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Hockey Players Headed To National Championships

Brooklyn Ligda, Rylan Aufderheide and Dalton JuliusThree Mars Area Middle School students will compete as members of Pittsburgh Penguins Elite Hockey teams at the Chipotle-USA Hockey National Championships.

Eighth-grader Brooklyn Ligda (forward) will join the Pittsburgh Penguins Elite Girls 14U Team in the 2024 Girls Tier I 14U competition, to be held April 2-7 in West Chapel, Fla.

Eighth-grader Rylan Aufderheide (defense) and seventh-grader Dalton Julius (defense) will compete with the Pittsburgh Pens Elite Youth 13O (2010 Muller) Team in the 2024 Youth Tier I 13O event, to be held April 2-7 in Plymouth, Mich.

Pittsburgh Penguins Elite is a Tier 1 Class 3A Team in the region. Teams play against other Tier I teams from across the country from September through March.

For more information, visit https://nationals.usahockey.com/2024.