Lilac City Roller Derby

Lilac City was founded by Stacie Ellis in 2006, the first flat-track roller derby league in the city, and began competing with leagues from across the northwest in its second season.^[2] The league was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in July 2010,^[3] and became a full member of the WFTDA in March 2012.^[4]

In 2013 Lilac City Roller Girls relocated their practice facility to a rented warehouse in Airway Heights, and began holding their bouts at the Spokane Fairgrounds, and the Spokane Convention Center for larger events. That year Lilac City added Spokane's first all-male roller derby team, the River City Wreckers as well as a new coed team, the Quad Forsaken.

In 2017, following a reorganization, the Lilac City Roller Girls became Lilac City Roller Derby.^[5] Their all-women's team dropped the gap-toothed princess and re-branded as the Spokane Sass. The league includes a Men's Roller Derby Association (MRDA) apprentice Sass men's team, the Abominations, and a new Sass junior team, the Wendigo.

Lilac City became a WFTDA member in 2012. As of January 2020, they are ranked #206 in the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Rankings compiled by the WFTDA.

In 2011, the league cleaned up a space underneath Interstate 90 to use for practice.^[6]