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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Westport, CT
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Westport Pro Comes with Strings Attached Westport Pro Comes with Strings Attached Westport Pro Comes with Strings Attached
Westport Pro Comes with Strings Attached Strings are the thing for Dave Kardas. Whether it's a tennis racquet or guitar, the Tennis Director for Westport Parks and Recreation is adept at handling each. "You could say I have strings attached,'' Dave says. He is most familiar to Westport residents for his work on the tennis courts. He directs the multitude of offerings by Parks and Recreation, for players from ages 3 to 83. Kardas came to Westport 17 years ago and has been the director for the last 10 years. "It's just a great spot to be,'' Dave says. "There are a lot of offerings, and there are a lot of tennis players in town." Kar…

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Westport, CT
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Staples Baseball Opens State Play Staples Baseball Opens State Play Staples Baseball Opens State Play
Staples Baseball Opens State Play Staples opens state tournament play Tuesday as the No. 2 seed in the Class LL baseball tournament. The Wreckers, the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference postseason champions, open at home with a 3:30 p.m. game against Hamden. Staples (18-3) lost in the first round of the FCIAC tournament to Westhill, ending a two-year reign atop the league. Staples did get good news later in the week when Jack Hennessy was named the FCIAC's Player of the Year. Pitcher David Speer and catcher Grant Moss were also named first team All-FCIAC selections. In all, 12 Staples players earned FCIAC h…

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Norwalk, CT
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Stafford Makes His Pitch Stafford Makes His Pitch Stafford Makes His Pitch
Stafford Makes His Pitch Crown Trophy pitcher Jack Stafford fires a pitch during a game Saturday in the Cranbury Baseball League. Stafford who goes by nickname "Joba" for his physical resemblance to Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain, helped Crown defeat TEC Engineers, 4-1.

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Norwalk, CT
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Runners Earn All-American Status Runners Earn All-American Status Runners Earn All-American Status
Runners Earn All-American Status Former Norwalk High sprinters Nikki and Nickel Hay won medals at the Division III track and field championships this past weekend in Berea, Ohio. Nickel Hay, a junior, ran on the 4 x 100 relay team that finished second. Hay joined teammates Tom Brognano, Matt Amendola and Steve Headley in running 41.05. Springfield entered the finals as the sixth seed and finished behind Wheaton. Nikki, a senior, wrapped up her outstanding career with three fifth place finishes. She jumped 38 feet, 10 ½ inches in the triple jump and teamed with Laurie Jenkins, Crystal Davis, and Erika Marks on the 4 x 100 r…

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Norwalk, CT
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Duke Plays for National Title Duke Plays for National Title Duke Plays for National Title
Duke Plays for National Title Area lacrosse fans will want to tune in Monday when Duke, with players from Norwalk, Westport, Darien and Weston, will face off against Notre Dame in the Division I championship game. Game time is 3:30 p.m. on ESPN. Norwalk's Dan Theodoridis, Westport's Robert Rotanz and Weston's Tom Montelli all saw action for the Blue Devils (16-4) in Saturday's 14-13 win over No. 1 Virginia in Saturday's semifinals. Theodoridis, a senior defenseman, picked up two ground balls and caused two turnovers. Rotanz, a sophomore who played at Fairfield Prep, scored a goal and fired four shots. Montelli, a junior…

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New Canaan, CT
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A Wild Ride Ends for Saverin A Wild Ride Ends for Saverin A Wild Ride Ends for Saverin
A Wild Ride Ends for Saverin Hilary Saverin needs downtime. In the past month, she finished classes at Hamilton College, helped her team to the national championship game in the NCAA women's lacrosse Division III tournament, graduated and tried to figure out where she goes with the rest of her life "It's amazing, I can't put it into words what it's been like,'' said New Canaan's Saverin, who played high school lacrosse at Taft. "It has been a whirlwind the last four weeks. It was a great four years." Saverin and Hamilton fell to Salisbury University, 7-6, in the championship game on May 23. The game featured a wild end…

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Norwalk, CT
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Vartosu, Anand Win Weston 5K Vartosu, Anand Win Weston 5K Vartosu, Anand Win Weston 5K
Vartosu, Anand Win Weston 5K Anatole Vartosu won the men's race and Meredith Anand took women's honors in the Weston Memorial Day 5K Saturday at Weston High School. The race attracted its biggest field ever, according to race officials, with 775 runners registered. Vartosu, of Stamford, won the men's race in 16:54, while Easton's Anand paced the women's field in 18:45. It was the first victory for each of them in the Weston race. Vartosu's win was his third this month. He won events in Stamford and Greenwich earlier in May, and finished second in a Fairfield race. He said he used the Weston race to prepare for a race M…

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Norwalk, CT
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Weston 5K Pictures Weston 5K Pictures Weston 5K Pictures
Weston 5K Pictures Saturday's Weston 5K attracted what organizers believed their largest field ever, with nearly 775 runners registered between the 5K and fun run for kids. Anatole Vartosu of Stamford won the men's race and Meredith Anand topped the women's field.

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Darien, CT
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Darien LL Collects for Troops Darien LL Collects for Troops Darien LL Collects for Troops
Darien LL Collects for Troops Darien Little League collected soap, playing cards, batteries, tea and other non-perishable items Saturday as it began Operation DLL Cares. The items DLL collects at McGuane Park will be shipped to U.S. soldiers serving overseas. The drive goes through Memorial Day. Tommy Farren, a Darien High School junior, organized the event. He helped the past two years. His father, Tony, is the president of Darien Little League. "We had a lot of stuff beforehand this year,'' Tommy said. "When we get more we'll begin to pack it up." Each box contains a letter from a Darien child and a baseball, along wit…

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Norwalk, CT
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Greenwich Tops NC in Boys Lacrosse Final Greenwich Tops NC in Boys Lacrosse Final Greenwich Tops NC in Boys Lacrosse Final
Greenwich Tops NC in Boys Lacrosse Final New Canaan boys lacrosse coach Alex Whitten thought his team played well enough defensively to win Friday's Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference championship game. Offensively, however, it was a different story. Fifth-seeded Greenwich built a 5-0 lead and held on to defeat the third-seeded Rams, 5-4, at Brien McMahon High School. The Cardinals (11-7) won their second title in four years. New Canaan (15-4), which last won the title in 2003, has lost its last four appearances in the championship game. "The guys we needed to step up offensively didn't do it,'' Whitten said. "W…

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