The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Tawas Area Braves (Tawas City, MI) and the visiting Freeland Falcons (Freeland, MI), witnessed Tawas Area's ice hockey team hold off Freeland by a score of 8-7.

The Braves (2-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Adrian (Adrian, MI). The Maples come into the challenge with a 1-5 record. In their last challenge, Adrian was nipped by Garber (Essexville, MI), 5-3, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Falcons battle the Farmington Falcons (Farmington, MI) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 3. Freeland will attempt to better on its 2-6 season record. The Falcons come into the challenge with a 2-11 record after their 7-2 non-league win over Huron (Ann Arbor, MI).