Fans at Thursday's non-league contest between the East Surry Cardinals (Pilot Mountain, NC) and the visiting East Wilkes Cardinals (Ronda, NC), observed East Surry's volleyball team hold off East Wilkes by a count of 2-1.

The Cardinals (3-1) will now prepare for their contest against North Wilkes (Hays, NC). The Vikings enter the non-league contest with a 3-2 record. In their last contest, North Wilkes got by Newton-Conover (Newton, NC), 2-0, in a non-league contest.

Next, the Cardinals battle the Mount Airy Granite Bears (Mount Airy, NC) in a non-league contest, on Tuesday, August 27. East Wilkes will attempt to move on its 3-1 season record. The Granite Bears enter the contest with a 0-3 record after their 2-0 non-league loss to Surry Central (Dobson, NC).