Red Flags edge B-Keepers in 3-point thriller at IHOD 2026
Red Flags survived the weekend’s only one-score bout, slipping past St. Louis GateKeepers 240-237 as IHOD 2026 turned Ballwin into a blowout-heavy derby grind.
The sharpest game of International House of Derby IV came down to three points, and it was the one result that cut against the weekend’s lopsided pattern. CA-RD Red Flags edged StLGK: B-Keepers 240-237 on June 20 in Ballwin, Missouri, at 570 Weidmann Rd, the narrowest finish in a three-day slate that produced 12 sanctioned results from June 19 through June 21.
Everything around that thriller pointed the other way. The Red Flags opened with a 293-122 win over YRD: Brawl’Halla, then backed it up with a 554-168 rout of Cleveland Guardians Roller Derby, a reminder that their ceiling at IHOD was not just close-game composure but overwhelming scoring volume. StLGK: B-Keepers were just as forceful at the start, blanketing Cleveland Guardians Roller Derby 441-101 before the one-score loss to the Red Flags, and they closed the weekend by beating YRD: Brawl’Halla 361-134.
The rest of the bracket mostly followed that same script. St. Louis GateKeepers Roller Derby handled Y’allhalla 254-82 on June 19, then topped Rangers 254-168 on June 21. On June 20, St. Louis GateKeepers also got past Concussion 157-120, while Rangers beat Y’allhalla 279-140 and YRD: Brawl’Halla defeated Cleveland Guardians Roller Derby 274-115. Concussion finished the weekend with a 256-98 win over Y’allhalla, another wide margin in a tournament where sustained scoring mattered more often than late-game drama.
That is what makes the Red Flags-B-Keepers finish stand out. Ballwin was not built around a single showcase bout, but a full invitational weekend hosted by St. Louis GateKeepers Roller Derby and listed by Flat Track Stats as an MRDA event. With public ticketing for Friday, Saturday and Sunday admission, IHOD carried the kind of league weight that extends beyond the building: the Men’s Roller Derby Association requires charter teams to play at least three sanctioned games against at least two unique opponents within the previous 12 months of each rankings period, and those periods close in March, June, September and December.
IHOD also has history behind it. GateKeepers Roller Derby was already posting about International House of Derby in November 2022, which makes this latest Ballwin edition look less like a novelty and more like a recurring proving ground. This year’s results suggested the same thing that the scores did all weekend: depth traveled well, and only one game was close enough to crack.
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