Fans at Thursday's non-league contest between the Pinckneyville Panthers (Pinckneyville, IL) and the host Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Fighting Cardinals (Norris City, IL), observed Pinckneyville's volleyball team hold off Norris City-Omaha-Enfield by a count of 2-1.

The Panthers (11-3) will now prepare for their contest against Frankfort (West Frankfort, IL). The Redbirds enter the Southern Illinois River-to-River Mississippi challenge with a 3-7 record. In their last challenge, Frankfort was tipped by Carmi-White County (Carmi, IL), 2-0, in a non-league challenge.

Next, the Fighting Cardinals meet the Hardin County Cougars (Elizabethtown, IL) in a Greater Egyptian test, on Monday, September 15. Norris City-Omaha-Enfield will attempt to improve on its 11-1 season record. The Cougars go into the test with a 4-4 record after their 2-0 non-league loss to Vienna (Vienna, IL).