To place an item in the calendar please email pdtsports@civitasmedia.com or call 740-353-3101 ext. 294.

Portsmouth Rough Riders Pee-Wee Football

Portsmouth Rough Riders pee-wee football registration will be June 18, 19, 20 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at mound park. Registration will include anyone interested in flag football, cheerleading and regular football (contact). Registration is $35 for the first child and $25 for each additional child. New Players must provide a copy of their birth certificates. For more information, contact Michelle Deemer at 821-0678.

West Youth Football Camp

The Annual West Youth Football Camp will be held June 26, 27 and 28. Registration will be on June 26 as follows: Grades K-6, 4-5 p.m., junior high (7-8) 5-6 p.m., high school (9-12) 6-7:30 p.m. Cost will be $20 for K-8 and $10 for high school. Registration will take place in the high school field house. The price includes a t-shirt. The first annual Cow Drop and Fun Night will take place on June 28 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased by calling Amy Cox 740-285-0751.

Athens Ohio Youth Softball Tournament

The Athens Sandlot softball league will host a girls fast pitch softball tournament for girls ages 8-12. The “Sixth annual Grand Slam Invitational” on July 4 through July 7. The tournaments will be round robin format with all teams guaranteed four games. Entry fee is $300. Contact John Pratt, 740-664-1807 or john.d.pratt@gmail.com.

Fighting Tiger Basketball

The third annual varsity boy’s summer shootout will take place Thursday, June 20 through Friday, June 21 at Ironton High School. Cost is $110 per team per day or $200 for both days, players have the option. Teams are guaranteed four games minimum. Make Checks payable to Tiger Clan. Mail payments to Ironton High School, attn. Mark LaFon, 1701 South 7th Street, Ironton Ohio, 45638. Start time 10 a.m. For more information, contact Mark Lafon at 740-532-5235 or mark.lafon@tigertown.com.

Throwdown in A-Town

The Athens Sandlot Baseball League will host an 11-12 year old baseball tournament June 28 through June 30. The tournament will consist of four pools, with all teams guaranteed four games. Entry fee is $200 and the first sixteen paid teams will be reserve a spot. Contact Mike Wallace at 740-707-1375 or mikewallace17@frontier.com.

The 9-10 year old tournament will be held June 21 through June 23. Contact Mike Ginder at 740-707-3639.

The 7-8 year old coach pitch baseball tournament will be held June 28 through June 30. Registration information available at www.athenssandlot.com.

31st annual Tri-State Junior Golf Tour

The 31st annual Tri-State Junior Golf Tour (TSJGT) begins the first week of June.

The TSJGT is played on area courses in Ashland, Huntington, Greenup and Portsmouth. Check your local courses for entry forms and schedule.

For more information, call Jason VanDeusen at 740-285-5004 or visit www.TSJGT.com.

Portsmouth JH Shootout

The Portsmouth Boys Basketball Program will host a boys and girls junior high tournament June 15.

Each team will be guaranteed three games as teams will have pool play then participate in a single-elimination tournament. Games will be officiated by licensed high school officials.

A $100 entry fee is required for teams who register before June 7 with $125 fee after June 7. Contact coach Shane Rhea at 464-4215 with questions and send entry fee to:

Coach Rhea

1164 Kent Street

Portsmouth, OH 45662

Blue and Gold Swimming Camp

Notre Dame is hosting the Blue and Gold Swimming Camp from Noon-5 p.m. June 17-21 at SSU’s Warsaw Natatorium.

The camp is for individuals entering fifth through 12th grade. A $120 fee will be for each swimmer and $180 covers two swimmers per family.

This is a competitive camp that will help teach all four types of strokes as well as starts and turns. Lunches will be provided each day and campers will get a T-shirt for participating.

Campers will need to bring appropriate swimwear, goggles, towel, water bottle and a signed emergency treatment/medical history consent form that will be available at registration. Lifeguards will be on duty throughout the camp and coaches will instruct groups that have been separated by aged and skill level.

For more information or to register, contact Notre Dame coach John Taylor either at 456-6650, 285-3655 or bobandcarmela@msn.com. Hurry because space is limited to the first 40 paid registrations.

WPYSC Team Summer Basketball League

There will be a team summer basketball league that goes from June 1-July 28 at the West Portsmouth Youth Sports Complex.

There will be leagues for boys and girls teams in grades 3-4, 5-6 and 7-8. To enter a team or for more information, call Steve at 352-1822.

