The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Montpelier Locomotives (Montpelier, OH) and the host North Central Eagles (Pioneer, OH), observed Montpelier's basketball team knock off North Central by a score of 59-41.

The Locomotives (4-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Stryker (Stryker, OH). The Panthers come into the Buckeye Border challenge with a 3-4 record. In their last challenge, Stryker was knocked off by Edgerton (Edgerton, OH), 47-31, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles encounter the Antwerp Archers (Antwerp, OH) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, December 17. North Central will attempt to improve on its 1-3 season record. The Archers come into the challenge with a 2-2 record after their 45-43 non-league win over Continental (Continental, OH).