The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Montpelier Locomotives (Montpelier, OH) and the visiting Fairview Apaches (Sherwood, OH), observed Montpelier's basketball team overwhelm Fairview by a score of 53-32.

The Locomotives (9-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Stryker (Stryker, OH). The Panthers come into the Buckeye Border challenge with a 6-7 record. In their last challenge, Stryker was routed by Archbold (Archbold, OH), 51-31, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Apaches encounter the Liberty Center Tigers (Liberty Center, OH) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Fairview will attempt to improve on its 4-10 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 5-7 record after their 54-25 league loss to Archbold (Archbold, OH).