The first bout of the evening started out with some hard hitting action and great strategy employed by the High Seas Hotties by forcing Shifters Power Jammer, Roxy LaRoo, to cut the track, getting a major penalty which earns her a trip to the penalty box. Then the Hotties jammer would immediately cut the track or get some other major in order to be sent to the box forcing the jammerless jam. The whole time the Hotties had two of their power jammers on the track, one with the star and one laying in wait. The Shifters soon caught on and while they did their best to prevent it or ensure that they also had two jammers on the track, it was difficult for the Shifters to keep the Hotties off their tailpipes and the Hotties led the Shifters at half-time 53 to 25.

When the Slaughterers hit the track and the Crew lined up next to them you could feel the tension. The Slaughterers have been undefeated for 2 years and don't plan on letting the streak end, even though they are skating without some key skaters and have several new skaters. The Wrecking Crew fought hard last year to come in second and they are not about to just hand anything to anyone. The skating was slow and deliberate as both teams tried to out strategize each other. The Slaughterers, used to rolling right through other teams, had a hard time getting their jammers out front to score. While that sounds like a great opportunity for the Crew to take control, the Slaughterers defense kept the Wrecking Crew's jammer pinned down and unable to score. At the half the normally high scoring Slaughterers led the Crew 35 to 12.