July 4, 2008Photos from the Cave Spring Little League It was Cave Spring vs. Cave Spring last night at Starkey Field, where the Cave Spring Nationals All-Stars took on the Cave Spring Americans All-Star team. In the end, the Nationals (in white) beat the Americans (in red) 7-6. There was another Cave Spring Little League game involving a different age group going on at the same time -- we understand some parents were planning to bicycle between the two fields to keep up with the action. We've got a photo gallery from that other game on the way. But for now, we have this photo gallery of 14 photos from this match-up. At left: First baseman Shane Kinchen get the out. Photos by Garland Gay. So do you have sports photos involving teams or players from Southwest Roanoke County? If so, you can share them at news@swo-co.com. We had another photo gallery involving the Cave Spring Little League on June 30. July 1, 2008Photos of the Hunting Hills swim team We have a photo gallery of 14 photos from Monday's swim meet between the Hunting Hills Hounddogs and the Stonegate Gators. Photos by Erin Millar Do you have sports photos involving teams or players from Southwest Roanoke County? If so, you can share them at news@swo-co.com June 30, 2008Photos from Cave Spring Little League We have a photo gallery of 10 photos from Saturday's Little League game between Cave Spring American All-Stars and Covington -- which Cave Spring won 7-6. At left: Shane Kinchen. Photos by Garland Gay And let's give a shout-out to all the folks who suggested we go take photos of this game. Glad we could make it! But we can't make it everywhere, so if we're not at a game you think we should have photos of, you can send your sports photos involving teams or players from Southwest Roanoke County to us at news@swo-co.com We had a previous post -- with a photo gallery -- from the Cave Spring Little League on June 18. South County Panthers win 10U A League Division Shanon Griffin submitted this photo of the South County Panther's softball team to honor their victory in their division. The South County Panthers softball 10U A league won their division this year. After losing their very first game they rallied back and won 20 straight games. The team had three amazing coaches this year, head coach Ritchie Griffin and assistant coaches Brice Beatty and John Urquhart. Their undeniable dedication to the team did not go unnoticed. Picture: bottom row left to right: Cymber White, Emerald Pullon, Abby Frazier, Jaelin Dowdy top row left to right: Head Coach Ritchie Griffin, Savannah Duncan, Isabel Payseur, Assistant Not pictured: Marisa Hisaki and Courtney Martin This picture was taken at Moyer Sports Complex. Do you have sports photos involving teams or players from Southwest Roanoke County? You can share them at news@swo-co.com just like Shanon did. June 27, 2008Photos from soccer camp at Cave Spring Middle School We have a photo gallery of 20 photos from the soccer camp going on this week at Cave Spring Middle School. Photos by Sharon Claytor Photos from tennis clinic at Garst Mill Park Roanoke County's tennis camps are in full ... um, swing this summer at various locations. The camp at Garst Mill Park is running at full capacity, says instructor Scott Gibson. Gibson, who is also the women's coach at Roanoke College, said the camps serve youth ages 5 to 13. Classes are scheduled through the end of July and spaces are limited. Contact the Parks and Rec Department for more information. We have a photo gallery of 13 photos from the clinic. Photos by Scott Craig Do you have sports photos involving teams or players from Southwest Roanoke County? You can share them at news@swo-co.com June 26, 2008Pizzazz Star City Twirlers to entertain at Commonwealth GamesJoan Duus, who directs the Pizzazz Star City Twirlers sent in some updated information about the Pizzazz Star City Twirlers. This is what she had to say: We have once again been invited to entertain at the Opening Ceremonies of the Common Wealth Games for the 3rd straight year. We are really excited about this years performance because we will be doing our Half Time Show, which we won this past weekend at State and are taking to Nationals, leaving on the 21st of July. Also Harlie Dale will be performing a 3-Baton Fire routine. She is the 2007 National 3-Baton Champion and will also be competing at Notre Dame in July at the Nationals. We had a previous post about the Pizzazz Star City Twirlers on June 24. June 25, 2008Hidden Valley grad O'Brien signs with New York Yankees Former Hidden Valley pitcher Mikey O’Brien has signed with the Yankees, bypassing a college career, his father said Thursday. We have more details here. Our last post about O'Brien was June 5. What do you think of the move? You can leave comments below. Photos from South County Astros game
