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Little Steel Roller Derby (formerly known as the Little Steel Derby Girls) is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Youngstown, Ohio. Founded in 2008, the league currently consists of two teams which compete against teams from other leagues. Little Steel is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1]

History

The league was founded in December 2008 by Tifany Griffith, known as "Ground Zero". Little Steel won its first bout against a Steel City Derby Demons team,[2] but progress was initially slow and it was only in October 2010 that it was ready to play its first home bout.[3] By early 2011, the league had 24 skaters, and was aiming to join the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[2]

Little Steel was accepted into the WFTDA Apprentice Program in October 2011,[4] and became a full member of the WFTDA in June 2012.[5]

WFTDA rankings

Season Final ranking[6] Playoffs Championship
2013 148 WFTDA[7] DNQ DNQ
2014 187 WFTDA[8] DNQ DNQ
2015 235 WFTDA[9] DNQ DNQ
2016 315 WFTDA[10] DNQ DNQ
2017 227 WFTDA[11] DNQ DNQ
2018 189 WFTDA[12] DNQ DNQ
2019 235 WFTDA[13] DNQ DNQ
2020 223 WFTDA[14] DNQ DNQ

References

  1. ^ "Little Steel Derby Girls – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b Ashley Luthern, "Derby league wins first bout", Youngstown Vindicator, April 10, 2011
  3. ^ "Derby Girls Roll Over Youngstown Archived 2010-10-09 at the Wayback Machine", WKBN, September 29, 2010
  4. ^ "WFTDA Accepts 13 Leagues into Apprentice Program Archived 2014-11-18 at the Wayback Machine", WFTDA, 27 October 2011
  5. ^ "Nine Leagues Become Full WFTDA Members Archived 2012-06-04 at the Wayback Machine", WFTDA, 1 June 2012
  6. ^ "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  7. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2013 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2017". WFTDA. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2018". WFTDA. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  13. ^ Watson, Michael. "Current International WFTDA Rankings". WFTDA Stats Home. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  14. ^ Watson, Michael. "Current International WFTDA Rankings". WFTDA Stats Home. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Steel_Derby_Girls