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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Norwalk, CT
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Suda Brings New Outlook to the Plate Suda Brings New Outlook to the Plate Suda Brings New Outlook to the Plate
Suda Brings New Outlook to the Plate Michelle Suda's softball outlook has changed dramatically in recent years. "When you're in your 20s and early 30s, you feel like you're out there to win,'' says Suda, who plays for O'Neill's Pub in the Norwalk Women's League. "Now, it's a girls night out. We have a bite to eat after the games and then we go home and be Moms again." Suda and her O'Neill's teammates will play Saturday in the ASA Women's Softball state tournament at Calf Pasture Beach. Suda, who starred as Michelle Palmer at Norwalk High School and at Sacred Heart University, has been part of a team that has won eight titles in…

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by Tom Renner
Westport, CT
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Players Flash Forehands at Festival Players Flash Forehands at Festival Players Flash Forehands at Festival
Players Flash Forehands at Festival Nor Smitobol and Marilyn Katz love tennis and Westport. They made the perfect to smack forehands, crack serves and run down shots at Sunday's Tennis Festival at Longshore. Men, women and children of all ages and abilities came to play, learn, eat and win prizes. "I've been coming to this for years,'' said Marilyn, who played in the mix doubles competition with Nor. "I enjoy the tennis. It's another chance to come out and play and see who else is here." The day's theme was tennis enjoyment, but Katz and Smitobol couldn't hold back their competitive juices entirely. "It's just for fun, but we…

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by Tom Renner
Darien, CT
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Enzor's Homer Lifts Darien American Enzor's Homer Lifts Darien American Enzor's Homer Lifts Darien American
Enzor's Homer Lifts Darien American Andrew Enzor slugged a home run leading off the eighth to keep Darien American's hopes alive in the District 1 Little League tournament. Enzor's blast propelled Darien American a to a 4-3 victory Sunday over Norwalk at Stamford's Caporizzo Field. Darien American stands at 3-2 in pool A of the tournament. It plays Ridgefield American on Tuesday in its final pool play game. National Lione of Stamford is also 3-2 in pool play and meets Wilton on Tuesday. If Darien American wins and National Lione loses, it will advance to the elimination round. National Lione defeated Darien American, 7-1, earl…

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Norwalk, CT
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Norwalk Slugs Five Homers to Top NC Norwalk Slugs Five Homers to Top NC Norwalk Slugs Five Homers to Top NC
Norwalk Slugs Five Homers to Top NC Norwalk's 12-year-old Cal Ripken All-Stars slugged five home runs to defeat rival New Canaan, 10-6, in a winners' bracket game of the state tournament Sunday in Southbury. Norwalk moves on to meet New Milford Wednesday. David Balunek hit two home runs for Norwalk, while Marco Latella, Zack Azadian and Jeremy Linton had one apiece. Balunek pitched three innings. Latella pitched the next two and Noah Yokoi finished up for Norwalk. New Canaan defeated Norwalk in the District 1 tournament, but was awarded an at-large berth in the state tournament.

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Fairfield, CT
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Fairfield Rallies for Dramatic Win Fairfield Rallies for Dramatic Win Fairfield Rallies for Dramatic Win
Fairfield Rallies for Dramatic Win For young girls, Fairfield's 11-12-year-old softball All-Star team has a lot of postseason experience. The team needed to draw on every ounce of it to survive in Sunday's Section 2 championship game against Black Rock at Trumbull's Unity Park. Fairfield defeated Black Rock, 3-2, on a throwing error that allowed Katie Gantella to score the winning run. Fairfield rallied from a 2-0 deficit with two runs in the fifth inning to force extra innings. The win sends Fairfield to the Section 1 tournament beginning Wednesday in Stamford. "I knew we had a good defense and good pitching,'' manager Rob …

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Norwalk, CT
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Homer Dashes Norwalk's Hopes Homer Dashes Norwalk's Hopes Homer Dashes Norwalk's Hopes
Homer Dashes Norwalk's Hopes Norwalk Little League saw its dream of advancing to the elimination round in the District 1 Little League tournament leave Caporizzo Field Sunday night. Andrew Enzor's home run leading off the top of the eighth gave Darien American a 4-3 victory. Norwalk, now 2-3 in the tournament, will conclude pool play on Tuesday against Weston. "I thought we had them,'' said a dejected Norwalk manager Frank DiUrno, whose team couldn't hold a 3-2 lead in the sixth. "That's Little League baseball. Anything can happen." Darien led 2-1 in the fourth before back-to-back solo home runs by Danny Romanello and …

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Darien, CT
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Softball Teams Play for District Crowns Softball Teams Play for District Crowns Softball Teams Play for District Crowns
Softball Teams Play for District Crowns Two Darien softball teams will play for District 1 championships Sunday while Darien National looks to stay undefeated in Little League tournament action. The softball teams will swing away at Ridgefield High Sunday afternoon as the 9-10-year-old All-Stars take on Redding Easton at 2 p.m. for the district title. At 4:30 p.m., the 12-year-old All-Stars meet Danbury for the district title. Darien National meets Stamford Federal at Frank Noto Field in Stamford at 4:30 p.m. Darien National is 4-0 in the tournament in pool B. Springdale of Stamford is also 4-0. The teams meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.…

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Fairfield, CT
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Fairfield Teams Dominate Districts Fairfield Teams Dominate Districts Fairfield Teams Dominate Districts
Fairfield Teams Dominate Districts Fairfield will meet Black Rock for the District 2 softball championship, and two 10-year-old teams from Fairfield will play for district honors Sunday in games at Unity Park in Trumbull. In softball, Fairfield advanced to Sunday's noon championship with a 6-1 win over Westport. Black Rock defeated Trumbull, 8-4. In the 10-year-old tournament, Fairfield American plays Fairfield National at 6 p.m. at Unity Field No. 1. Fairfield American defeated Westport American, 15-2, and Fairfield National defeated Westport National, 15-1. Fairfield National is undefeated in the tournament. Fairfield Ameri…

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Stamford, CT
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Springdale, North Stamford Win Springdale, North Stamford Win Springdale, North Stamford Win
Springdale, North Stamford Win Springdale and North Stamford remained undefeated in the District 1 Little League tournament Saturday. Darien National is also undefeated as the teams near the end of pool play. The tournament concludes next weekend. Springdale improved to 4-0 with a 12-3 win over Federal in a pool B game. North Stamford defeated National Lione in pool A, 6-2, and is 5-0. North Stamford secured a spot in the elimination round with the victory. All of the other teams in pool B have at least two losses, and North Stamford has one pool game remaining. It plays Ridgefield American Sunday at Bisceglie Field in W…

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Norwalk, CT
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Ridgefield All-Stars Top Norwalk Ridgefield All-Stars Top Norwalk Ridgefield All-Stars Top Norwalk
Ridgefield All-Stars Top Norwalk Norwalk's Little League All-Stars lost to Ridgefield American Saturday, 6-2, to drop to 2-2 in the District 1 Little League tournament. Norwalk faces a key contest Sunday against Darien American, also 2-2, in a battle to secure a spot in the elimination round. Norwalk, Darien American and National Lione of Stamford are all 2-2 in the tournament. Norwalk has already defeated National Lione. North Stamford (5-0) has secured a spot in the semifinals, while the other three teams are looking to grab the second seed from pool A for Thursday's semifinals. Norwalk and Darien American meet Sunday at …

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