Rusty Babes Writeup

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April 8-9, 2007 in Richardson, TX

The Rusty Babes, Little Rock's first all-women team, lost their first game 2-1 going down to a heart-breaking late goal after tying the game in the third period on a Susie Walter goal. In their second game, they lost 6-1 against the strongest of the Dallas teams (although they did tie the second period!) with Susie Walter again providing the scoring for the Babes. In the Sunday games, the Rusty Babes went down 5-1 in the early game with Susie Walter again providing the goal to tie the score 1-1 in the first period. Simone Bellamy also went close to scoring with a shot on a breakaway and the game was close until the third period when the tiring Babes gave up three unanswered goals as Victoria Love and Vanessa Bethell shrugged off minor injuries to help their team. In the late game, the team went down 2-0 after an evenly contested game.

Team members include Simone Bellamy, Jo-Ann Goldman, Dawna Kerr, Amy Morrow, Victoria Love, Natascha Deguire, Susie Walter, Emily Goza, Melissa Loudermilk, and Vanessa Bethell.

The Rusty Blades will be sending two teams to Kansas City for an adult tournament April 21/22. One team will play in the novice division and one in the recreational division.

If you are an adult interested in learning to play hockey, or you have skated before and want to refresh your skills, join the Rusty Blades on Sunday evenings at 6:15pm. No practice this Sunday due to Easter.


*Thanks to Phil Collins for this great write-up. Phil is one of our Rusty Blades goalies and Jo-Ann's husband.