In Thursday's league challenge, the visiting Nashwauk-Keewatin Spartans volleyball team scored a 3-0 victory over the Deer River Warriors.

The Spartans (2-2) will now prepare for their test against Mountain Iron-Buhl (Mountain Iron, MN). The Rangers go into the Arrowhead test with a 3-1 record. In their last test, Mountain Iron-Buhl achieved victory over Bigfork (Bigfork, MN), 3-0, in a league test.

The Warriors now own a 0-4 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to North Woods for a Arrowhead test on Monday, September 8. Deer River will face a grizzlies squad coming off a 3-0 league win over Mesabi East (Aurora, MN). The grizzlies record now stands at 4-0.