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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2 Stamford Wrestlers Take 2nd at Regionals Bryce Kijek and Tommy Mazur of the Stamford Junior Wrestling Warriors each took second place at the recent New England Regional Connecticut March Madness Tournament. Kijek was 3-1 on the day, winning with a 24-second pin, an 11-4 decision and an 18-2 technical fall. He then lost in the finals, 3-1, in the second overtime to Matt Knoll from Rhode Island. Mazur was also 3-1 and had a great day as well, with two second period pins and then a 4-2 decision. However, Tommy took a tough loss in his finals, falling 9-0. Tommy and Bryce also hit the 60-match mark, setting a Stamford Junior Wrestli…

by Tom Renner

03/16/2011

Norwalk, CT

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Mid Fairfield Stars Show Off New England Trophy Members of the Mid Fairfield Stars 14-and-under girls hockey team celebrate with the trophy at The Rinks at Shelton after winning the New England Regional on Sunday. The Stars went 5-0 in the tournament to earn a berth in the national tournament next month in Detroit. Players from Main Street Connect communities on the Stars include Norwalk's Nicole Lue and Annie DeFrino, Darien's Sasha Fritts and Fairfield's Taegan Blackwell. Norwalk's Moe Tarrant coaches the team, assisted by Fairfield's Ryan Equale. Have a picture of your sports champions? Send images and information to trenner@mainstreet…

by Tom Renner

03/16/2011

Norwalk, CT

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Skyliners Skate to 5th at World Meet The Skyliners Junior Synchronized Skating team finished fifth at the Junior World Challenge on Saturday in Neuchatel, Switzerland. The Skyliners team includes girls from New Canaan, Darien and Greenwich. The Skyliners took sixth 162.96 points, just 0.06 behind the fourth place team from Canada. Team Braemar of Minnesota, which finished second to the Skyliners in the U.S. championships, took third. Teams from Finland grabbed the first two spots. Members of the Skyliners include New Canaans Ashley Mulhern, Ashley and Lauren Snow of Darien, and Cos Cobs Mairead Brock and Brooke Abbott. It …

by Tom Renner

03/16/2011

Westport, CT

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Westport PAL 8th-Grade Girls Stop Ridgefield The Westport PAL eighth-grade girls basketball team struggled to find an offensive rhythm for most of Sunday's championship game against Ridgefield in the Fairfield County Basketball League "B" Division. Westport found it, however, when it mattered the most. Westport scored seven of the final eight points to pull out a dramatic 35-33 victory to win the crown at Danbury High School. Gabi Titlebaum scored 10 points to lead Westport, while Maggie Fair scored five of her seven points in the fourth quarter and Kelsey Bobrow hit four free throws down the stretch. "Patience was the key,'' coach Ch…

by Tom Renner

03/15/2011

Westport, CT

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Staples Relays Finish Strong at National Meet Staples High School's boys track team finished 16th in the 4 x 400 relay Sunday to cap a weekend of strong performances at the New Balance Indoor Nationals at The Armory in New York. Staples ran 3:24.95 with Jon Heil, Jack Roche, Sean Gallagher and Raphael Ray. A team from DeMatha Catholic in Maryland won the event in 3:15.23. Staples posted the best time by a Connecticut school. The Wreckers also ran two relays Saturday. The 4 x 200 team of Heil, Zach Mitchell, Gallagher and Ray ran 1:32.96, just 0.01 off its best time of the season. Staples finished 32nd in the preliminaries. Only the top…

by Tom Renner

03/15/2011

Norwalk, CT

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Tuesday Scoreboard, Schedule Monday's Games Boys Hockey Division II Tournament Cheshire 2, Wilton 1 (OT) Tuesday's Games Boys Basketball Class LL Semifinals Fairfield Prep vs. Ridgefield at Wilby, 7 p.m. Class M Semifinals Trinity Catholic vs. Notre Dame-Fairfield at Masuk, 7 p.m. Boys Hockey Division III Semifinals Staples-Weston-Shelton vs. Windsor-East Granby-Avon, 5:30 p.m., at Ingalls Rink, New Haven Boys Swimming Class L Finals at Wesleyan, 3 p.m. Class LL Finals at Wesleyan, 7:15 p.m. Do you plan to attend any of the playoff games today? Start the discussion below!

by Tom Renner

03/15/2011

Norwalk, CT

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Norwalk Biddy 6th-Graders Win League Title The Norwalk Biddy sixth-grade boys basketball team won the BB bracket of the Fairfield County Basketball League on Saturday with a 50-49 victory over Redding at Darien High School. Khris Little, Donta Backman and Mile McQuillen led a balanced scoring attack for Norwalk, which won three straight tournament games after winning just four times during the regular season. Griffin Root and Hugh Clyne did a tremendous job handling and distributing the basketball, while Karl Johnson and Chris Giordano added rebounding and defensive tenacity. Johnson scored the game-winning basket in Saturday's game.…

by Tom Renner

03/15/2011

Darien, CT

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Darien YMCA 7th-Graders Capture Crown The Darien YMCA seventh-grade boys basketball team completed a magical season Saturday with a victory in the championship game in the "A" Division of the Fairfield County Basketball League playoffs. Darien, which competed in the "B" Division during the season, stepped up in class for the tournament and won the title with a 56-53 victory over Danbury in the title game at Greens Farms Academy in Westport. Darien (21-1) defeated a sixth-grade team from New Haven, 67-61, in its quarterfinal game before getting past the Greenwich Flame, 48-44, in the semifinals. Drew Rolapp scored 16 points to p…

by Tom Renner

03/15/2011

Westport, CT

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Easton 7th-Graders Fall in Basketball Final Easton's seventh-grade boys basketball team faced an uphill climb from the outset of Saturday's championship game in the "B" bracket final of the Fairfield County Basketball League against St. Theresa of Trumbull. The boys nearly reached the summit only to fall short at the end. St. Theresa hung on to beat Easton, 51-42, Saturday at Greens Farms Academy in Westport. Easton, which never led, trailed 13-6 after the first quarter. It came down the floor with several opportunities to take the lead in the third quarter but couldn't get over the hump. "We got down in the first quarter, and we had…

by Tom Renner

03/15/2011

Westport, CT

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Weston 8th-Grade Girls Drop Title Contest Weston eighth-grade girls basketball coach James Ferguson saw his team struggle to score during several games this season. In Sunday's C Division championship of the Fairfield County Basketball League at Danbury High School, a long second half dry spell proved to be the difference. Waterbury nipped Weston, 29-24, as Ferguson's team scored just seven points in the second half. Weston played a terrific defensive game and had good shots in the second half. It just couldn't get them to fall. "We couldn't score,'' Ferguson said. "I can't say it any differently. I don't think it was their pressur…

by Tom Renner

03/15/2011

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