The Garretson Blue Dragons volleyball team (Garretson, SD), was nudged 3-2 in Thursday's non-league challenge with the host Howard Tigers (Howard, SD)

The Tigers (2-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Menno (Menno, SD). The Wolves go into the non-league bout with a 1-3 record. In their last bout, Menno was tipped by Bridgewater/Emery (Bridgewater, SD), 3-1, in a non-league bout.

The Blue Dragons now own a 0-8 record. They play next when they travel to Flandreau for a non-league bout on Tuesday, September 11. Garretson will play a Fliers squad coming off a 3-1 non-league loss to McCook Central/Montrose (Salem, SD). The Fliers record now stands at 2-6.