚f you want to join us, we鈥檙e going to be doing Try Derby this summer. We鈥檙e gonna teach people how to skate. You can come out, become part of the action in some shape or form, and look out for us, because we鈥檙e going to be doing a lot more events.鈥�

Judging from the reaction of the crowd to the intense, hard-hitting action, the unique post-game tradition of the players high-fiving the crowd gathered around the ring, plus the players knocking over stacks of beer cans after the game, a good time was had by all.