{"id":439969,"date":"2026-08-22T01:08:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T01:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/439969\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T01:08:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T01:08:26","slug":"faultline-derby-devilz-trounce-san-joses-hearts-delight-team-to-cap-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/439969\/","title":{"rendered":"Faultline Derby Devilz trounce San Jose\u2019s Heart\u2019s Delight team to cap season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lea este art\u00edculo en espa\u00f1ol aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ending their season with a 4-4 record, the Hollister Faultline<\/a> Derby Devilz<\/a> scored a not-unexpected victory against San Jose\u2019s Heart\u2019s Delight in the Aug. 15 roller derby meet at Bolado Park. Formed in 2010, the Devilz dominated the relatively young Heart\u2019s Delight team throughout the game for a final score of 181-82.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir team has only been around for a year and a half,\u201d Devilz coach and founding member Berglind \u201cIce\u201d Burrows said. \u201cEven so, they did great\u2014a lot better than when we played them last time. And overall, it was a really good game.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the uninitiated, roller derby is a lot like any other contact sport: controlled chaos. Though sometimes, as the players circle the oblong flat track, that \u201ccontrol\u201d may be a very subtle distinction.<\/p>\n

Imagine a two-team football huddle on skates in motion, traveling counterclockwise with everyone trying to block everyone else at the same time. Arms and legs fly, the occasional player hits the ground hard, and penalties are doled out and accepted with great sportsmanship.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The game is split into two 30-minute periods, made up of two-minute (or less) \u201cjams.\u201d At the start of the jams, each team sends out four blockers and a jammer, who wears a star on her helmet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The jammer\u2019s job is to get through the blockers, scoring a point for each one she passes.\u00a0 The blockers try to stop her, and with offense and defense happening simultaneously, the action is fast-paced and continuous.<\/p>\n

As was made clear by the results, the Devilz jammers excelled at racking up those points, taking an early lead in the first two jams with a 7-1 score.<\/p>\n

By the fifth jam, scoring 15 points in just the two minutes, the Devilz stretched the lead to 35-3, and the first half ended with a 105-30 score. Though Heart\u2019s Delight rallied somewhat in the second half, they stood no chance of gaining ground against the tide of jammers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say it was unexpected,\u201d Madison \u201cMaddie Massacre\u201d Burrows said. \u201cIt was a similar score last time. But there is a lot of sportsmanship in roller derby. We hit each other on the track and then we will all hang out at the afterparty. Nothing is taken to the heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Part of that sportsmanship was shown by the Devilz reassigning player positions to reduce their advantage on the track.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe took everybody who normally blocks,\u201d Madison said, \u201cand allowed them to jam. We took people out of their comfort zones, and everyone got to try something new.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

(Madison Burrows, the Devilz coach\u2019s daughter, accompanied her mother to play in the 2025 Roller Derby World Cup<\/a> last year.)<\/p>\n

Overall, Berglind Burrows said she was pleased with the game, but more pleased at the good spirits between the two teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were not too many penalties,\u201d she said. \u201cPretty clean play, good strategy, good call-offs, and good passes. But I love the camaraderie the most. With a local league like San Jose, they\u2019re so close, they are basically like family.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Heart\u2019s Delight coach, who skates under the name \u201cClank,\u201d was philosophical about her team\u2019s defeat.<\/p>\n

\"SanSan Jose Heart\u2019s Delight coach, Clank. Photo by Robert Eliason.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was expecting a lot of laughter, a lot of sunshine, a lot of high fives, and a lot of hard hits,\u201d she said. \u201cAt the end of the day, I have no thoughts about the score itself, but I am leaving with my heart filled with delight.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Faultline Derby Devilz Players<\/p>\n

#4 \u2013 Busty Band Aid<\/p>\n

#5 \u2013 Heartcore<\/p>\n

#8 \u2013 Hydra<\/p>\n

#10 \u2013 Bunz<\/p>\n

#13 \u2013 Nurse Night \u2018n Hell<\/p>\n

#15 \u2013 Ice Rock Her<\/p>\n

#18 \u2013 Sha\u2019 BAM<\/p>\n

#21 \u2013 Ninja<\/p>\n

#81 \u2013 Maddie Massacre<\/p>\n

#85 \u2013 Moto Maiden<\/p>\n

#214 \u2013 Cool Whip<\/p>\n

#930 \u2013 Yosemite Sam<\/p>\n

#1313 \u2013 Naught Havok<\/p>\n

#4140 \u2013 Sasha Degrader<\/p>\n

The final home game for the Derby Devilz will be at Bolado Park on Sept. 12. Details will be available on the team\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>. The Devilz recruit for the adult and youth teams, year long. Contact coach Berglind \u201cIce\u201d Burrows at (831) 524-1263.<\/p>\n

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