Fans at Thursday's non-league contest between the Sturgis Brown Scoopers (Sturgis, SD) and the visiting Lead-Deadwood Golddiggers (Lead, SD), observed Sturgis Brown's volleyball team top Lead-Deadwood by a count of 3-0.

The Scoopers (7-13) will now prepare for their contest against Rapid City Christian (Rapid City, SD). The Comets enter the non-league contest with a 24-10 record. In their last contest, Rapid City Christian notched a victory over Gordon-Rushville (Gordon, NE), 3-0, in a non-league battle.

The Golddiggers now own a 9-17 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Bison for a non-league battle on Saturday, October 18. Lead-Deadwood will encounter a Cardinals squad coming off a 3-2 non-league win over Bowman County co-op [Bowman/Rhame] (Bowman, ND). The Cardinals record now stands at 10-9.