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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Beachside 15s Play for Region Title The 15-and-under Beachside team advanced to the championship game of the US Youth Soccer Region 1 tournament Monday with a 2-1 win over AC Bethesda of Maryland. The Westport-based club team, which includes players from Westport, Norwalk, and other Fairfield County towns, will play for the regional title Tuesday. Beachside's 12-and-under and 18-and-under teams lost their semifinal round games. The 12-and-under squad dropped a 2-1 decision to PDA Pele of New Jersey. Beachside lost in penalty kicks, 9-8. Kyle Casey scored Beachside's goal. The 18-and-under squad lost to TSF Academy Celtic of Ne…

by Tom Renner

07/06/2010

Wilton, CT

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Wilton Club Keeps Kids on the Run Kevin Foley was coaching soccer when a friend of his daughter's said she was interested in joining the running club he was starting. The innocent conversation piqued the interest of Fred Gaston, who coached with Foley and was also interested in track and field. Six years later, the Wilton Running Club is one of the state's few programs for young track and field athletes. The team started with six runners and has grown to 140. The team competes in AAU and Junior Olympic events. Children run, jump and throw in all track and field events and run cross country races in the fall. "It has gro…

by Tom Renner

07/06/2010

Norwalk, CT

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3 LL Teams Still Undefeated North Stamford, Springdale and Darien National stayed undefeated in the District 1 Little League tournament with victories Monday as the tournament headed into its second week of pool play. North Stamford (3-0) defeated Darien American, 10-2, and is the lone undefeated team in pool A. Kevin Stone pitched 4 1/3 innings and Luke Dawson finished the final 1 2/3 for North Stamford. Eddie Meizels and Kirk Meyer contributed key hits during a three-run first. North Stamford put the game away in the fifth with seven runs on key hits by Peter Horn, Stefan Uka and Kevin Stone. Jeremy Benjamin, Jeff Ku…

by Tom Renner

07/06/2010

Norwalk, CT

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NC, West Norwalk meet in Ripken Playoffs New Canaan meets West Norwalk in the championship round of the Cal Ripken District 1 12-year-old All-Star baseball tournament. Game time is 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mead Park in New Canaan. New Canaan, which lost to Norwalk earlier in the tournament, advanced to the finals with a dramatic 11-8 win over Stratford. New Canaan rallied for five runs in the final inning to pull out the victory. Kyle LeVasseur's leadoff home run started the rally, which also included a two-run single by Justin Clark that put New Canaan ahead for good. Mike Collins' two-run homer capped the uprising. If New Canaan win…

by Tom Renner

07/06/2010

Norwalk, CT

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Little League Teams Hit the Field North Stamford tries to stay undefeated in the District 1 Little League tournament Monday when it meets Darien American at 10 a.m. at McGuane Field in Darien. North Stamford defeated Norwalk on Saturday, 18-9, and is now the only undefeated team in pool A. Darien National and Springdale are 2-0 in pool B, while Stamford American is 1-0. In other games Monday, National Lione plays Weston at noon at Bisceglie Field in Weston. At Fitzgerald Field in Ridgefield, Ridgefield American plays Wilton at 10 a.m. and Darien National plays Ridgefield National at noon. At Noto Field in Stamford, Redding p…

by Tom Renner

07/05/2010

Westport, CT

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Vartosu, Herbert Win Westport Opener Stamfords Anatolie Vartosu and Dariens Liz Herbert ran away with top honors in the first race of the 48th annual Westport Road Runners Summer Series Saturday at Staples High School. Vartosu covered the 2.17 mile course in 11:55, and Herbert won 13:40. There were 151 finishers in the race. The event was the first in a series held each Saturday morning in Westport. The distances in the 10-race series get progressively longer. Saturdays race is 3.1 miles and begins at 8 a.m. at Longshore. Find out more information here.

by Tom Renner

07/05/2010

Norwalk, CT

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3 Beachside Teams Reach Semifinals Three Beachside Soccer Clubs competing in the US Youth Soccer Region 1 championships have moved on to the semifinals. They will be in action Monday in Barboursville, W.Va., having completed pool play Sunday. Beachside, based in Westport, is a premier soccer organization, with players coming mostly from Fairfield County. The under-12 team, coached by Pete Chiavaroli, completed pool play 3-0 with a 2-1 win over the Delco Rangers of Pennsylvania. Beachside plays PDA Pele of New Jersey in the semifinals Tuesday. The under-15 team, coached by Stamford's Pete Doneit, went 2-1 in pool play. Bea…

by Tom Renner

07/05/2010

Wilton, CT

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Tuft Students Own the Road Tufts University is a long way from Wilton High School, but the Boston-area school had a unique connection to Sunday's Freedom Run Road Race. Tufts senior Jeff Ragazzini ran away from the men's field to win the 5-kilometer race for the fifth straight year. Grace House, who graduated from Wilton last month and is bound for Tufts, won the women's race. It was her first victory. Ragazzini finished in 16:14. A member of the cross country and track and field teams at Tufts, Ragazzini said the heat didn't play much of a factor. "It was pretty cool in the morning,'' Ragazzini said. "It was really …

by Tom Renner

07/04/2010

Norwalk, CT

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Their Hearts Were In the Highlands Bill Maloney comes to the Round Hill Highland Games every year just for the adult tug of war. He has been part of the first- or second-place team for six straight years. Saturday, the Scarsdale man picked up another first-place trophy in the event. "We meet each other here every year, but other than that we don't know each other,'' Maloney said. "We shake hands and say, 'Same time next year.' " The 87th annual games took place Saturday at Cranbury Park in Norwalk. They celebrate Scotland's heritage and traditions. Guests enjoy Highland dancing, piping and drumming competitions, Scottish …

by Tom Renner

07/03/2010

Stamford, CT

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Stamford American Stuns Redding Stamford American scored nine runs in the bottom of the sixth inning Friday to stun Redding, 13-12, in the first game of the District 1 Little League tournament for 10- and 11-year-old players. Nick DePreta's three-run home run cut the lead to 12-7. Then American scored five more runs with two outs. The winning run scored when DePreta beat out an infield hit, allowing a runner on third to cross home plate. In other Pool B games Friday night, Darien National defeated National Lione, 9-7, and Stamford Federal beat Ridgefield National, 6-0. In Pool A, Darien American beat Norwalk, 17-4, North …

by Tom Renner

07/03/2010

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