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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Norwalk Legion Wins 9th Straight Norwalk American Legion Post 12 ran its winning streak to nine in a row Thursday with a 7-0 victory over Stamford at Cubeta Stadium. Andrew Merritt pitched a three-hitter and improved to 5-0. Norwalk improved to 14-1, while Stamford, which has lost five straight, fell to 6-7. Norwalk jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI single by Spencer Jacoby and a three-run home run by Kevin Daniele. Leon Fleming's two-run double highlighted a three-run fifth inning for Norwalk. Post 12 meets Darien Friday at Brien McMahon High at 5:30 p.m. and meets Stamford Saturday at 10 a.m. at City…

by Tom Renner

07/02/2010

Norwalk, CT

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Beachside Teams Play in Regionals Three teams from the Beachside Soccer Club will play in the US Youth Soccer Region 1 Championships Friday in Barboursville, W. Va. Beachside's 12-and-under, 15-and-under and 18-and-under teams will play their first games. Beachside's 12u team plays at noon against a team from Delaware. The Beachside squad is coached by John Chiavaroli. The 15u team, coached by Pete Doneit of Stamford, plays at 10:40 a.m. against a squad from Pennsylvania. The 18u team, coached by Owen Finberg, played at 8 a.m. against a team from West Virginia. The round robin phase continues through Sunday. The semifinals …

by Tom Renner

07/02/2010

Westport, CT

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Longshore Hosts Tennis Festival The Longshore Tennis Festival Day, including tournaments, free lessons and raffles, will be held July 10. The action includes the Family Classic Tennis Tournament, the 50th anniversary Mixed Doubles Tournament and the festival from 4-7 p.m. The Family Classic includes Parent-Child and Husband-Wife divisions. The Parent-Child divisions are 12-and-under, 14-and-under and 18-and-under. The Mixed Doubles is for all levels. There is no entry fee. It will be played from 4:30-7:30 p.m. during the tennis festival. The festival runs from 3-7 p.m. with food, lessons, raffles and demos of Wilson racqu…

by Tom Renner

07/02/2010

Stamford, CT

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Cummings 2nd at Public Links golf Daria Cummings, who plays out of Sterling Farms Golf Course in Stamford, finished second in the WMGA/MGA Women's Public Links championship Thursday at Hudson Hills Golf Course in Ossining, N.Y. Cummings, the two-time defending champion, was four strokes behind the winner, 14-year-old Nicole Morales. The teenager finished with a three-under-par 68. Morales, the 2009 Westchester Golf Association Girls Player of the Year, made two birdies on the front nine for a two-under 33. Cummings, who was looking to become the event's first three-time champion, made the turn at even-par with three bogeys t…

by Tom Renner

07/02/2010

Norwalk, CT

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Norwalk Legion Blanks Wilton The Norwalk Post 12 American Legion baseball team rolled to its seventh straight victory Wednesday night with an 11-0 victory over Wilton at Malmquist Field. Norwalk improved to 13-1 on the season. Todd Lyons struck out eight and pitched a complete-game three-hitter to lead Norwalk. Spencer Jacoby and Bryan Daniello had two hits each and scored a pair of runs for Norwalk. The winners scored five runs in the third inning to take control of the game. Norwalk travels to meet Stamford at Cubeta Stadum tonight at 5:30. The teams also meet Saturday morning at 10 a.m. at Malmquist.

by Tom Renner

07/01/2010

Norwalk, CT

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Teammates Help Peers Grow, Row Rowing comes easily to Adrianna Marino, Caroline Demko and four other girls in the Norwalk River Rowing Association's Catch The Drive program. Imparting their wisdom to peers who are hitting the water for the first time is much harder. "We take the little things for granted,'' said Demko, a student at Brien McMahon High School. "We taught them how to carry a boat for the first time. You forget that they have to learn the little things." Demko and her teammates show the girls, who come from low-income areas in Norwalk, how to row. There were 21 girls in the spring class and they expect 12 f…

by Tom Renner

07/01/2010

Stamford, CT

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Lione All-Stars Drop District Opener Edwin Owolo cracked a three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth to lift the Norwalk All-Stars to a 7-4 victory over National Lione in the first round of the District 1 Little League Tournament Wednesday in Wilton. Austin Nardi hit a solo home run in the second for National Lione. The Stamford squad added a run in the third and scored two in the fourth on an RBI double by Joe Schlesinger and an RBI single by Daniel Rotkewicz. "It's pretty tough,'' manager Billy DeVito said. "They came out aggressive and looked like they wanted it more than we did. It looked like we were playing on reputa…

by Tom Renner

07/01/2010

Norwalk, CT

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Summer Races Kick Off Saturday The first race in the annual Westport Summer Series will begin Saturday at 8 a.m. at Staples High School. The 2.3 mile run is the first of 10 progressively longer events. Registration begins on-site at 7:30 a.m. Runners can also register online. The fee is $5 for Westport residents for a single race, $8 for non-residents. Runners can also register for the entire series, $30 for residents, $50 for non-residents. Races are held each Saturday at 8 a.m. The July 10 race is 3.1 miles and will begin at Longshore. The races are sponsored by the Westport Parks and Recreation Dept. and directed by S…

by Tom Renner

07/01/2010

Norwalk, CT

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Owolo's Blast Powers Norwalk Stars Edwin Owolo cracked a three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning to propel the Norwalk All-Stars to a 7-4 victory over National Lione in the first game of the District 1 Little League Tournament Wednesday at Wilton. Owolo's one-out blast came after consecutive singles by Matt Diurno and Danny Romanello. "I was just looking for anything that I could hit,'' said Edwin, who said he had not hit a key home run in such an important at-bat. "It was amazing." Diurno started and Romanello pitched the final inning. Chris Winthrop hit a solo home run in the first inning. Brian Beaumonte adde…

by Tom Renner

07/01/2010

New Canaan, CT

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Tennis Record Holders Inspire Students Tennis players Angelo and Ettore Rossetti shared their Guinness World Record experience with Saxe Middle School during a recent visit to the school. The players showed a nine-minute documentary about breaking the mark for the longest tennis rally, which they achieved on Aug. 9, 2008. The movie was followed by a GOALS Setting presentation where the kids learned that capturing your dreams is as easy as "Grand", "Optimistic", "Achievable", "Long Term", and "Short Term." The players encouraged students to build "dream boards" with photos and clippings of role models and inspirational photos and …

by Tom Renner

06/30/2010

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