Best Local Team

Ice Bats

This is one arena that makes you really dig being in a town that's not the size of a megatropolis. You can buy tickets for the whole family without taking out a second mortgage, and there's really not a bad seat in the house. You're so close, you can actually see the players' faces in all their toothless splendor. Training sessions begin September 29, at Chaparral Ice Center. Regular season play starts October 16.

Ice Bats
Travis County Exposition Center, 7311 Decker Ln., 512/927-7825
www.icebats.com