At above: Brianna Agee is ready at shortstop for the Astros. Photos by Erin Millar. Do you have sports photos of teams or players from Southwest Roanoke County? If so, you can share them at news@swo-co.com What should J.J. Redick do? Over on the sports page, we have a story today from the Orlando Sentinel about former Cave Spring star J.J. Redick -- and how he's not getting much playing time in the NBA, wants a trade, but the Magic aren't likely to deal him. So what do you think about Redick's situation? You can leave comments below on this blog, or email us at news@swo-co.com Associated Press photo June 24, 2008Photos from Future Knights camp at Cave Spring High School We have a photo gallery of 13 shots from the Future Knights Basketball Camp going on this week at Cave Spring High School. Photos by Garland Gay Do you have sports photos of teams or players from Southwest Roanoke County? If so, you can share them at news@swo-co.com We had a previous post about the camp on May 8. Pizzazz Star City Twirlers place in Virginia State Championship Pizzazz Star City Twirlers under the direction of Joan Duus won five first and three seconds in Team Competition at the Virginia State Championships this past weekend. The contest was held at the Arthur Ash Center in Richmond and 45 teams competed in numerous categories. Pizzazz are the 2008 State Champions in the Half Time Show, Pom Pom Team, Tiny Tot Dance Twirl, Juvenile Dance Twirl & Senior Twirl Team. Photo from left to right: Front; Meredith Smith, Madison Engl, Rachel Benton, Olivia Thomas, Karlee Kirtly, Danielle Cormier Back; Harlie Dale, Rebecca Keller, Megan McConnell, Abigail Erdman, Christine Wadstrom June 23, 2008Photo of Cave Spring High School JV boys' soccer team Cynthia McDearmon has sent us a photo of the Cave Spring High School JV Boys Soccer team. The team has just completed their season, tying for first place in the district with Blacksburg High School. The team lost only one game this season, an away game against Blacksburg. (Cave Spring had defeated Blacksburg earlier in the season, which handed the Blacksburg JV boys their first defeat in three years.) Cave Spring finished the season with a 14-1 record. Do you have sports photos that involve teams or players from Southwest Roanoke County? You can share them at news@swo-co.com -- that's what Cynthia did! Our last post about Cave Spring High School was June 13. Former North Cross student plays at WimbledonWimbledon begins today, and former North Cross and Stanford standout K.J. Hippensteel will be playing doubles. For more, see this post in our Pressbox sports blog. June 18, 2008Photos from Cave Spring Little League We have a photo gallery with 12 photos from one of the season-ending games in the Cave Spring Little League -- Sunday's match-up between the Twins and the A's at Oak Grove Elementary. At left: Michael Zelenak (right) celebrates a double play with pitcher Cody Boone. Boone had caught a line drive and thrown it to first base to make the second out in a double play. Photo by Garland Gay Do you have photos of teams or players from Southwest Roanoke County? If so, you can share them at news@swo-co.com
Photo of Hidden Valley Storm boy's lacrosse team Carl York of Southwest Roanoke County submitted this photo of his son's lacrosse team. The team is called Hidden Valley Storm and is a team of boys ages 10-12. Team member's names in the photo are as follows: Row1: Alex Filip, Bryan Marceau, Kye Coolbaugh, Chris Murden, Matt Rowe, Sam Burton, Eli McDaniel, Sean Irish, Ross Miles, Jeremy Rice, Josh Reiter. Row2: Chase York, Adam Hale, Massi Flici, Jake Lichenstein, Nick Bondurant, Alec Roach, Jessie Sloane, Ben Corfield, Zack Carr, Patrick Skelton. Row3: Coach Tim Rowe, Coach Kevin Coolbaugh and Coach Steve Murden. If you have photos of teams or players from Southwest Roanoke County, you can share them at news@swo-co.com June 13, 2008Webcast: More on Hidden Valley boys' soccerShould a talented high school player such as Hidden Valley soccer star Parker Walsh play for his high school team -- or is he better off with a "travel" team? And is it good or bad if players try to do both? Our weekly college sports webcast, the Sports TimesCast, takes up the question this week from this angle: Which is better at preparing players for Division I sports? See what sportswriter Doug Doughty -- a Swoco resident, by the way -- and special guest Jerry English have to say. Our last post about Hidden Valley, by the way, was June 10, when our high school webcast looked at the same question. June 10, 2008Webcast: What's up with Hidden Valley boys' soccer?Four Hidden Valley players are going off to play Olympic Development Program soccer -- and apparently a lot of parents are upset that Parker Walsh, in particular, was unavailable for last weekend's state tournament. Sports columnist Aaron McFarling has plenty to say about the situation on the Varsity Cast, our weekly high school sports webcast. "Probably a lot of people think I'm crazy," Aaron says, but he's siding with Walsh on this one. He also thinks there's a 75 percent chance Walsh won't be back next year. What do you think about the situation? Check out Varsity Cast, and leave your comments on the blog. Our last post about Hidden Valley High School was June 7. Scrappers 16U softball team wins tournament Once again the Scrappers 16U Girl's Softball team has won the Salem Bumper to Bumper Tournament on June 8. Some of the team members are from Southwest County, so congratulate them if you see them around town! Photo submitted by Alison O'Brien. Caption: From left to right, Miranda Hughes (Amherst County), Sabrina Kramer (Hidden Valley), Caitlin Sigmon (Northside), Amber Harvey (Brookville), Monica Bennett (SWo-Co Home School). Back row, Mike Jennings (Head Coach), Samantha Thacker (Holy Cross), Amanda Thacker (Holy Cross, Kelsey Meador (Glenvar), Lindsey Cuba (Lord Botetourt), Jessica Mahoney (William Byrd), Caitlyn Flora (Franklin County), Nikki Tibbs (Radford), Kelsey Crotty (Hidden Valley), and Kasey Austin (Assistant Coach). If you have photos of players or teams from Southwest Roanoke County, you can share them at news@swo-co.com just like Alison did! June 7, 2008Photos of Hidden Valley girls' doubles match
We have a photo gallery from Friday's Group AA girls' doubles tennis at the Spring Jubilee at Radford University. Kristin Harter and Whitney Walton of Hidden Valley competed with Kari Pope and Headley Wilson of James Wood in the doubles semifinals. The James Wood pair won 6-4, 6-4. Kristin Harter (left) and Whitney Walton practice for their match against James Wood's Kari Pope and Headley Wilson. Photo by Erin Millar I Special to SWoCo Our last post about Hidden Valley High School was June 6. June 6, 2008Hidden Valley boys' soccer and girls' tennis fall short in state tournamentThis just in from Radford: Hidden Valley's boys' soccer team has lost its semi-final game in the state tournament. The girls' soccer team plays its own semi-final game at 4 p.m. and we'll post an update from that match when we have it. Meanwhile, the girls' tennis team has also lost in the semi-finals. For more on the state tournament, click here. We'll be back with updates and photos from all the action -- but if you have photos from these or other sports events involving teams from Southwest Roanoke County, you can share them at news@swo-co.com We also have this photo gallery from the tournament which includes some photos of the Hidden Valley boys' soccer team, girls' soccer team and tennis player Kristen Harter. Our last post about Hidden Valley High School was earlier today. Photos of Hidden Valley tennis player Kristin Harter Hidden Valley fan Quigg Lawrence sends us these photos of Kristin Harter, who played her way into the state AA girl's single tennis championship yesterday even though she's only a freshman. Quigg marvels at her accomplishment: Kristin, he says, "won her semi-final match easily and lost in the finals to a senior who was last years AA champ and will be playing at Syracuse University next year!" You can read the account from sportswriter Robert Anderson here, or scroll below to see more photos. Kristin will be back in action in doubles action this afternoon with Whitney Walton. We'll post results here when we have 'em. And do you have photos of sports involving players or teams from Southwest Roanoke County? If so, you can share them at news@swo-co.com. That's what Quigg did. We had a previous post about Hidden Valley High School on June 5. Continue reading "Photos of Hidden