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 Girls Get a Kick out of Indoor Soccer Westport Girls Get a Kick out of Indoor Soccer Westport Girls Get a Kick out of Indoor Soccer
Westport Girls Get a Kick out of Indoor Soccer The Westport under-11 Red girls soccer team defeated Trumbull, 2-1, during a game Saturday in the Westport Invitational Soccer Tournament. The tournament featured more than 100 teams, mostly from Connecticut. Girls from ages 9 to 18 kicked, ran and scored in the games. Girls ages 9 to 11 played indoor games. Older girls played outdoors. The tournament included boys games Sunday. The tournament is sponsored by the Westport Soccer Association. Did your girls play in the Westport Invitational Soccer tournament? How did they do? Start the discussion below!

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Norwalk, CT
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Norwalk Girls Drop Weston at Soccer Tournament Norwalk Girls Drop Weston at Soccer Tournament Norwalk Girls Drop Weston at Soccer Tournament
Norwalk Girls Drop Weston at Soccer Tournament The Norwalk Stingrays defeated Weston on penalty kicks Saturday at the Westport Invitational Soccer Tournament. After the teams played to a 1-1 tie in regulation, they moved to penalty kicks, where Norwalk scored three times and Weston twice. The tournament was hosted by the Westport Soccer Association. Did your soccer team play in the Westport Invitational? How did they do? Start the discussion below!

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Norwalk, CT
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Trinity Completes Magic Run to State Title Trinity Completes Magic Run to State Title Trinity Completes Magic Run to State Title
Trinity Completes Magic Run to State Title Trinity Catholic's boys basketball team went into the Class M tournament seeded just 18th, finished the regular season with just 12 wins, and needed to win its last regular season game just to qualify for the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference tournament. Saturday, the Crusaders wrote the perfect ending to a most unusual season, defeating top-seeded Career Magnet, 57-51, at Mohegan Sun. It was Trinity's sixth state title in 11 trips to the championship game and the first since 2004. Kevin Lemuene scored 17 points to lead the Crusaders, while Jonathan Boykin added 14. T…

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Wilton, CT
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Players Make a Racquet at Wilton Open Players Make a Racquet at Wilton Open Players Make a Racquet at Wilton Open
Players Make a Racquet at Wilton Open Wilton provided the platform for a major event in the arena of paddle tennis Saturday as 64 teams competed at the 28th annual Wilton Open. Players competed in A and B draws, and most of the teams hailed from Fairfield County. The event featured music from Wilton Steel, and lunch. Proceeds supported the Wilton YMCA. Did you play in the Wilton Open? How did you do? Start the discussion below!

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Norwalk, CT
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Teams Contend for State Titles Teams Contend for State Titles Teams Contend for State Titles
Teams Contend for State Titles The winter high school sports season concludes Saturday with championship games in boys basketball and boys hockey and the State Open championships for boys swimmers. Trinity Catholic tips off against Career Magnet at 11:30 a.m. at Mohegan Sun in the Class M boys basketball championship game. Fairfield Prep meets St. Joseph in the Class LL boys basketball title game at 8:15 p.m. at Mohegan Sun. In boys hockey, Fairfield Prep meets St. Joseph at 2 p.m. at New Haven's Ingalls Rink for the Division I title. Staples-Weston-Shelton meets Watertown-Pomperaug at 10 a.m. in the Division III champio…

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Wilton, CT
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Wilton Runners Finish Indoor Season Strong Wilton Runners Finish Indoor Season Strong Wilton Runners Finish Indoor Season Strong
Wilton Runners Finish Indoor Season Strong Brynn Parsons and Kafesha Thomas of Wilton finished their 2011 indoor season with very strong performances in the 60 meter at the New Balance National Indoor Championships for Emerging Elite at the Armory. Thomas finished 18th with a time of 8:02, Parsons 19th in 8:03. They were the top two finishers from Connecticut in a field that included the Connecticut Open 55 meter champion. The New Balance meet brings together the best track athletes in the country to compete for championships and recognition at the Elite and Emerging Elite level. Athletes must achieve national qualifying standards…

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Westport, CT
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Staples Student Interviews ESPN Announcer Staples Student Interviews ESPN Announcer Staples Student Interviews ESPN Announcer
Staples Student Interviews ESPN Announcer ESPN sportscaster Bob Ley recently visited Staples High School for an interview with Staples senior and aspiring sportscaster DJ Sixsmith. DJ got the scoop on Ley's ESPN career as well as the March 22 fundraising event he is hosting with ESPN buddies Josh Elliott, Chris McKendry and Justin Kutcher at Fairfield University's Quick Center for the Arts. Tickets for the look behind the scenes at ESPN are $20 and are available at www.karma411.com/fsw.  All proceeds benefit the Bridgeport-based non-profit FSW, Inc. and its life-changing work empowering people in Greater Bridgeport to build brigh…

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Norwalk, CT
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No Weather Worries This Year for Soccer Event No Weather Worries This Year for Soccer Event No Weather Worries This Year for Soccer Event
No Weather Worries This Year for Soccer Event Robby Casey keeps a close eye on the weather forecast. As the director of the Westport Invitational Soccer Tournament, he needs to know about the weekend. And he's especially sensitive to the forecast after last year's tournament. The tournament features nearly 100 teams, with the girls playing Saturday and the boys Sunday. Last year, the boys games never got played after a storm knocked out power to Westport for nearly four days. Downed trees made travel difficult. Staples High School, which hosts the tournament, was shut down. "What was interesting was we considered and got close to purch…

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Norwalk, CT
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Spring Equinox Kicks Off Racing Season Spring Equinox Kicks Off Racing Season Spring Equinox Kicks Off Racing Season
Spring Equinox Kicks Off Racing Season Spring arrives Sunday, and there's a race in New Canaan to help kick off the new running season. The Spring Equinox 8-kilometer run leaves the starting line at 3 p.m. at Presbyterian Church on Oenoke Ridge Road. The course is a challenging run through a rolling course that features a long climb up Turtleback Road. Runners can register through Saturday at the New Canaan New Balance store. Race-day check in begins at 2 p.m. James Wyper of Darien won last year's event, followed by Stamford's Anatolie Vartosu and Peter Hohmeister. Allison DeMartino of Ridgefield won the women's division. The r…

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Fairfield, CT
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Fairfield Prep Shoots for Basketball Title Fairfield Prep Shoots for Basketball Title Fairfield Prep Shoots for Basketball Title
Fairfield Prep Shoots for Basketball Title Fairfield Prep teams have played in 20 state championship games since 2000. But not one was in boys basketball. That all changes Saturday at 8:15 p.m. when the Jesuits take on the St. Joseph Cadets for the Class LL championship at Mohegan Sun. Prep will be playing in its first boys basketball championship game since it defeated Norwalk, 66-60, in 1997 for the Class LL title. Prep's only other title came in 1969. It lost in the finals in 1967 and 1968. Ninth-seeded Prep (21-5) advanced to the final with a 60-55 win over Ridgefield in the semifinals on Wednesday. The Jesuits also defeated N…

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