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Peggy Noland, a.k.a. "Estee Slaughter", of Independence, MO., demonstrates her softer side while readying herself for competition in Kansas City's premiere all-female roller derby. Game one of the 2005 Kansas City Roller Warriors season kicked off Saturday night, March 19, at the Winnwood Skate Center in Kansas City, MO. with The Bionics taking on "Slaughter's" team The Dogfightin' Dames.
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Brian Hicks, left, a "catcher" who helps skaters back to their feet on spills and collisions, checks on the skaters backstage. A list of skaters for the nights two teams is posted inside the dressing room at right. Game one of the 2005 Kansas City Roller Warriors season kicked off Saturday night, March 19, at the Winnwood Skate Center in Kansas City, MO. with The Bionics taking on The Dogfightin' Dames.
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"Estee Slaughter," center, gets in position to act as a blocker for The Dogfightin' Dames as a pack of eight blockers circle the track.
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A Bionics jammer, center, designated by a star worn on her helmet, tries to sneak through a pack of Dogfightin’ Dames blockers to score points. The Dogfightin’ Dames took on The Bionics on March 19 at the Winnwood Skate Center in Kansas City, Mo.
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With her Dogfightin' Dames teammates yelling in support, "Dee Claw", on bottom, tries to get a hold on Bionics "Poison Ivy", top, during a pillow fight at the end of the second period. Because the two skaters had been assessed too many penalities they were sent to the Penalty Corner where the Die Master's roll of a giant die determined the penalty to be served in a pillow fight. Game one of the 2005 Kansas City Roller Warriors season kicked off Saturday night, March 19, at the Winnwood Skate Center in Kansas City, MO. with The Bionics taking on The Dogfightin' Dames.
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Princess Anna Conda, left, the jammer for The Dogfightin’ Dames, attempts to score by passing Snap Dragon, right, a blocker for The Bionics. At center, trying to push Anna Conda through, is The Dames’ Dee Claw.
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Announcer Duane Cunningham, of Kansas City, Mo., goes to the floor to do a close-up play-by-play call of a innocent rumble on the roller rink during action Saturday.
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The Dames "Dee Claw", on bottom, is covered up by The Bionics, "Boobarella", center, as Dame's skaters try to pull "Boobarella" off their teammate during a pile on in game action. Game one of the 2005 Kansas City Roller Warriors season kicked off Saturday night, March 19, at the Winnwood Skate Center in Kansas City, MO. with The Bionics taking on The Dogfightin' Dames.
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ScoreBunny, Jason Preu, of Overland Park, and a 2003 KU graduate, watches the match and stays ready to post team points. Behind Preu at right, is Megan Barnes, of K.C. MO., the Queen of the Clock. A game is played in three periods of 15 minutes each. Game one of the 2005 Kansas City Roller Warriors season kicked off Saturday night, March 19, at the Winnwood Skate Center in Kansas City, MO. with The Bionics taking on The Dogfightin' Dames.
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During a break between periods, members of The Dogfightin' Dames cheer as the the group "Dirty Q-Tips & The Yo-Yo Girls" breakdance.
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"Dirty Britches," co-captain of The Bionics, left, attempts to pass the pack as her teammate "Snap Dragon," right, fights to keep Dogfightin' Dame "Dee Claw", center, from breaking through.
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The Bionics’ Boobarella, left, wears the mark of an injury picked up earlier in the evening’s competition.
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The Die Master and Kansas City Roller Warriors league coach, John Hernandez, left, rules over the penalty box as a member of the The Dogfightin' Dames serves time for displaying "gross unsportswoman-like behavior" Game one of the 2005 Kansas City Roller Warriors season kicked off Saturday night, March 19, at the Winnwood Skate Center in Kansas City, MO. with The Bionics taking on The Dogfightin' Dames.
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Roller Derby fans at the Winnwood Skate Center cheer for favorite skaters.
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Three skaters, including the jammer for The Bionics, take a spill at right, and the rest of the pack maneuvers around the obstacle on the flat track course.
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The Dogfightin' Dames' co-captain, "Abra Cadaver", top, wrestles The Bionics' co-captain, "Dirty Britches" to the skate center floor.
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The crowd around the flat track is a mix of younger and older audience members inside the Winnwood Skating Center for the first game of the 2005 Kansas City Roller Warriors season.
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Dogfightin' Dame "Estee Slaughter", left, celebrates a point scored by her teammates as she watches the track from the bench.
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The Bionics get shot with silly string by the winning team, The Dogfightin’ Dames, as time expires in their March 19 competition.