The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Alpena Wildcats (Alpena, MI) and the host Traverse City Central Trojans (Traverse City, MI), witnessed Alpena's ice hockey team hold off Traverse City Central by a score of 2-1.

The Wildcats (8-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Traverse City West (Traverse City, MI). The Titans come into the non-league challenge with a 1-4 record. In their last challenge, Traverse City West was nipped by Petoskey (Petoskey, MI), 6-1, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Trojans battle the St. Francis Gladiators (Traverse City, MI) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 4. Traverse City Central will attempt to better on its 4-5 season record. The Gladiators come into the challenge with a 4-5 record after their 8-0 non-league loss to Northville (Northville, MI).