From left, Emily Stephenson (Timber Tiger) Sonja Pirellis Wildt (Sista Sledge) and Siina Swanson (IllumiNaughty) line up for practice on Monday, November 13, in Kalispell. The team was intensely focused knowing they would face tough competition in the upcoming bout with the Snake Pit Derby Dames of Coeur d’Alene.(Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)
December 9, 2017
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December 9, 2017 9:14 p.m.
High-fives and hard hits at Flathead Roller Derby league
Faces painted for war under their helmets and fishnet tights hugging their legs under kneepads, a team of women ranging in shape and size take to an oval track to play a game with the intensity of football on skates.