The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Blake Bears (Minneapolis, MN) and the visiting Mankato West Scarlets (Mankato, MN), witnessed Blake's ice hockey team defeat Mankato West by a final score of 4-1.

The Bears (4-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Breck (Minneapolis, MN). The Mustangs come into the Tri-Metro challenge with a 0-4 record.

In their next game, the Scarlets battle the Superior Spartans (Superior, WI) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, December 26. Mankato West will attempt to upgrade on its 4-3 season record. The Spartans come into the challenge with a 0-3 record after their 6-2 non-league loss to Rock Ridge co-op [Eveleth-Gilbert/Virginia] (Eveleth, MN).