The morning sports pages of The Roanoke Times tell us that Cave Spring’s varsity volleyball team defeated Christiansburg on Thursday. Now, Moriah Moore of Cave Spring reports on the junior varsity team:

“Cave Spring’s JV volleyball team pulled off a victory over Christiansburg on Thursday night. The Knights won the first game 25-22 and fell to Christiansburg in the second game 15-25. Cave Spring was down 11-14 in game three when Hannah Sitze got up to serve, recording 3 aces to help the Knights come back to win 16-14.”

Do you have news or photos about teams in Southwest Roanoke County? Doesn’t matter what level, you can share at news@swo-co.com

OTHER RECENT CAVE SPRING COVERAGE

* Sept. 24: Photos from the Cave Spring – Hidden Valley volleyball game
* Sept. 23: Photos from Cave Spring Back to School night
* Sept. 22: Photos from Cave Spring freshman and sophomore team
* Sept. 19: Photos from Cave Spring – Patrick Henry football game
* Sept. 16: Cave Spring volleyball JVs win over William Byrd
* Sept. 13: Photos from Knights Crossing cross country meet
* Sept. 12: Cave Spring cheerleaders hold pancake fund-raiser Sept. 27.
* Photos of Cave Spring fall sports teams.

Oops. Like like our item in today’s print issue of SWoCo closed the Needle on the Square knit shop a few days too soon. The store will remain open through Tuesday at 5 p.m.

After that, you can find “The Queen of Needlepoint” at the Yarn Explosion on Airport Road.

For more on the store — its closing, and the opening of a new yarn shop — we had posts on September 16 and August 15.

The Titans won’t be playing in a rainy mess, after all.

Tonight’s Hidden Valley – Northside game has been postponed until Monday at 7 p.m. because of rain. It’s one of a growing number of cancellations in the region. For more cancellations, click here.

Cave Spring has a bye week this week, so the Knights will stay dry, regardless.

We’ve just updated our Roanoke Valley crime map with the latest offenses from Roanoke County — and Roanoke and Salem, as well. The data includes offenses through September 21.

Last week in Southwest Roanoke County, police reported six larcenies and one rape.

Our data delivery editor, Matt Chittum, has more information how you can use the searchable crime map.

Also on our Datasphere collection of searchable data: The health department reports on the mouse-infested Roanoke City Market building.

Cave Spring has a bye this week, and the Knights might be the lucky ones. Hidden Valley plays at Northside tonight, North Cross is at home this afternoon against Hargrave Military Academy — and both will play in a rainy mess. Weather journalist Kevin Myatt has the latest on his weather blog.

By now, you may have heard that the Hidden Valley varsity volleyball team suffered its first loss of the season last night, falling to Salem. Scores and stats are in this morning’s Roanoke Times sports pages. The Titans now stand at 11-1.

But here, we can bring you happier news: The Hidden Valley JVs won, to improve their record to 10-2. The scores were 25-19 and 25-17.

So do you have news or photos to share involving teams or players from Southwest Roanoke County? Doesn’t matter what level, you can share at news@swo-co.com

OTHER RECENT HIDDEN VALLEY COVERAGE:

* Sept. 24: Photos of the Hidden Valley – Cave Spring volleyball game
* Sept. 22: Photos from the Hidden Valley homecoming dance
* Sept. 22: Photos from the Hidden Valley homecoming game against Rustburg
* Sept. 22: Photos from the Hidden Valley homecoming parade.
* Sept. 19: Hidden Valley volleyball JVs win over William Byrd
* Sept. 17: Photos from Hidden Valley High School back-to-school night
* Photos of Hidden Valley’s fall sports teams

Hidden Valley Middle School’s volleyball team continued its winning ways on Thursday, with a victory over Andrew Lewis Middle School. Even better, we have a photo gallery of 55 photos. They come courtesy of an Andrew Lewis mom, but you can see action on both sides of the net.

So do you have photos of the game? Or any game involving teams or players from Southwest Roanoke County for that matter? If so, you can share at news@swo-co.com

The win, by the way, improves Hidden Valley Middle School’s volleyball record to 8-0.

OTHER RECENT HIDDEN VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL COVERAGE:

* Sept. 19: Hidden Valley Middle School volleyball wins again
* Sept. 19: Hidden Valley Middle School football loses re-match with Read Mountain
* Sept. 17: Hidden Valley Middle School football team defeats Read Mountain
* Sept. 16: Hidden Valley Middle School volleyball team now 6-0
* Sept. 10: Hidden Valley Middle School volleyball defeats Cave Spring

It’s been a Titan-ic week in Southwest Roanoke County, or at least in the Hidden Valley part of the neighborhood. In this week’s print edition of SWoCo, which hits the streets (and cul-de-sacs, and occasional backroads) on Friday, you’ll see lots of photos related to Hidden Valley homecoming — and also lots of places where we tell readers to go online for more. More photos of the Hidden Valley homecoming parade. More photos of the Hidden Valley homecoming game. And, yes, more photos from the Hidden Valley homecoming dance.

Well, you’ve come to the right place to find those links. By the way, that’s Logan Brown, Sarah Stilwell, Paige Wilson and Zach Brabham right there.

Cave Spring fans, take heart. We’ll be at your homecoming events, too. (The game is Oct. 10 and the dance is Oct. 11). Until then, there’s lots more for everybody this week, no matter which school district you’re in.

IN SCHOOL NEWS:
* More photos from Back Creek Elementary
* More photos from back-to-school night at Cave Spring Middle School
* More photos from back-to-school night at Cave Spring High School
* More photos from back-to-school night at Hidden Valley High School

IN OTHER NEWS:

* Roanoke County is 71% smoke-free
* More on the Queen of Needlepoint, and yarn shops
* Power outage darkens part of Southwest Roanoke County
* Colonial Avenue Baptist to hold yard sale Oct. 3-4
* Jewelry fashion show and brunch set for Oct. 14
* More garden photos from Southwest Roanoke County
* Not to be confused with . . . . strange vegetable photos.
* More photos of fans at the Western Virginia Education Classic game
* More on the Roanoke Valley Senior Golf Tournament

AND IN YOUTH SPORTS:

* Photos from the Cave Spring – Patrick Henry football game.
* Photos from the Cave Spring freshman and sophomore team.
* More photos from Cave Spring Middle School’s volleyball game against Andrew Lewis

So how can you get your news and photos in SWoCo? Easy! Just let us know at news@swo-co.com.

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Ed Kinser of Bent Mountain sent this into us:

“We have a little farm on Bent Mountain and have recently had some baby alpacas. Also attached is a photo (actually, three merged photos) taken from Rt.221 when it starts down Bent Mt., looking out into the Roanoke Valley on a foggy morning.  It was taken in the fall a couple of years ago.”

Do you have any neat photos that you would like to share with us? If so, please send them to us at news@swo-co.com!

Roberta Bondurant toured a variety of Southwest County gardens in August, interviewing several folks about interesting gardening methods they employ. 

Her report appears in Friday’s print edition of SWoCo.  If you want a sneak peek, you can click here to read the story.

Click here, though, to see more photos of the gardens she describes in the article.  They include this photo of Emma Kate Shaver, who helps her grandfather, Bill Hames, with his unique gardening method.