Are you ready for some football?

We are.

In this week’s print edition of SWoCo, we have photos from Hidden Valley’s home opener. (In a few weeks, we’ll also have photos from Cave Spring’s home opener, just in case you’re wondering.)

In fact, we have so many photos, we can’t fit them all into our print edition, so that’s why every week we call attention to all our online extras.

Of course, we’re not the only ones taking photos. So are many of you, so if you’re wondering why we don’t have photos of your team, or your sport, well, send ‘em on and we’ll be happy to help you show ‘em off to the world.

Until then, here’s our weekly list of online extras:

* School board chairman outlines conditions for moving alternative ed program from Cave Spring
* Police report four burglaries in Southwest Roanoke County
* Photos from back to school night at Faith Christian
* Photos from North Cross orientation
* Photos from back to school night at Cave Spring Elementary
* Photos from back to school night at Back Creek Elementary
* More photos from Art Explosion
* More on Matthew Rogers’ cartoon strip

AND IN SPORTS . . . .
* Video highlights of Hidden Valley – Patrick Henry football
* Not one, not two, but three photo galleries from the Hidden Valley – Patrick Henry game
* Photos of Hidden Valley band at Patrick Henry game
* Photos from Valley AFC Opening Day
* Photos of Cave Spring and Hidden Valley cross-country runners
* More photos of the Scrappers softball team
* More photos of the Roanoke Star U15 Premier girls soccer team
* More photos of the Junior Titans

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

For more information on us — and how to advertise and reach more than 90 percent of the households in Southwest Roanoke County — see below:

* You can meet our community journalist for Southwest Roanoke County — Emily Flora. She keeps regular office hours at our “bureau” — the Mill Mountain Coffee & Tea on Starkey Road. Here’s her schedule.

* Want to keep up with us in other ways? You can join our “fan group” on Facebook or become one of our “followers” on Twitter. Just search for “swoco” and you’ll find us.

* So how do we reach more than 90 percent of the households in Southwest Roanoke County? Here’s how: Subscribers to The Roanoke Times get it included in their Friday paper; non-subscribers have it mailed to them as part of the weekly Simply Savings advertising flier. Those two add up to more than 90 percent. Plus, we have some free copies available at Kroger, Food Lion and Mill Mountain Coffee & Tea in case we miss you somehow.

* Are you an advertiser who wants to get your message to more than 90 percent of the households in Southwest Roanoke County? You can find out more at advertise@swo-co.com. Want to place a classified ad to reach your neighbors in Swoco? Let us know at classifieds@swo-co.com.

Finally, a special treat: SWoco, the video. A trilogy, actually.

Plus, an invitation: Write a song or a poem about SWoCo! Send it to us at news@swo-co.com and, well, we’ll figure out something.