![Most Valuable Player and Jammer of the game Jessica Nelson (The Grand Chawnee) waits to get back in the game on Saturday, November 18, at the Flathead County Fairgrounds.(Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/ARTICLE_171209849_EP_-1_HLTLYMPTIKVE_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
Most Valuable Player and Jammer of the game Jessica Nelson (The Grand Chawnee) waits to get back in the game on Saturday, November 18, at the Flathead County Fairgrounds.(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.