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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Stamford Coach Wins Soccer Honor Stamford resident Pete Doneit, a coach with the Beachside Premier soccer team, has been named the United State Youth Soccer National Coach of the Year. Doneit has coached at the Beachside Soccer Club since 2001. In 2010, his under-15 boys team played in the U.S. Youth Soccer Region I Championship finals, missing the opportunity to advance after losing in double overtime against the eventual national champion. His team is currently competing in the U.S. Youth Soccer National League. Doneit is responsible for Beachside's goalkeeping education, development and training, and is the director for…

by Tom Renner

02/28/2011

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Stamford Swimmers Help Wahoos Take State Title Several Stamford athletes helped the Wilton Y Wahoos clinch their 25th consecutive Connecticut YMCA State Swimming Championship title. The Wilton Y Wahoos have won the Connecticut Y state championships every year since 1987. The team scored an impressive 4,837 points overall in the recent meet. Greenwich YWCA was second with 2,643 overall team points. Noah Cheruk of Stamford took home gold in all three of his individual events, touching first in the 100 IM, 100 fly and 100 breast for the 9-10 boys. Teammate Jake Florio was eighth in the 50 free and 50 back and 11th in the 100 back. In the …

by Tom Renner

02/28/2011

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Arena Gymnasts Shine in St. Louis Instead of meeting at the famed St. Louis Arch, Stamford's Arena Gymnasts met at the victors podium by winning more than 14 team and individual medals at the prestigious GymQuarters Invitational held last week at the Family Center in St. Charles, Mo. In the Level 9 senior competition, New Canaan's Caroline Fitzpatrick cruised to the all-around gold medal by posting a blistering total score of 37.375. Fitzpatrick turned in gold medal performances on the uneven bars (9.325), balance beam (9.500) and floor (9.400) and took bronze in the vault with a 9.15. Arena's Level 7 squad, led by Erika…

by Dave Rich

02/28/2011

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Runners Hit the Road in Buildup Runners from throughout Fairfield County and beyond competed Sunday in the Boston Buildup 25-kilometer run. The race began at Silvermine School in Norwalk and traversed into New Canaan, Wilton and Vista, N.Y. before returning to the finish line near the school. There were 215 finishers in the race. Eneas Freyre of Norwalk won the men's division and Amanda West won the women's division. Freyre also won the overall Series title based on his performance in all four races beginning in January. Darien's Liz Herbert was the women's Series champ. Complete results are available on clubct.org Have …

by Tom Renner

02/28/2011

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Westhill-Stamford Celebrates Co-Championship The WesthillStamford co-operative boys swimming team has crowned state champions, produced college standouts and even had a former member reach the U.S. Olympic trials. It has not, however, won a Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference championship. Until this year. The Vikings tied Greenwich for the regular season championship after both teams finished with 10-1 records. Greenwich defeated Westhill in its regular-season matchup, 95-91, on Jan. 13. Ridgefield stunned the Cardinals, 94-92, on Jan. 19. Ridgefield lost to Westhill and Darien, leaving the Vikings and the Cardinals…

by Tom Renner

02/28/2011

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Norwalk, New York Runners Win Buildup Finale Eneas Freyre and Amanda West took very different roads to arrive at the same place Sunday morning. Both runners were first across the finish line in their respective divisions at the Boston Buildup 25-kilometer run, which started and finished near Silvermine Elementary School in Norwalk. Freyre, from Norwalk, and West, from New York, ran off with commanding victories in the hilly 15.5 mile race that ventured into New Canaan, Wilton and Vista, N.Y., before returning to Norwalk's Silvermine area. Freyre, 34, won in 1:31:34. West conquered the women's field in 1:44:40. Freyre won by 39 secon…

by Tom Renner

02/27/2011

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Trinity's Upset Scrambles Playoffs A topsy-turvy season in Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference boys basketball took another unexpected turn Saturday night. Eighth-seeded Trinity Catholic rallied from a 20-point deficit to stun top-seeded St. Joseph, 64-62, at Fairfield Ludlowe High School. Trinity (13-8) will meet No. 4 Bassick in Monday's semifinals at the Webster Bank Arena at 6 p.m. Stamford meets Westhill in the second semifinal at 7:45. Jonathan Boykin of Norwalk scored 21 points to lead Trinity. Schadrac Casimir added 17, including the game-winning free throws with 5.7 seconds left. Oscar Assie sco…

by Tom Renner

02/27/2011

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Greenwich Wrestler Takes 2nd at State Open Greenwich wrestler Ben Ceci finished second at 189 pounds in Saturday's State Open at the New Haven Athletic Center. Ceci will compete in the New England Regional next week, also at the New Haven AC. Ceci dropped a 7-1 decision to Aren Norman of Bacon Academy in the championship bout. Ceci, 44-3 on the season, advanced to the championship match with three decisions. He defeated Tyre Pinder of Weaver, 3-0, Kyle Foster of Somers, 7-2, and Brandon Koch of Windham, 6-5. The loss was his first to a state wrestler this season. Ceci won the Class LL and Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Co…

by Tom Renner

02/27/2011

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Wrestlers Medal at State Open Norwalk's Brandon Riggins finished third while Darien's Lars Remole and Fairfield Warde's Mike Sullivan took fourth Saturday at the State Open wrestling championships at the New Haven Athletic Center. All three qualified to participate in next week's New England Regional, which will also be held at the New Haven Athletic Center. Riggins took third at 189 with an injury default win over Mark Dilley of Thomaston. Riggins went 5-1 in the tournament, with his only loss a 4-3 setback to eventual champion Aren Norman of Bacon Academy in the semifinals. Riggins won four straight matches in the co…

by Tom Renner

02/27/2011

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Stamford Wrestler Takes 2nd at State Open Stamford's Ben Pierre-Saint finished second and Westhill's Pascal Medor finished fourth in Saturday's State Open at the New Haven Athletic Center. Both wrestlers qualified to compete in the New England competition next weekend at the New Haven AC. Pierre-Saint lost in the 125-pound final to Nonneaug's Tyler Tilbe, 6-0. It was the first loss of the season for Pierre-Saint (38-1), who won the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference and Class LL championships. He opened the tournament with a 19-1 win over Ryan Bannon of Jonathan Law, and then edged Fairfield Warde's Pharoah Eaton,…

by Tom Renner

02/27/2011

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