Hockey is back in Trenton. Taking place on Oct. 30 and 31, the first Capital City Classic will host Princeton University, Yale University, the University of Massachusetts and the University of Maine in a four-team tournament that includes daily doubleheaders.
Individual day and all-session tickets are on sale online at www.ComcastTIX.com, by phone at 800-298-4200 or in person at the Sun National Bank Center box office. Call 609-6556-3234 to find out about available discounts and specialty food and beverage offerings.
Trenton will be the motorsports entertainment epicenter with the nation’s most competitive monster trucks as they invade the Sun National Bank Center Dec. 4 and 5. See these incredible 10,000-pound, car-crushing giants compete in racing, wheelie contests and then rock the house with amazing freestyle action during the Monster X Tour.
The girls volleyball team of New Jersey United Christian Academy started off its Penn Jersey League volleyball season with a dramatic win over Life Center Academy of Florence. Down 2-0, the Lady Mustangs reeled off three straight sets to win, 3-2. Despite a young and inexperienced team, the Lady Mustangs expect to be competitive in league play.
Tom Luchento and Chris Ryder were elected to the Board of Directors of the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey (SBOANJ).
Ballots were returned by 438 of the 789 members and counted Oct. 19 by the accounting firm of Drucker, Math & Whitman, certified public accountants in North Brunswick.
In the only contested category — driver/trainer — Luchento was re-elected and Ryder was a winning challenger. Incumbent Kelvin Harrison and challenger Nancy Johansson were the others on the ballot.
In uncontested categories, Thomas Pontone (owner), Michael Gulotta (breeder) and Dr. Richard Meirs (breeder) were re-elected.
“I am grateful for the opportunity to continue on the Board of Directors,” said Luchento, who has a dozen years of experience and is the incumbent president and chief executive officer of the SBOANJ. “Both 2015 and 2016 are pivotal years in our efforts to revitalize harness racing in New Jersey. This board has a full agenda of challenges.
“This is no slam dunk, but we are hopeful to get expanded gaming — casinos — at our racetracks to make our purses on par with any in the country. We continue to work for sports wagering, historic racing and other alternate gaming options just as long as our purses are the beneficiaries.”
This was Ryder’s first bid for a seat on the SBOANJ Board of Directors.
“I had been thinking about [running for the board] for 10 or 12 years, but with my two boys off to college now, I had more time available,” said Ryder, 60, who maintains a stable of 25 at Winners in Chesterfield.
“My main concerns are insurance [for horsemen] and the New Jersey-owned and -bred races,” noted Ryder, a New Jersey resident and horseman since 1989.
“I want to listen and be independent, and make the best decisions I can. I intend to represent the grassroots. I’ve been there; I’m still there. I want to represent all horsemen. I thank everyone for their support.”
The board will hold its re-organization meeting Nov. 9.