Valley tennis player Kristin Harter" » June 5, 2008Hidden Valley's Harter comes up short in state tournamentKristin Harter of Hidden Valley High School made it to the state championship today in the girls' single tennis category, but came up short in the finals. For details, click here. She's scheduled to be in action again Friday, when she and Whitney Walton are in the doubles' semi-finals. Our last post about Hidden Valley High School was earlier today. June 4, 2008Photos from Hidden Valley baseballThe Titans came up short yesterday in their state tournament game, but we will have a nice photo gallery from their match-up against Alleghany High School. If you have photos involving teams from Southwest Roanoke County, you can share them at news@swo-co.com Our last post about Hidden Valley was June 3. June 3, 2008Webcast: What will Brenda King mean for Hidden Valley?Hidden Valley has scored another coaching coup -- this time luring longtime girls' basketball coach Brenda King away from Pulaski. Sportswriters Robert Anderson and Aaron McFarling talk about what this means on the June 3 edition of the Varsity Cast, our weekly high school sports webcast. Our last post about Hidden Valley High School was June 2. The Spina Bifida Association postpones softball tournamentOn May 28, we posted information regarding the Spina Bifida Association's softball tournament. The Association of the Roanoke regrets that they must postpone their First Annual Softball Tournament, scheduled for June 7 and 8 at Wasena Park in Roanoke. The tournament will be rescheduled for a later date. The Sping Bifida support group, serving Central and Southwest Virginia, will meet Saturday, June 7 at the Blue Ridge Independent Living Center at 1502-B Williamson Road from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Call Hallie Stanley at 342-1231 or visit www.sbarv.org for any schedule changes. Ardell Stone dancers selected for college dance teams Four senior from Ardell Stone School of Dancing in Southwest Roanoke County have been selected for NCAA division I Dance Teams. Lydia Tran and Tiffany Woolwine will join the Virginia Tech Hi- Techs. Kate Johnson will join the University of South Carolina team and Stephanie Woolwine will join the University of Virginia team. All the girls have been studying dance for over ten years. After being selected to the respective University, each of them had to go through a highly competitive and rigorous audition/tryout before being selected to the teams. Lydia Tran and Kate Johnson are graduating from Cave Spring High School and Stephanie Woolwine and Tiffany Woolwine will graduate from Patrick Henry High School later this month. This is a wonderful honor and quite an accomplishment for each of these young ladies. These girls will be performing Saturday, June 7 at the Roanoke Performing Arts Center at 6 p.m. Article submitted by Ardell Stone and Lynn Hampton. Photograph was taken by Paul Calhoun Photography. Photo caption: From left to right, Stephanie Woolwine, Annie Weaver, Tiffany Woolwine, Lydia Tran, Mallory Smith, Amanda Couture, Lauren Altieri. Front row on knees, Lauren Schmidt, Kate Johnson, Chandler Dawes. Cheer Storm Allstars to begin a Special Needs Team Cheer Storm Allstars located at Roanoke Academy of Gymnastics is looking to being a Special Needs Team for athletes ages six to 18 years of age, boys and girls with any type of handicap. Athletes will learn to cheer, dance, stunts, tumble and compete along with the other Cheer Storm squads. "We are really hoping that will be something that will work in the community. Some of the girls on the senior team want to help. It's their way to give back a little bit.," oner of Cheer Storm Allstars, Belinda West said. Special needs teams give athletes the chance to not only participate in an athletic endeavor, but to compete. They will also see a growth of self-confidence in themselves. The confidence gained from cheerleading will extend into school and even into their work environment. Cheer Storm Allstars will not charge these athletes monthly tuition, but other fees and charges do apply for the allstar competitive cheerleading program. West said she hopes to get sponsorship from people in the area to help purchase uniforms for the special needs students.  