LAS VEGAS (KTNV) \u2014 Since 2002, Lali Outhoummountry has competed in roller derby. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of fun,” Outhoummountry said. “It brings people together, it builds endurance.\u201d<\/p>\n
WATCH| Alex Eschelman talks to the Las Vegas High Rollers about roller derby in the Las Vegas Valley <\/p>\n
Las Vegas High Rollers get set for orientation day<\/p>\n
Lali loves the sport so much that she has brought it to her own backyard, calling the team the “Las Vegas High Rollers.” <\/p>\n
\u201cWe got people involved who are more dedicated than not, we\u2019re growing,” Outhoummountry said. <\/p>\n
After nearly two decades of growing roller derby in the Valley, Lali has the only bank track in Nevada, where at times, hundreds huddle around to watch a scrimmage. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was exciting, especially for the ones who\u2019ve never experienced it,” Outhoummountry said. <\/p>\n
Now, 40 athletes and counting are back for another year. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re from Vegas you know it\u2019s hard to find a good community out here that you can click with and I feel like I found that here,” team manager Luvia Alcantara said. <\/p>\n
The team is finishing their new track for orientation day on Saturday, January 31, which is free to the public for everyone to try their hand at being a high roller. <\/p>\n
\u201cJust feel more confident in myself,” team member Mary Gonzales said. “I can still get out here and do something physical, have a lot of fun, I still have a little kid in me that wants to come out and play.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS (KTNV) \u2014 Since 2002, Lali Outhoummountry has competed in roller derby. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of fun,”…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5129],"tags":[3504,6803,149,5317,5,3511,10697,4,10698,86,5754,74,39,10699,5316],"class_list":{"0":"post-415663","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vegas-golden-knights","8":"tag-13-action-news","9":"tag-abc-13","10":"tag-golden-knights","11":"tag-goldenknights","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-las-vegas-sports","14":"tag-las-vegas-sports-teams","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-sports-in-vegas","17":"tag-sports-news","18":"tag-sports-stories","19":"tag-vegas","20":"tag-vegas-golden-knights","21":"tag-vegas-sports","22":"tag-vegasgoldenknights"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115920840037397565","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}