The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Rocky River Pirates (Rocky River, OH) and the visiting Clay Eagles (Oregon, OH), witnessed Rocky River's ice hockey team hold off Clay by a score of 4-3.

The Pirates (8-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Hudson (Hudson, OH). The Explorers come into the non-league challenge with a 4-3 record. In their last challenge, Hudson was nipped by Benedictine (Cleveland, OH), 5-4, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles battle the Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy Royals (Cuyahoga Falls, OH) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 21. Clay will attempt to better on its 9-3 season record. The Royals come into the challenge with a 6-1 record after their 6-3 non-league win over Strongsville (Strongsville, OH).