Times Newsweekly SPORTS Covering Local High School, Semi-Pro And Youth Programs • Send News To info@timesnewsweekly.com Bulletin Board BASKETBALL TEAM OPENINGS for all men’s divisions. Top Gun, Competitive, Intermediate and 3-On-3 Divisions. Games are played at Christ the King HS, Msgr. McClancy HS and Redeemer Lutheran School. Call 1- 917-9514523 or visit www.rpsabasketball.com. MEN’S BASKETABLL LEAGUE men’s basketball league in Bayside is ongoing. Competitive, supervised games all year round. Two divisions. Prime and classic divisions. Please contact Jimmy, 1- 917-699-3955, or Glenn, 1-516-994-3232. SOCCER WOODHAVEN SOCCER CLUB is currently registering players for teams from U14 through U16. For additional information, go to ww.woodhavensoccerclub.com. BLAU WEISS GOTTSCHEE is seeking boys and girls for its intramural and travel team programs at Juniper Valley Park. For more info call 1-718-268-3713 or visit www.bwgottschee.com. LONG ISLAND CITY YMCA offers various instructional clinics. For additional information, call 1- 718-392-7932. TRACK & FIELD FOREST PARK RUNNERS CLUB meets at 8 a.m. on Saturdays Sundays and holidays at the intersection of Woodhaven Boulevard and Forest Park Drive for runs of four to eight miles. Visit www.forestparkrunners.org or email info@ forestparkrunners.org. BASEBALL/SOFTBALL REDMNF Softball League. High arc, lob pitching. At various locations on Sundays in Queens, times vary. For more information, call 1-646-872-8392. INN SOFTBALL LEAGUE has openings for men’s teams in its six to 12-foot arc league. Doubleheaders played weekday evenings at Juniper Valley Park and Maurice Park. For more information, call 1-917-680-8472 or visit www.foulpoles.com. YOUTH TRAVEL BASEBALL Queens Crusaders, a travel youth baseball team based in Queens is looking for players ages U8 to U12 to join the organization. For more information, call Vinny, 1-917-680- 8472. QUEENS ALLIANCE BASEBALL LEAGUE and the QUEENS KIWANIS are taking registration for players 12 and up for all divisions. For more information, call 1-718-366-7718 or 1-718-821- 4487. QUEENS LIGHTED SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION is expanding and looking for teams. League champions can win cash prizes and championship rings. For more information, visit www.leaguelineup.com/QLSA. BVD SOFTBALL MEN’s TEAMS needed for Sunday snowflake doubleheaders games at noon. Six and 12-foot arc, on dirt with pitch counts. For more information, call 1-718-416-0287 or email bvdsoftballleague @aol.com. MAURICE SOFTBALL LEAGUE is holding Sunday morning games. Slow modified play, balls included, games at Maurice Park. For more information, call 1-347-351-2905 or visit www.leaguelineup.com/isl. FOOTBALL QUEENS FALCONS Register now and attend workouts for the upcoming season. Call your teams coach to get signed up and suited: • Peanuts (six-eight years old/110 lbs. max). For more information, call coach Neil, 1-718-877-8618. • Jr. Pee Wee (Nine-10 years old/130 lbs. max). For more information, call coach Dennis, 1- 917-886-7159. • Pee Wee (11-12 years old/155 lbs. max). For more information, call coach Jon, 1-917-589-3050. • Bantam (13-14 years old/175 lbs. max). For more information, call coach Gabby, 1-646-335-6828 • Intermediate (15-17 years old, no weight limit). For more information, call coach Vince, 1- 347-558-6484. Additional information can be found online at www.queensfalcons.net ORTHODONTICS WWW.GLENRIDGEORTHODONTIST.COM Est. 1976 ©Times Newsweekly 2014-GLENRIDGE FREE* Consultation and Exam WWW.GLENRIDGEORTHODONTIST.COM Medicaid Approved Diplomate, American Board of Orthodontics Dr. V. Bilello*, Dr. M. Nissenbaum, Dr. P. Bilello, Specialists in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics 65-34 Myrtle Ave., Glendale, NY 11385 Most Insurance Accepted As Partial or Full Payment 1-718-381-2965 1-718-386-8728 BWG Squad Graduates League The Blau Weiss Gottschee (BWG) U10 Royals won their last two games of the season against New York Stars. Last Saturday, Dec. 6, at Randalls Island, the team won 4-0; while on Sunday, Dec. 7, at Juniper Valley Park, the score was 11-0. With these two wins, the