The Pope County Pirates volleyball team (Golconda, IL), went down 2-0 in Wednesday's league challenge with the visiting Carrier Mills-Stonefort Wildcats (Carrier Mills, IL)

The Wildcats (1-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Eldorado (Eldorado, IL). The Eagles come into the non-league challenge with a 1-4 record. In their last challenge, Eldorado went down by Norris City-Omaha-Enfield (Norris City, IL), 2-0, in a non-league challenge.

Next, the Pirates encounter the Cobden Appleknockers (Cobden, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, September 10. Pope County will attempt to move on its 0-4 season record.