Naptown edges Minnesota 147-146 in one-point roller derby thriller
Naptown survived Minnesota 147-146 in Hopkins, sealing a one-point win in the final frantic stretch of Have a Nice Day 2026. The Sirens kept their composure when every second mattered.
One point was the difference, and every second in the final stretch felt like it. Naptown edged Minnesota 147-146 on June 14 at Hopkins Pavilion in Hopkins, Minnesota, winning a bout that never gave either side room to relax and came down to which roster managed the last clean pass, the last jam, and the last decision under pressure.
The result landed inside Minnesota Roller Derby’s Have a Nice Day 2026, a two-day, 8-11 game, six-team invitational that put the home league on the kind of stage where small mistakes get punished fast. The schedule had already sent Naptown against Madison A and Minnesota B on June 13 before the Sirens met Minnesota A on June 14, which meant both sides arrived with tournament fatigue already in the legs and another high-stakes game still in front of them.
That pressure made the finish even more revealing. Naptown, the skater-owned and operated Indianapolis program that sends its national teams out as the Tornado Sirens, Warning Bells and Third Alarm, had to keep enough offense flowing to stay in front while Minnesota’s All-Stars kept answering. Minnesota Roller Derby, the skater-owned flat-track league based in St. Paul and Minneapolis-St. Paul, did not drift out of the fight at any point. It stayed within one scoring trip of the win, and that is why this never felt like a fluke or a late collapse by one side.
The numbers sharpen the scale of the escape. WFTDA stats listed Naptown Siren 40th in NA Northeast with a 65.54 Game Point Average, and noted that the team’s closest game before this had been a 120-119 win over Brewcity A on Sept. 11, 2010. A one-point game in 2026 was not just tight, it was rare enough for Naptown to stand out against its own history.
The result also fit what Naptown had already been doing around this stretch, with a 147-146 loss to Akron All Star on June 21, 2025 and a 183-124 win over Lakeshore on May 2, 2026 showing a team that has lived in both ends of the competitive spectrum. In a bout like this one, the scoreboard told the truth: Minnesota forced Naptown to earn every inch, and Naptown handled the final moments just a little better. Joss, Adam Splitter, Class Warfarin, Bambi Lance, Russet and Chip were part of a night where every lineup choice mattered, but the last ounce of composure belonged to Naptown.
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