


The Atlanta Rollergirls round the halfway point of the season this weekend with “Armed and Dangerous,” a doubleheader of bouts at the Shrine Center on Ponce. And with Atlanta’s all-star battling for rankings across the country, they’ll be happy to begin the second half of the season on their own turf.
The first bout pits the Atlanta all-stars, known as the Dirty South Derby Girls, against the Dominion Derby Girls of Norfolk, Va. After putting up a good fight against Houston Roller Derby and the Texas Rollergirls earlier this month, the DSDG return home in fifth place in the South Central Division of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association. The Dominion girls will be out for an upset, however, in hopes of advancing in the East Division rankings.
The second bout features the Apocalypstix and the Sake Tuyas, two local teams still looking for their first home victories of the season. A win here for either team could definitely help determine who goes on to compete for the league championship in August since there really is no clear candidate to dethrone the defending Toxic Shocks as of yet.