Los Alamos edges Elevated Dawn in tight Rio rematch
Los Alamos took the second Rio meeting 205-184, and the weekend results around it made the NA West pecking order clearer than the scoreline alone.
Los Alamos turned a rematch into a ranking marker on June 28, edging Elevated Dawn 205-184 at Rumble on the Rio. The teams came in close on paper, with WFTDA listing Los Alamos 92nd in North America West and Elevated Dawn 94th, but the finish still mattered because it trimmed the gap from their April 26, 2025 meeting, when Los Alamos won 272-172.
The rest of the Rio weekend gave that result real context. Elevated Dawn had opened with a 203-115 loss to Treasure V BRR on June 27, then Los Alamos followed by beating Treasure V BRR 164-144. FoCo added to the shuffle with a 141-133 win over Treasure V BRR and a 132-101 result against Elev All Stars, giving the event a round-robin feel where each score line fed the next one. In that kind of bracketless weekend, the margins tell you as much as the win-loss column.
That is what makes this 21-point game useful for ranking-watchers. WFTDA has already adjusted the 2026 postseason to include a fourth North America location because of U.S. border-policy and travel concerns, and seeding was set by the April 1, 2026 rankings. In a postseason landscape built on those rankings, Los Alamos’s ability to finish ahead of Elevated Dawn in a direct meeting carries more weight than a single isolated result would.
The two clubs have both shown higher ceilings than their current placement suggests. Los Alamos’s highest-ever regional ranking was 44th in December 2024, and its closest ever game was a 174-161 win over Bouldr Bolters on April 27, 2024. Elevated Dawn reached 61st in June 2025 and owns a best-ever result of 277-228 over PPRD Slamazons on November 9, 2025. That history matters because it frames Rio as more than a low-table collision; it was a check on where each roster stands now, not where it once peaked.
For Los Alamos Derby of Los Alamos, New Mexico, the 205 points were the kind of output that steadies a climb. For Elevated Roller Derby Dawn Patrol of Albuquerque, New Mexico, the 184 points showed enough offense to stay within reach, but not enough to flip the head-to-head or the order around them in North America West.
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