Tom Renner

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No one knows local sports quite like Tom Renner, The Daily Voice's Sports Editor. For 22 years, he covered the field for The Stamford Advocate. He's been in Fairfield County since 1987.

Tom was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

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McDonagh, Wilson Win at Met Am Cameron Wilson of Rowayton and Wilton's Tommy McDonagh advanced to the semifinals with two victories Friday at the Met Amateur at Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale, N.Y. The area golfers will face each other in Saturday's semifinals at noon. The winner advances to Sunday's 36-hole final. Both golfers play out of Shorehaven in Norwalk. McDonagh advanced with a 2-up win in the semifinals over Stamford's Mike Ballo, who plays out of Woodway Country Club in Darien. McDonagh won the last two holes after Ballo, a recent graduate of St. John's, birdied the 16th hole to even the match. Ballo bogey…

by Tom Renner

07/30/2010

Westport, CT

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Steve Young Delivers for Cohen Center Steve Young doesn't need to give back to Fairfield County. He does so, however, with gratitude. Young, the NFL Hall of Famer who grew up in Greenwich, spoke on a conference call about supporting the Chelsea Cohen Fitness Center through his foundation, Forever Young. Young left Greenwich over 20 years ago to play college football at Brigham Young and lives in California. His heart, however, remains in Fairfield County. "There are many friends who still live there,'' Young said, explaining his involvement with Cohen Academy and the Fairfield County Sports Commission, which is creating the cent…

by Tom Renner

07/30/2010

Norwalk, CT

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12 Maritime Rowers Medal at Nationals Twelve rowers came home with medals as the Maritime Rowing Club sent 40 athletes to the US Rowing Club National Championships. The races were held in July in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The contingent was the largest ever sent to the national meet by MRC. Maritime Rowing Club dominated the Men's Junior B 4x Final, capturing both gold and silver. The A quad, coached by Yan Vengerovskiy and featuring Tucker Klutey, Geoffrey Cloud, David Kircher and Graham Mink struck gold with a time of 6:55:35. Their teammates, Alex Mauboussin, Matt Podlesak, Charles Gaglione and Ned Berman, coached by Yuri Kolomiets, …

by Tom Renner

07/30/2010

Norwalk, CT

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Murphy Coming to Fitness Event Norwalk legend basketball Hall of Famer Calvin Murphy returns to town Thursday for Chelsea Cohen Fitness Academy's kickoff event at Norwalk High School. Ceremonies take place at Testa Field at 6:30 p.m. Fellow NBA Hall of Famer Gail Goodrich will also be among the sports personalities on hand to sign autographs. The event is free and all area youth organizations are encouraged to attend. The evening celebrates the positive aspects of leading an active lifestyle. It is a collaborative community effort to bring together all organizations working with area youth. Activities and demonstrations …

by Tom Renner

07/30/2010

Stamford, CT

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Camp Serves Volleyball Players Abigail Agaran watches volleyball players smack spikes and serves as a counselor at MVP Sports Camps. The hard part is not jumping in with the players. Agaran taught girls in grades 8-12 during a session Thursday. "Sometimes I wish that I could get in there with them,'' Abigail says. "Sometimes I forget that I'm the one coaching." The camp at Trinity Catholic focuses on individual skills. Campers also play games. Smeriglio recruits former players to help teach. Agaran and Mallory Nadro worked with co-directors Mike Smeriglio and Tom Kriz at the Thursday's session. Both are former campers an…

by Tom Renner

07/30/2010

Fairfield, CT

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Girls Swing Toward Regional No matter what happens in 10, 20 or 50 years, the girls on the Fairfield 9-10-year-old softball team will always be able to say they were first. The state champions take on Vermont Sunday in the first-ever East Region Invitational in Fleetsville, Pa. The game begins at 8 p.m. Fairfield takes a 12-game winning streak into the regional. It has already won district, section and state championships. The team also won the state championship last year. Five players from last year's team play on this year's squad. "They're getting a chance to play every day, and it's the first time that a team fo…

by Tom Renner

07/30/2010

Norwalk, CT

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Ripken All-Stars Win Regional The Norwalk Cal Ripken 12-year-old All-Stars are headed for the World Series. Norwalk beat New Milford, 5-2, in the championship game of Thursday's New England Regional behind a complete-game six-hitter by Dave Balunek. New Milford forced a deciding game by beating Norwalk in the first game of the championship round, 7-5. Balunek, who was named tournament MVP, will head with the rest of the team to the Ripken World Series in Aberdeen, Md. beginning Aug. 14. It is Norwalk's first trip to the series. Marco Latella's home run leading off the second game staked Norwalk to an early 1-0 lead. New…

by Tom Renner

07/30/2010

Norwalk, CT

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Coach Connects With Camp Kids Sean Ireland takes on a different personality depending on the age of the kids he's working with. No, the Norwalk resident and director of Peak Performance Sports Camps in Stamford isn't a Jekyll-Hyde of the camp world. It's just that he takes a different approach with young children than with the high school students he teaches in physical education. "There's a big change in everything,'' Sean says. "It's all how you talk to the kids. You have to be goofy around the kids at camp. Anything to make them happy. With older kids, you do anything to make them miserable." Ireland taught physical…

by Tom Renner

07/30/2010

Norwalk, CT

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Rider Meets Biking Challenge Deborah Kellogg-Van Orden saw much of Fairfield County from unique perspectives in the past month. She ran in the Fairfield Half Marathon. Then she ran, swam and biked in the Norwalk Mossman Triathlon. Finally, the 28-year-old Norwalk woman rode 100 miles in the Connecticut Challenge. Three demanding endurance events are a career for most people, and Deborah did all of them within a month's span. Deborah took nearly nine hours to ride the Challenge. The heat and hills took their toll on every rider. "They don't call it New England's toughest century without merit,'' Deborah says. Hills late …

by Tom Renner

07/30/2010

Norwalk, CT

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Wilson Starts Strong at Met Am Reigning Met Amateur champion Cameron Wilson of Rowayton earned medalist honors Thursday during qualifying at Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale, N.Y. Wilson shot 66-69-135 to earn the top seed for Fridays match play round. Shorehavens Tommy McDonagh, of Wilton, and Stamfords Mike Ballo, who plays out of Woodway Country Club in Darien, also advanced. McDonagh shot 71-67-138, while Ballo shot 68-70-138. Bernard DAmato of Weston advanced with rounds of 65-76-141. The first two rounds of match play will be played today. The quarterfinals and semifinals are scheduled for Saturday and the…

by Tom Renner

07/29/2010

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