B2 - THE JOURNAL, Thursday, August 2, 2012
Sports
"Rollin' With the Homies", aka Krystal Lomenick (18) with
the Oklahoma City Lightning Broads, catches an elbow from a
blocker with the Oklahoma City Outlaws during a recent roller
derby bout at the Cox Convention Center. The once-popular
sport from years ago is making a comeback in the area.
Journal photo by Kyle Lomenick
Roller derby making a return
because I believe it is."
Roller derby in deed
was a popular sport in
years past. As a young lad
we would watch it on the
television and see plenty
of action take place. Flying
elbows, bruising shoulder
blocks, and even an occa-
sional stomp by a skated
foot were the norm. You
would even see some skat-
ers be pushed over a rail-
ing along the outside of an
elevated banked track. That
wasn't the case here.
These "bouts" as they
are called were held in
one of the exhibition halls
at the Cox Convention
Center. Normally they are
held at the historic Farmers
Market on the south side of
downtown.
The Lightning Broads
faced another Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY
- Being involved with
sports for as long as I have,
it never hurts to go outside
of that proverbial box to
experience that clich'Gd
"thrill of victory and the
agony of defeat."
One such opportunity
presented itself a couple
of week ago when we
traveled to our state capi-
tal city to watch our niece
Krystal Lomenick compete
in a sport that is making
a comeback, especially
around here. We're talking
roller derby.
She is a member of the
Oklahoma City Lightning
Broads and goes by the
moniker, "Rollin' With
the Homies." So from here
on out, we'll refer to her
as "Homie." I guess that
makes me "Uncle Homie"
but we won't go any farther
than that.
"It's the sport of the
future from the past," she
said about roller derby. "I
made that saying up myself
Coyle group's golf tourney Saturday
A meal will be served by the Coyle
FFA following the tournament for the
golfers.
Golf holes are available for spon-
sorships for $100 per hole. Each spon-
sor will be recognized with their name
The Coyle School Foundation is to needed curriculum enhancements
holding its annual Golf Scramble and teacher grants and supplies. The
tournament on Saturday beginning at Coyle School Foundation has been
8 a.m. at the Golf Course at Cimar- in existence since 2003 and has been
ron Trails Golf Club. The $65 fee per able to distribute over many grants
person will include green fees, golf to teachers/administrators and we are
cart and a meal. One may register as committed to helping the students at on the sign by the hole.
Coyle School and the community." To register or for more information
The format will be a team of four for hole sponsorship, contact Moor-
in the golf scramble. Individuals , man at 742-2703 or mail entries to
may sign up as well and be assigned Coyle School Foundation, P.O. Box
to teams. Prizes will be given out at 122, Coyle, OK 73027.
the end of the tournament.
a team or Sign up individually.
Danny Moorman, tournament
organizer and board member of the
Coyle School Foundation notes,
"This tournament will help us raise
funds for the Coyle School in regard
Journal classifieds work. Call 547-2411/
City team called the Out-
laws. Both teams are con-
sidered minor league teams,
said Homie, who is nearly
completing her first year in
the sport come September.
She hopes to be a part of the
"A team" sometime in the
future. Right now the only
things in her way are a
tryout and recovering from
a knee injury. More on the
injury later.
"But I love it and it's
definitely different," she
said after the bout. "I've
never been able to be good
in sports that involved
balls." She is a graduate of
Stillwater High School and
was a part of the soccer
program. She was quick to
credit her skating skills as
an asset.
For those of you not
familiar with roller derby,
two teams of five are on a
fiat track. Safety equipment
is essential for each skater
as they not only wear a
helmet, but reinforced
elbow/arm and knee pads.
Andlike Homie, the other
participants also have
names they can be identi-
fied by. Some of them we
remember are E-Bomb,
Cast Iron Cassie, Scary
England, Taryn Bonesa-
part, and Bama Rammer,
to name a few. Some even
wore makeup to add to their
persona. However, there
never was no clear "good
guy" or "bad guy."
Each team has one
jammer and four blockers.
The job of the jammers is
to score points while the
blockers have dual duties
of blocking for their jam-
mers while preventing the
opposing jammers from
getting through. Yes, there
are actual "officials" wear-
ing striped shirts watching
the action.
Homie told us hammers
have to make it success-
fully through the pack the
first time to get lead jammer
status. Then the second
time the lead jammer goes
through the pack points are
scored for every opposing
blocker they go through.
Lead jammers can also call
off the action too.
Got it?
While the action wasn't
like what we remember
seeing on TV, it was still
pretty physical at times.
Despite the heavy padding
the skaters were wearing,
some of the tumbles they
took on the concrete floor
were sure to leave bumps
and bruises. And some
injuries go beyond that.
Homie experienced a
full tear in her posterior
cruciate ligament in a knee
and she was understand-
ably concerned with it.
As her uncle H0mie, I was
too. However, we,vesince
learned she will not need
surgery only several eeks
of physical therapy.
Don't expect to sign a
mega-dollar contract to
participate. You do it for
the love of the sport. Homie
said the organization helps
some with out-of-town
bouts. They must donate a
certain percentage of what
they make to a designated
charity.
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