(December 18th, 2014) – MONTPELIER: Hosting the Blue Streaks of Archbold on Thursday night, the Locomotives got a bit more than they bargained for. The North Western Ohio Athletic League for is among the best in the conference, and they showed Montpelier exactly that.
The Blue Streaks took down the Locos 63-36.
Despite having a sizable depth advantage, it was Archbold that had better production on the court. The Blue Streaks’ top two scorers, with 18 and 14 points respectively, had more points than Jacob Leung, who was Montpelier’s leading scorer.
Leung had 10 points in the contest, hitting a pair of threes along the way. Kyrin Schuman also connected on 2 three-pointers for 6 total points. Alex Matzinger made a three-point attempt as well, putting up 5 points overall.
Michael Blake, normally a standout performer for the Locos, was held to just a single field goal for 2 points by Archbold. The Blue Streak defense, for the most part, shut down the Montpelier offense all night long.
This will be a tough loss for the Locomotives to swallow. A 27 point loss at home is difficult to recover from, but there’s still a lot of basketball to be played this year.