Boys coach/pitch all star tournament

Boys, under 9 and 10, coach/pitch all-star tournament will be held July 12,13 and 14 at the First National Bank Ballpark in beaver. Cost to enter the tournament is $ 225 per team. Trophies will be given to top two teams in each division and top individuals. For more information or to register, call Craig Brown at 740-226-8034 or 740-708-2701

Clay Golf Scramble

The annual Clay Golf Scramble will be held on Saturday, July 27, 2013, at the Shawnee State Golf Course. The Scramble will cost $240 a team or $60 individually. The Scramble includes 18 holes, cart, food, door prizes and prize money. Contact Jason Van Deusen (j_van_deusen@hotmail.com) or Mark Rose (rosem@claylocalschools.org) to register a team or for additional information.

2013 RRCA State Championship in Parkersburg, W.Va.

The 2013 News and Sentinel Half Marathon is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 17, and coincides with the Parkersburg Homecoming, which features live music among other events. Trophies and prize money are awarded each year to the top four overall winners in the men’s and women’s divisions of the half marathon. Additionally, prize money is awarded to the top three winners in each age group with a trophy for fourth and fifth place in each age group. For more information and to register for all races visit www.newsandsentinelhalfmarathon.com or call 304-485-1891, ext. 459.

Circleville Dog Days 5K

The 12th annual Circleville Dog Days 5K road race, presented by Red Barn, will be held Saturday, August 3 at 9 a.m., beginning and ending at Circleville High School. The event boasts unique “Dog Days” suncatchers, given to the top three in each of 32 total age groups, plus awards to the top three overall male and female finishers. Numerous door prizes also will be awarded, water and splits will be available on the course and refreshments will be available at the finish line. If you are interested in running, print an entry form at Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. or register the day of the race from 7:15 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. There is a $15 preregistration fee ($20 on race day) and at least the first 150 registered will receive a free T-shirt.

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Frank Lewis

PDT Staff Writer

Scioto County Sheriff Marty V. Donini said the body that was recovered Monday afternoon was identified Tuesday as Jennifer Sue Shepherd, age 34, whose last known address is in Franklin Furnace. She was last seen in Portsmouth by her elderly friend at 10:15 p.m. on Saturday, in the area of Murray’s Pub and the Fast Stop convenient store in Portsmouth.

The body was found floating in Pine Creek, in the Wheelersburg area. Around 3:15 p.m. Monday, two men walking west in the eastbound lane on U.S. 52 near Ohio 522, after their vehicle had broken down, spotted the body of a woman in the water near a bridge close to the Center Street exit.

“They (the two men) flagged down (Portsmouth Post Commander) Lieutenant (Mike) Gore,” Scioto County Sheriff’s Captain David Hall said. “Lieutenant Gore called the (sheriff’s) office. We responded and made contact with Porter Township, and Lieutenant Gore made contact with the ODNR (Ohio Department of Natural Resources) watercraft. The watercraft officers were great about helping us, wading down into the Pine Creek with hip-waders and helping us get the body in a bag.”

Hall said the body of water where the woman’s body was found is only about 20-30 feet, so the authorities were able to wade out and retrieve the body. That body was moved to the Montgomery County morgue for an autopsy. The Sheriff’s Office later identified the body as that of Jennifer Shepherd by fingerprints and tattoo identifications. The cause of death has not been determined as the autopsy is still being conducted.

According to the Daily Times archives, Shepherd was one of 13 people arrested in a prostitution sting in July of 2011, and one of eight women arrested for solicitation in January of this year.

Hall said there have been similar cases in years past, but not in recent years.

Serial killer Darryl Walters, whose last known address was Sciotoville, was sentenced on two murder convictions by Judge William T. Marshall in October of 2008. The Scioto County convictions were for the deaths of Aleisha Frazee, 19, of 802 Harvard Place, Portsmouth, some time between Oct. 24, 2001, and Oct. 28, 2001, and Tamara Lynn Smith of 1830 Ohio Furnace Road, Franklin Furnace, killed between July 2, 2004, and October 2004. Walters was also convicted in the murder of a woman in Adams County.

Anyone with information on the Shepherd case is being asked to contact Detective Jodi Conkel at 740-354-7566.

Frank Lewis may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 252, or at flewis@civitasmedia.com. For breaking news, follow Frank on Twitter @FrankLewisPDT