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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Staples Senior Shatters 27-Year Record The state Class LL record in the boys 400 meters stood for 27 years. It took less than 48 seconds for Staples senior Raphael Ray to rewrite it. Ray won the event Tuesday at the Class LL track and field outdoor championships at Willowbrook Park in New Britain in a blistering 47.99. The old mark was 48.49, set in 1984 by Thorb Towles of Notre Dame. Ray won easily, beating East Hartford's Jamal Fruster, who ran 49.25. Ray's time ranks third in the Northeast, which includes Pennsylvania and Maryland, according to DyeStat.com, which monitors high school track and field results. Staples boys fi…

by Tom Renner

06/01/2011

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McMahon Girls Bounced by South Windsor Brien McMahon girls lacrosse saw its season end with a hard-fought 12-11 setback to South Windsor in the first round of the Class L tournament Tuesday at McMahon. Deven Machette scored five goals for the Senators and Karley Barreno added four. "I'm happy with the way the season has gone,'' first-year coach Caitlin Prescott said. "We started with six straight losses and we made it to states. I'm proud of the girls." Tuesday's game was tight throughout. After Machette scored 1:16 into the game, 17th-seeded South Windsor (7-7) scored four of the next five goals to take a 4-2 lead. McMahon, t…

by Tom Renner

06/01/2011

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Stamford Baseball Stopped by McMahon Stamford's baseball team had Brien McMahon on the ropes several times in Tuesday's first round Class LL tournament game. But the 30th-seeded Black Knights couldn't deliver the knockout blow, and the third-seeded Senators escaped with a 5-4 victory in eight innings. "I've been telling people all years this team is much better than its record,'' Stamford coach Fred Kelley said. "You saw it tonight. They worked so hard to come here and get victory. I feel bad for them that they didn't get it." After Stamford (8-13) took a 4-3 lead in the top of the eighth on an RBI single by Nick Palumbo, the …

by Tom Renner

06/01/2011

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McMahon Needs 8 to Escape Stamford Brien McMahon's baseball team has responded before with its back to the wall. This time, though, the stakes had never been higher. And the Senators still had an answer. The third-seeded Senators defeated Stamford, 5-4, in eight innings Tuesday night in the first round of the Class LL tournament. The victory sends No. 3 McMahon to a meeting Wednesday at 4 p.m. against archrival Norwalk. It was the fourth time McMahon earned a walk-off victory this season. "Survive and advance,'' McMahon coach John Cross said. "That's the most important thing." Joe Cox's RBI single drove home Brian Daniello…

by Tom Renner

06/01/2011

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NFL Legend Robustelli Dies at 85 Stamford native and Pro Football Hall of Famer Andy Robustelli died Tuesday at the age of 85 at Stamford Hospital. Robustelli played for the New York Giants from 1956 to 1964. He began his NFL career with the Los Angeles Rams in 1951. "His family was everything to him,'' said author Jack Cavanaugh, a Stamford native and Wilton resident. His book, Giants Among Men, documented how Robustelli helped the 1950s Giants become one of the nation's most popular teams and lead the NFL into prominence. "He was a very humble man. He wouldn't criticize anybody. He was very private." "He was a man's…

by Tom Renner

05/31/2011

Darien, CT

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Darien Little League Pitches In for U.S. Troops Katie Farren knew early in the Memorial Day weekend that Operation Darien Little League Cares would be an enormous success. "It was incredible,'' said Katie, a Darien High School student who coordinated the drive for the league. "On the first day we had 170 boxes, and by the end of Sunday we had 295. We ran out of boxes." By the end of three-day weekend, Farren expected to have nearly 320 boxes packed with items for U.S. troops. The items collected included toiletries, books, food, music and playing cards. Best of all, many young players in the league wrote letters to the troops. Katie and v…

by Tom Renner

05/31/2011

Stamford, CT

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Stamford Teams Begin Playoff March Stamford High's baseball and softball teams open state tournament competition Tuesday while Westhill's Dillin Smith takes his mantle as the county's fastest man to the Class LL track and field championships. Stamford opens the Class LL tournament against Brien McMahon in Norwalk at 7 p.m. Stamford is seeded 30th, while the Senators come in as the No. 3 seed. Stamford's softball team hosts Shelton at 4 p.m. in the first round of the Class LL tournament. The Black Knights are seeded 12th, while Shelton is seeded 21st. Westhill, the tournament's top seed, begins action on Wednesday. At the Cla…

by Tom Renner

05/31/2011

Westport, CT

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Weston Girls Tennis Shoots for 5th Straight Title Weston's girls tennis will shoot for its fifth straight Class S championship when the Trojans open state competition Tuesday against Valley Regional. The Trojans won their fifth straight South-West Conference title last week with a 4-0 victory over Joel Barlow. Weston, 14-1, lost its first match of the season against Glastonbury, which snapped an 87-match winning streak. The Trojans are led by undefeated No. 1 singles player Kimmy Guerin, who has not dropped a set this season. In baseball, the Trojans travel to Enfield to play in the Class M tournament. Weston is seeded 28th. First pitch is…

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05/31/2011

Stamford, CT

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Instant Replay Stays Hot in North Stamford Instant Replay defeated First County Bank, 4-1, in eight innings Monday in a North Stamford Little League game. Instant Replay stayed in first place in the Majors Division. The team, managed by Glen Colorassi, is 13-3 and owns a half-game lead over the Italian Center, which is 13-4. Instant Replay won three games over the weekend and has won five of its last six. It finishes the regular season on Thursday against First County Bank. Send us your Little League pictures and game recaps! Send information to [email protected].

by Tom Renner

05/31/2011

Westport, CT

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Staples Teams Begin Playoff Action Staples baseball swings into Class LL tournament action Tuesday just 72 hours after winning the FCIAC championship. The Wreckers host Manchester at 3:30 p.m. Staples softball team also begins Class LL competition Tuesday, while the girls and boys track teams compete in the Class LL outdoor championships at New Britain's Willowbrook Park. Staples won the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference championship Saturday with a 5-3 victory over Danbury behind pitcher Rob Gau. The Wreckers are the No. 9 seed for the Class LL tournament. If Staples wins Tuesday, it could face a rematch …

by Tom Renner

05/31/2011

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