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Team Captain Kari Hammer (Hammer) yells directions to her teammates during the match against the Snake Pit Derby Dames of Coeur d’Alene on Saturday, November 18, at the Flathead County Fairgrounds. “Playing Roller Derby effetely requires a great deal of communication,” said Hammer. When she is playing in this position she has the best line of sight to give her team warnings about what the other teams Jammer is doing.(Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)

Team Captain Kari Hammer (Hammer) yells directions to her teammates during the match against the Snake Pit Derby Dames of Coeur d’Alene on Saturday, November 18, at the Flathead County Fairgrounds. “Playing Roller Derby effetely requires a great deal of communication,” said Hammer. When she is playing in this position she has the best line of sight to give her team warnings about what the other teams Jammer is doing.(Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)

December 9, 2017

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High-fives and hard hits at Flathead Roller Derby league
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.