Call for further information (540-556-4321) - practice will start for this squad on July 13th. Registration is now being taken at the Roanoke Academy of Gymnastics. Photo captions: Cheer Storm Coaches who will work with the Special Needs Squad, from left to right, Christina Bryan, Monica West, Jessica West, Belinda West, Robin Smith, Kayla Smith, Stephanie Thomas,Lindsey Matko - not pictured Lanny West and Mike Bass. Photo taken by Penny Ellis. Bottom photo: The West Family who own Cheer Storm, from left to right, Jasia Wheeler, Jessica West, Danica West, Belinda West, Lanny West and Monica West. June 2, 2008Photos of Hidden Valley boys' soccer Here are three photos from last week's game between Hidden Valley and Blacksburg for the regional title. The Titans came up short in that one, but still advance to the state tournament, which kicks off Tuesday. Here, Torre Swope of Hidden Valley takes the ball downfield. Below: Will Hare of Hidden Valley and Michael Breske of Blacksburg go after the ball. Bottom: A scramble in front of the goal. From left, Will Hare, Michael Breske, Chris Van Thiel, Mark Bixler, Tim Becker and Luke Huffman. So do you have photos from sports events involving teams in Southwest Roanoke County? If so, you can share 'em at news@swo-co.com. Our last post about Hidden Valley High School was May 31. Photos by Eric Brady. May 30, 2008Photo from Cave Spring boys' tennis
Do you have photos of Southwest Roanoke County sports? If so, you can share them at news@swo-co.com Our previous post about Cave Spring High School was earlier today. Photo by Shaozhuo Cui Photos from Hidden Valley baseball Here are three photos from Hidden Valley's big win (13-1) over Bassett on Tuesday in the Region IV tournament. At left, Cam Hodge (#19) is congratulated by teammates after scoring in the second inning. Below, Scott Stilwell (#4) fields a grounder -- and went on to make the put-out at first. And Matt Williams (#16) slides safely into second ahead of a tag by Bassett's Rashawn "Boo" Woods in the bottom of the first inning. If you have photos from sports events involving Southwest Roanoke County teams, you can share them at news@swo-co.com. Photos by Kyle Green
Photos from Hidden Valley girls' soccer Here are two photos from Hidden Valley's girls' soccer game against Patrick County Tuesday night in the Region IV tournament. Here, Hidden Valley's Maddy Elder (in white) challenges Patrick County goalie Hootie Boles. Below, Hidden Valley's Alisa Patton (#3, in white) challenges the goal. At left is Hidden Valley's Claire Sibley (#21, in white). Hidden Valley, of course, won, and plays later today against Salem for the regional championship. If you have photos from sports involving teams in Southwest Roanoke County, you can send 'em to us at news@swo-co.com Photos by Jared Soares Continue reading "Photos from Hidden Valley girls' soccer" » Photos from Hidden Valley - Cave Spring boys' soccer game If you've seen today's sports pages of The Roanoke Times, you'll find three photos from Thursday's boys' soccer game between Hidden Valley and Cave Spring in the Region IV semi-finals. Here are two more. At left, Luigi Greco of Cave Spring (#10, in white) controls a header over Will Hare from Hidden Valley. Below, Cave Spring goalie Will Dooley blocks a shot by Parker Walsh of Hidden Valley (middle, #20) while Taylor Woodrum of Cave Spring (#12, in white) defends on the play. Hidden Valley won 1-0. Here's the account by sportswriter Doug Doughty. Photos by Kyle Green. Continue reading "Photos from Hidden Valley - Cave Spring boys' soccer game" » Three Cave Spring students honored at school board meeting More Southwest Roanoke high school students were recognized at last week's school board meeting. Lauren Bosche, a junior at Cave Spring High School, was named the the 2007 - 2008 First Team All State AA in Volleyball. She was the only junior selected and Bosche holds the school record for career assists (901). Continue reading "Three Cave Spring students honored at school board meeting" » May 28, 2008Spina Bifida Association will host its first annual softball tournamentHallie Stanley, Executive Director of the Spina Bifida Association of the Roanoke Valley has submitted information about a softball tournament coming up in June. If you are interested, read on and make sure you visit their website here. The Spina Bifida Association of the Roanoke Valley will host its First Annual Softball Tournament on June 7th and 8th at Wasena Park in Roanoke. Please visit www.sbarv.org or call Hallie Stanley at 342-1231 for details. Due to the tournament, there will be no support group meeting in June. |