The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Traverse City Central Trojans (Traverse City, MI) and the host Alpena Wildcats (Alpena, MI), observed Traverse City Central's basketball team overwhelm Alpena by a score of 69-38.

The Trojans (8-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Ludington (Ludington, MI). The Orioles come into the non-league challenge with a 7-5 record. In their last challenge, Ludington was routed by Cadillac (Cadillac, MI), 57-45, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Wildcats encounter the Rudyard Bulldogs (Rudyard, MI) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 20. Alpena will attempt to improve on its 3-9 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 6-7 record after their 53-42 league loss to Newberry (Newberry, MI).