kids captured second place in the CJSL B division that will move them up to the A division. In other BWG action, the U10 Girls played their last league game of the season against Massapequa Sharp Shooters. They won 4-1 with goals scored by Ashley Kieblesz (two), Aleksandra Leszcaynski and Christina Geras. NYRA Cashes Winning Ticket Reports First Operational Profit Since 2001 by Robert Pozarycki For the first time in 13 years, the New York Racing Association’s (NYRA) operations are in the money, the organization’s leader reported during a meeting of the NYRA Reorganization Board last Wednesday, Dec. 3. According to NYRA President and CEO Christopher Kay, the racing outfit that operates Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park, Belmont Park on the Queens/Nassau border and upstate Saratoga Race Course is projected to end the year with a $1.5 million operational surplus. The figure is six times larger than a surplus NYRA projected at the start of 2014. Overall, the NYRA is expected to have a $14.4 million net revenue increase over 2013. For the past few years, the NYRA reported increased revenue buoyed from income it received from the video lottery terminals at Resorts World New York within Aqueduct’s former grandstand. By law, the NYRA and horsemen across the state receive a percentage of casino proceeds in order to support racing operations. Even so, the NYRA Reorganization Board—formed in 2012 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reform the racing outfit—continued to report deficits in operating the three tracks; this is the first time since Resorts World opened in 2011 that the NYRA showed a profit independent of casino income. “We are proud of the enormous strides we have taken to improve our long-term financial stability,” Kay said. “We recognize the important role of our operations for the people of New York, as well as the thoroughbred racing industry, which is responsible for more than 17,400 jobs, and contributes more than $2.1 billion towards New York’s urban, suburban and rural economy.” Various cost-cutting and revenue-generating measures proved to be a winning formula for the NYRA this year. The organization increased admission charges and simulcast signal fees and made capital improvements to attract new customers, such as the Longshots sports bar that opened at Aqueduct in April. Marquee racing cards featuring lucrative purses held at Belmont Park and Saratoga also brought out bigger betting fields and crowds— and, thus, increased wagering and other forms of on-track revenue. The NYRA also saved money this year by closing Aqueduct during non-racing months. With hundreds of horses stabled on the backstretch, the Big A was open for training year-round—even when the races were run at Belmont and Saratoga—until this year. Along with announcing a profit, Kay noted the NYRA is now debtfree, as it fully repaid a $25 million loan it received from Genting Americas, which operates Resorts World New York. The loan was obtained after NYRA secured a 25- year renewal of its racing license from New York State and ceded to the state all ownership claims to the tracks. During last Wednesday’s meeting, the board also approved a 2015 budget which projects that NYRA will achieve a $2.1 million operational surplus next year, again without factoring casino revenue. It also includes $36 million in capital improvements at all three of its tracks. At Aqueduct, the organization plans to install a new public address system; refurbish the Manhattan Terrace bar and betting area; and construct a new lounge for owners and trainers. This follows up on previous improvements made at Aqueduct, including the installation of new murals, high-definition television screens, a digital horse tracking system (Trakus) and a video toteboard. In November, Kay announced that the NYRA Reorganization Board—which is beginning the process of transitioning the outfit back into the private sector—would not consider deliberating or deciding Aqueduct’s long-term fate. 59 • TIMES, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014
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