Local athlete to play for ice hockey championship
DUNCANVILLE — Marble Falls High School sophomore Kato Kittman will represent the Hill County in the North Texas Hockey League Championship Finals this weekend in Dallas.
Kittman plays on the Midget Minor AA Duncanville Dragons hockey team.
IN PHOTO: Marble Falls hockey player Kato Kittman checks the defense before moving with the puck. Courtesy photo
Other Austin-area players are Garret Quiroz of Georgetown and Keagan Thomson and Collin Edwards from Austin.
The Duncanville Dragons finished the regular season in fourth place to earn a bye in the quarterfinals.
In the semifinal games last weekend, the Dragons beat the Houston Hurricanes, a Dallas Stars select team, and the Highland Park Junior Scots to advance to the finals against the Alliance Bulldogs.
Both teams in the finals went 3-1 during the semifinals tournament last weekend.
The games will be at the Dr. Pepper Star Center in Plano.
Kittman also plays varsity hockey on the Leander Independent School District hockey team.
LISD finished the regular season in first place and will begin the playoffs this week for a chance to represent the Hill Country in the Texas State High School tournament March 27 in Dallas.
In high school hockey, he plays against his Duncanville Dragons teammates who play on either the Round Rock team or the Austin Consolidated team.