Hidden Valley girls soccer came up short against Salem in Wednesday’s opening round of the River Ridge District tournament. Nevertheless, we have this photo gallery of the action, courtesy of Wendell Jones.

The Titans now play Cave Spring tonight at Salem High School at 5 p.m. for the third and final slot in the regionals.

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

Students in North Cross School’s JK4 classes had a blast playing games learning words and reading them on Thursday, May 27.

These 4 and 5-year-old students showed off the reading skills they have learned in the last year. Most of them could not read prior to enrolling in JK4.

Sight words are words they should know to begin to read. Students spent the morning playing games, finding their sight words around the classroom and writing them down, and sporting their very own home-made t-shirts with their respective word for the day. All day students will be called by their particular sight name.

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Colonial Presbyterian Church was represented well at the 1st Annual Susan Komen Race for the Cure that was held back in April at Green Hill Park.

Melissa Williams, Elizabeth Camilletti, and Gwynn Atkins all partcipated in the race, representing Colonial Presbyterian. Pastor Brent Williams also ran in the race as well.

Submitted by Melissa Williams

Traffic will be detoured starting June 11 through August 23.

Beginning at 6:00am on Friday, June 11, Route 613 (Merriman Road) will be closed to through traffic between Route 800 (Chaparral Drive) and Route 904 (Starkey Road). The intersection of Meadowlark Road and Merriman Road will also be closed to motorists. Traffic will be detoured in these areas through August 23.

Crews will be working to construct a roundabout at the intersection of Meadowlark Road and Merriman Road as part of traffic improvements to Merriman Road and construction of an entrance, that will be for the new South County Library. This project is being constructed with VDOT and Roanoke County revenue sharing funds.

The following detours have been established:
From the intersection of Merriman Road and Chaparral Drive:
Drivers should follow Chaparral Drive, turn right onto Penn Forest Boulevard, then right onto Starkey Road

From the intersection of Buck Mountain Road and Starkey Road:
Drivers should follow Starkey Road north; turn left onto Penn Forest Boulevard, then left onto Chaparral Drive.

From the intersection of Starkey Road and Merriman Road:
Drivers should follow Starkey Road north; turn left onto Penn Forest Boulevard, then left onto Chaparral Drive.

Signs and electronic message boards will be posted to make motorists aware of the detour. Additional information can also be found on Roanoke County’s website at: http://www.roanokecountyva.gov/Transportation. For questions, please contact George Simpson in the Roanoke County Community Development Department at: 540-772-2096 ext. 238.

Submitted by Teresa Hall

Hidden Valley defeated Cave Spring 2-1 in overtime in boys soccer action in the opening round of the Ridge Ridge tournament Wednesday.

Hidden Valley advances to Friday’s championship game against Blacksburg at 7 p.m; Cave Spring plays Salem at 5 p.m. Friday for the third and final slot in the regionals.

Kyle Green of The Roanoke Times has this photo gallery from the game.

Do you have photos from the tournament? Or anything else involving people or events from Southwest Roanoke County? You can share at news@swo-co.com.

Bright and early Wednesday morning students and faculty, parents and community members joined forces to raise funds for the American Cancer Society and Leukemia Lymphoma Society with Cave Spring High School’s 3rd Annual Knights Morning Buzz event.

Students charged $5 at the door for entry into the event and $5 for a haircut. Volunteer hairdressers were on hand to donate their time to cutting Cave Spring’s hair.

Also during the event a faculty v. student ping pong tournament was held and food was available donated by local businesses like Subway, Bubble Cake, Famous Anthony’s and Dunkin Donuts.

Knights Morning Buzz was held in honor of Linda Harman and Carrie Wickert, a 1995 graduate of CSHS who died just a few days ago from cancer.

Mr. Shane Pendleton agreed to participate in the ‘Sheer Shame Event’ and shave his head depending on how much money was raised.

For $200 he agreed to sahve his sideburns but leave his goatee.

For $400 raised he agreed to shave off his goatee.

For $600 he agreed to shave off his mustache.

For $800 raised he would allow the hair off his collar to be shaved.

And finally for $1,000 he’d let them buzz his hair completely.

Unfortunately for him, but luckily for the students and faculty, Pendleton’s hair was completely buzz cut after just an hour with the raising of $1000.

By the end of the day Wednesday, Cave Spring High School had raised $2,017.77 for the American Cancer Society and Leukemia Lymphoma Society. Funds are still being raised and a final total will be announced on Friday.

Hidden Valley baseball defeated Blacksburg 15-7 in the opening round of the River Ridge District tournament Wednesday, and now advances to Friday’s title game against Salem.

Justin Cook of The Roanoke Times has this photo gallery.

Do you have photos from the tournament? Or anything else involving Southwest Roanoke County? You can share at news@swo-co.com.

Cave Spring girls soccer came up short in the opening round of the River Ridge tournament, falling to Blacksburg 3-2 in overtime. Cave Spring plays Hidden Valley Friday at 5 p.m. to determine the district’s third and final entry in the regional tournament.

Wendell Jones shares this photo gallery from the game.

Do you have photos from any of the tournament action? Or anything else involving people or events from Southwest Roanoke County? You can share at news@swo-co.com.

Cave Spring’sbaseball team came up short in the the River Ridge District tournament Wednesday, falling to Salem 7-4.

Rebecca Evans shares this photo gallery of the action.

Do you have photos from any of the tournament action this week? Or anything else involving teams or players from Southwest Roanoke County? You can share at news@swo-co.com.