T.J. Witten shares these photos from Cave Spring football’s victory over Richlands in the regional playoffs on Friday.

Thanks, T.J.

You can view his photos in the slideshow above or in this gallery format.

These 20 photos are something of a highlights reel from the game. To see all 247 of T.J.’s photos from the game, click here.

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

OTHER RECENT COVERAGE OF CAVE SPRING HIGH SCHOOL:
* Nov. 24: Cave Spring donates to Second Harvest Food Bank
* Nov. 23: Michael Cole on football and his future
* Nov. 23: Cave Spring band participates in UVA Band Day
* Nov. 23: Photos from Cave Spring football playoff victory over Graham
* Nov. 20: Photos of Cave Spring volleyball in state semi-finals
* Nov. 18: More photos of Cave Spring volleyball’s victory in state quarterfinals
* Nov. 18: Photos of Cave Spring volleyball’s victory in state quarterfinals
* Nov. 18: Photos of Cave Spring cross country at state meet
* Nov. 17: Cave Spring collects 4,000 cans for food bank
* Nov. 16: Video: Cave Spring – Hidden Valley PSA for prevention council
* Nov. 16: Photos of Cave Spring vs. Hidden Valley in regional volleyball championship
* Nov. 12: Photos of send-off for Cave Spring cross-country runners
* Nov. 12: Photos of Cave Spring’s volleyball victory in regional semi-finals
* Nov. 11: Photos from Josh Henderson signing with Vanderbilt
* Nov. 9: Paparazzi photos from Cave Spring – Hidden Valley football
* Nov. 9: Even more photos of Cave Spring – Hidden Valley football
* Nov. 9: More photos of Cave Spring – Hidden Valley football
* Nov. 8: Photos of Cave Spring – Hidden Valley football

Here are photos, courtesy of Bert Bondurant, of the Southwest Roanoke athletes at the Southwest Virginia High School Lacrosse Banquet held on Monday, June 1 at the Salem Civic Center.

The men are:

Drew Hudson (Honorable Mention Midfield), Jack Bondurant (2nd Team Attack), Rim Rowe, Jr (1st Team Midfield), Andrew Birkhoff (2nd team goalie), Zach Gregg (2nd team defense).

The females are:

Captain Elizabeth Hatcher, Kayla Doolan (2nd team defense), Katie Searl (Honorable Mention Midfield), Rebecca Vail (2nd team goalie), Malinda Britt (1st team midfield), Lottie Meadows (Honorable Mention Midfield), and Lauren Buckley (Honorable Mention Midfield).

Send us your sports photos. Just email them to us at news@swo-co.com.

Keri Christley, Leah Wedge, Olivia Chappelear, Heidi Klockenbrink, Corinne Davis, Colleen Zimmerman and Caitlin Morgan of Southwest Roanoke County are in the cast of “A Year with Frog and Toad,” which runs Dec. 15 to Dec. 23 at the Roanoke Children’s Theatre.

According to director Pat Wilhelms, the showing on Thursday, Dec. 17 is sold out. The remaining shows are as follows: 7 p.m. Dec. 15-16 (Tuesday-Wednesday); 7 p.m., Dec. 18 (Friday); 10 a.m, 2 p.m. & 7 pm Dec. 19 (Saturday); 2 p.m & 7 p.m Dec. 20 (Sunday); 7 p.m., Dec. 22 (Tuesday); 2 & 7 p.m. Dec. 23rd (Wednesday).

Arts writer Mike Allen has more on the show in this post on his Arts & Extras blog.

Pictured (from left) are: Tim and Renee Thornhill, Josh Henderson (top), Shannon Thornhill, Eric Thornhill, Rebecca Henderson, Carol Henderson, Matthew Henderson, Dave Henderson (and dog Teddy). Courtesy of Tim Thornhill

Tim Thornhill sent us these delightful photos of Thanksgiving last night, before the holiday was even over. They are from festivities at the Henderson house on Thanksgiving day after a morning walk downtown at the Drumstick Dash.

Do you have snapshots of Thanksgiving? We’d love to share them here on The Notebook and in SWoCo. Send to news@swo.co-com.

Carol Henderson celebrates her 50th birthday Thanksgiving day. Courtesy of Tim Thornhill

Courtesy of Mike Andreson

Haran Baptist Church recently decided to give a little this holiday season and they decided to do it this year, through a well-known organization called Operation Christmas Child.  Sponsored by Samaritan’s Purse, the Haran Baptist Church WOM group was able to collect over 100 shoe boxes which will be sent to children all around the world who are less fortunate and who may have never received a gift before.

“I just would like to mention the fact that we were able to collect over 100 boxes (107 to be exact) through an effort headed up by our WOM group. They headed the drive, made sure each box had the appropriate donation and then delivered them to the drop off point in West Salem,” Pastor Mike Anderson said.

These shoe boxes were filled with much needed supplies for the children like, crayons, coloring books, brushes, toothbrushes, toothpaste, hard candy, headbands, toys, dolls, hygiene items, gum, t-shirts, watches, flashlights, batteries, a personal note, and much more.

Since 1993 Operation Christmas Child has distributed 61 million shoe box gifts to boys and girls in 130 countries. Last year alone, Operation Christmas Child collected 7.6 million shoe box gifts.

The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to needy children around the world, and together with the local church worldwide, to share the Good News of Jesus Christ.

The Cave Spring Knights have a 7:30 p.m. kickoff tonight at Bogle Field for the contest with Richlands. The teams are vying for the Region III Division 3 title.

Twin brothers Tyler and Reece Kemp are both on the team.  Click here to read today’s story by sportswriter Robert Anderson about them and their parents’ fight with the foes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, and leukemia.

Check back here on The Notebook for photos from tonight’s game.  And if you are going, you can send your photos to news@swo-co.com.

Are your Christmas lights up yet? Wayne and Karen Riley have theirs up. They’re the first people from Southwest Roanoke County to put her holiday light display on the map — specifically, our annual online map of big light spectaculars.

You can find the map here. We have info on how to add your light display here.

Here’s what the entry on the Rileys says:

Display owner: Wayne and Karen Riley
Address: 5631 Green Meadow RD SW , Roanoke , VA 24018
What visitors will see: This year I am going to have a variety of displays including a brand 4 Car LED Animated Train along with a brand new LED Nativity set.There is also my Large Gingerbread house that will be the backdrop for everything outside
Display times: 7 nights a week weather permitting from 5:30 PM UNTIL 8:30 or 9pm

Whether it’s touch football in the backyard, or the traditional family gathering around the turkey, you can share your Thanksgiving photos at news@swo-co.com.

Just let us know who’s who in the photo!

It’s taken us awhile, but we finally have photos of the Hidden Valley girls cross country team at the state meet a few weeks ago — which Hidden Valley won to bring home a state championship trophy.

These photos come courtesy of Jeff Cutright.

You can view them in the slideshow above or in this gallery format.

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

David Baldacci spoke for 20 Minutes, sharing humorous anecdotes about his recent travels promoting his  Latest novel “True Blue”.  The New York Times best selling mystery author went on to answered many questions from the standing room only crowd. After which, Mr Baldacci happily posed for photos with his ardent and avid Supporters and patiently signed as many copies as one could carry. I myself had two of Mr. Baldacci`s previous works along with his latest best seller  “True Blue,” all of which left with personal notes and signature. Thank you again.

Submitted by Kris Magnuson.