On Saturday, March 6, the Carolina Bootleggers roller derby team rolled into the Grady Cole Center for what was expected to be a hard-fought match with the Charlotte Roller Girls.

While the match started out in fierce competition, the ladies in purple and black proved too much for Carolina and sent Carolina back to Durham after a crushing 108-46 defeat. The next match is on April 10 in a double-header: CQS Miss B-havers vs. CLTRG B Dazzlers and

Dominion Derby Dames vs. CLTRG All-Stars — get your tickets early, as the March 6 bout sold out quickly.

Here are some of the images from the battlefied. The season’s off to a great start:

This article appears in Mar 2-8, 2010.

Jeff Hahne became the music editor for Creative Loafing Charlotte in March 2007. He graduated with a degree in journalism and minor in Spanish from Auburn University in 1997. Since then he has worked for...

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