We have another photo from the Hidden Valley boys’ basketball team winning the regional championship Friday. This come from Alan Kim of The Roanoke Times and shows Hidden Valley’s Chad Earhart making sure he has control of the ball against two Salem players.

Earlier, we posted an entire photo gallery from both the girls game and the boys win in their regional championship.

Do you have photos involving teams or players from Southwest Roanoke County? If so, you can share at news@swo-co.com

OTHER RECENT COVERAGE OF HIDDEN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL:
* Feb. 26: Another photo of Hidden Valley’s win in the regional semi-finals
* Feb. 26: Photos of the Hidden Valley boys’ win in regional semi-finals
* Feb. 25: More photos of Abby Redick’s return to the court
* Feb. 25: Photos of Hidden Valley girls basketball win in regional quarterfinals
* Feb. 20: Photos of Hidden Valley boys basketball in district championship
* Feb. 19: Photos of Hidden Valley girls basketball in district tournament
* Feb. 18: Photo of Hidden Valley celebrating basketball win over Cave Spring
* Feb. 17: Photo of Nick Carr celebrating Hidden Valley’s swimming victory
* Feb. 15: Photos of Hidden Valley swimmers winning regional tournament

We have another photo from the Hidden Valley girls’ basketball team winning the regional championship Friday. This come from Alan Kim of The Roanoke Times and shows Hidden Valley’s Kelsey Crotty being triple-teamed by Blacksburg opponents.

Earlier, we posted an entire photo gallery from both the girls game and the boys win in their regional championship.

Do you have photos involving teams or players from Southwest Roanoke County? If so, you can share at news@swo-co.com

OTHER RECENT COVERAGE OF HIDDEN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL:
* Feb. 26: Another photo of Hidden Valley’s win in the regional semi-finals
* Feb. 26: Photos of the Hidden Valley boys’ win in regional semi-finals
* Feb. 25: More photos of Abby Redick’s return to the court
* Feb. 25: Photos of Hidden Valley girls basketball win in regional quarterfinals
* Feb. 20: Photos of Hidden Valley boys basketball in district championship
* Feb. 19: Photos of Hidden Valley girls basketball in district tournament
* Feb. 18: Photo of Hidden Valley celebrating basketball win over Cave Spring
* Feb. 17: Photo of Nick Carr celebrating Hidden Valley’s swimming victory
* Feb. 15: Photos of Hidden Valley swimmers winning regional tournament

The Hidden Valley girls basketball team won the regional championship Friday night, defeating Blacksburg 71-58.

We have a photo gallery of the action, courtesy of the Church of the Holy Spirit photo ministry.

Earlier, we posted a photo gallery from the Hidden Valley boys, who also won their regional title.

Both teams now advance to the state tournament next week.

Here we see Abby Redick, back in action for the Titans.

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

OTHER RECENT COVERAGE OF HIDDEN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL:
* Feb. 26: Another photo of Hidden Valley’s win in the regional semi-finals
* Feb. 26: Photos of the Hidden Valley boys’ win in regional semi-finals
* Feb. 25: More photos of Abby Redick’s return to the court
* Feb. 25: Photos of Hidden Valley girls basketball win in regional quarterfinals
* Feb. 20: Photos of Hidden Valley boys basketball in district championship
* Feb. 19: Photos of Hidden Valley girls basketball in district tournament
* Feb. 18: Photo of Hidden Valley celebrating basketball win over Cave Spring
* Feb. 17: Photo of Nick Carr celebrating Hidden Valley’s swimming victory
* Feb. 15: Photos of Hidden Valley swimmers winning regional tournament

The Hidden Valley boys basketball team won the regional championship Friday night, defeating Salem 51-49.

We have a photo gallery of the action, courtesy of the Church of the Holy Spirit Photo Ministry.

The Titans now advance to next week’s state tournament.

