The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Alpena Wildcats (Alpena, MI) and the visiting DeWitt Panthers (DeWitt, MI), witnessed Alpena's ice hockey team hold off DeWitt by a score of 3-2.

The Wildcats (10-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Sparta (Sparta, MI). The Spartans go into the non-league outing with a 8-3 record.

With the defeat, DeWitt moves to 4-4 on the season. The Panthers travel to Calumet (Calumet, MI) to encounter the Copper Kings in a non-league outing on Friday, January 3. The Copper Kings go into the outing with a record of 3-8. Calumet lost 5-4 in their recent non-league outing against Hancock (Hancock, MI)