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

OTHER RECENT COVERAGE OF HIDDEN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL:
* Feb. 26: Another photo of Hidden Valley’s win in the regional semi-finals
* Feb. 26: Photos of the Hidden Valley boys’ win in regional semi-finals
* Feb. 25: More photos of Abby Redick’s return to the court
* Feb. 25: Photos of Hidden Valley girls basketball win in regional quarterfinals
* Feb. 20: Photos of Hidden Valley boys basketball in district championship
* Feb. 19: Photos of Hidden Valley girls basketball in district tournament
* Feb. 18: Photo of Hidden Valley celebrating basketball win over Cave Spring
* Feb. 17: Photo of Nick Carr celebrating Hidden Valley’s swimming victory
* Feb. 15: Photos of Hidden Valley swimmers winning regional tournament

Online registration for Roanoke County’s spring parks and rec programs begins Sunday, March 1.

Here’s the link to the county’s site.

Sunday, March 1 – Online Registration for County Residents (www.RoanokeCountyParks.com)

Monday, March 2 – Phone/Walk-in Registration for County Residents (772-PLAY)

Thursday, March 5 – Open Registration for Non-County Residents

Del. William Fralin, R-Roanoke, who represents part of Southwest Roanoke County, surprised the General Assembly today by announcing his retirement at the end of his term.

That means there’ll be an open seat in this fall’s election.

Details on Fralin’s retirement here.

Anyone in Southwest Roanoke County interested?

Feel free to leave a comment below.

Joe Russo shares this photo gallery of the Carter Center Aquatics Marlins at the Eastern Classic Invitational hosted by Dynamo Swim Club in Atlanta in January. Here we see Martha Kakouras of Southwest Roanoke County.

Do you have photos involving people from Southwest Roanoke County? If so, you can share at news@swo-co.com

Elilise Guilfoyle and Olivia Chappelear of Southwest Roanoke County will be appearing in the upcoming production of “Charlotte’s Web” at the Roanoke Children’s Theatre. Also in the show is Zach Essig, who attends North Cross School, making at least three people in the show with ties to Southwest Roanoke County.
The show opens March 12 and runs through March 22 at the Taubman Museum of Art.
For ticket information, call the box office at 309-6802.

The fire marshal’s office says that Saturday’s fire that displaced three people on Bent Mountain was caused by an electrical failure in the heating system. The residence was a barn that had been converted into a home in the 9200 block of Poor Mountain Road.

We had a previous post about the fire on Feb. 21.

Here’s today’s full release from Roanoke County Fire & Rescue:

Electrical Failure Causes Total Loss of Old Barn in Roanoke County February 27, 2009

(ROANOKE COUNTY) – The Fire Marshal’s Office has determined that an electrical failure in the heating system caused the fire in the 9200 block of Poor Mountain Road last Saturday morning.

Roanoke County Fire and Rescue was dispatched to the 9200 block of Poor Mountain Road in the early morning hours of February 21, for a reported structure fire. When firefighters arrived, they found a 120’ by 60’ barn with heavy flames coming from the two sides of the large red barn.

It took career and volunteer fire crews from the Bent Mountain, Back Creek, Cave Spring and Clearbrook stations about and hour and a half to get the blaze under control.

Fire Crews were able to protect the home that sits about 30 feet away from the barn. The barn was built in the 1930’s and had been renovated into three components including a garage, work-shop and apartment where three adult females had recently moved in.

All three residents were able to call 9-1-1 and then escape without injury. The building is a total loss and damage estimates are not yet available. A volunteer firefighter suffered minor burns to one of his hands.

Emily Flora SWoCo

The Blue Ridge Orchid Society will hold an auction of a private collection on Saturday, March 14 at 1 p.m. at the Roanoke Council of Garden Clubs, located at 3640 Colonial Ave.

This is the dispersal of an extensive collection of over 275 plants  from a wonderful collection.  Many are specimen sized plants.

This is a unique opportunity to add to your own collection at great prices.

For more information and a plant list, call Irene Brock at 774-9021 or irenebrock@cox.net.

If you want to share an event going on in SWoCo, email us the information at news@swo-co.com