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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Wrestlers Earn Class Honors Wrestlers Earn Class Honors Wrestlers Earn Class Honors
Wrestlers Earn Class Honors Four wrestlers from Main Street Connect communities won championships Saturday at the Class L championships at Bristol Central High School. Weston's Carmine Magnoli and also advanced to the finals in Class S and settled for a silver medal. Fairfield Warde's Mike Sullivan, Norwalk's Brandon Riggins, New Canaan's Brian Khzouz and Darien's Lars Remole won Class L championships. Sullivan won the 160-pound championship and the meet award for the fastest falls. He pinned all four of his opponents in 5:01. Sullivan, who also won the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference championship…

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Norwalk, CT
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Fairchester Basketball Tournaments Tip Off Fairchester Basketball Tournaments Tip Off Fairchester Basketball Tournaments Tip Off
Fairchester Basketball Tournaments Tip Off Fairchester Athletic Association teams from King, St. Luke's, Brunswick and Greens Farms Academy will open boys basketball tournament competition Wednesday. Girls teams from King, GFA and Convent of the Sacred Heart will tip off Tuesday. In the boys tournament, No. 2 St. Luke's will host Brunswick on Wednesday. Greens Farms, seeded fourth, will host No. 5 Rye Country Day and eighth-seeded King visits No. 1 Hamden Hall. The semifinals are scheduled for Friday, with the championship game Saturday. King hosts Convent of the Sacred Heart on Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the quarterfinals of the FAA t…

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Westport, CT
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Weston Girls Rebound From Injuries Weston Girls Rebound From Injuries Weston Girls Rebound From Injuries
Weston Girls Rebound From Injuries For the second time this season the pieces are starting to fall into place for the Weston High girls basketball team. Now the Trojans hope they have had enough time to build a foundation strong enough to withstand postseason pressure. The Trojans (13-8) visit No. 1 seed Lauralton Hall in the first round of the South-West Conference playoffs Saturday at 7 p.m. The Class M playoffs will begin in 10 days. The Trojans were riding high at 11-1 after a 48-32 win over New Fairfield on Jan. 25. In that game, however, senior point guard Christina Welsh was lost for the season with a knee injury. Sop…

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Westport, CT
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Westport Teen Finds Career on the Sidelines Westport Teen Finds Career on the Sidelines Westport Teen Finds Career on the Sidelines
Westport Teen Finds Career on the Sidelines DJ Sixsmith suffered two concussions while playing football as an underclassman for the Staples High School football team. After the second one at the end of his sophomore year, he changed directions. “I said enough is enough,’’ says DJ, now a senior. “I look back on it now, and it’s the best decision I ever made.” With his football career cut short, Sixsmith focused on polishing his skills as a sports broadcaster. Now, he has won two first-place national awards for sports broadcasting, developed a promising career path and attracted a loyal following on the school’s cable broadcast channel…

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Stamford, CT
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Westhill, Stamford Wrestlers Go for Gold Westhill, Stamford Wrestlers Go for Gold Westhill, Stamford Wrestlers Go for Gold
Westhill, Stamford Wrestlers Go for Gold Westhill and Stamford each have one top-seeded wrestler for this weekend's Class LL championships at Trumbull High School. Competition starts Friday night, with the finals scheduled for Saturday at 7 p.m. Westhill's Pascal Medor (103) and Stamford's Ben Pierre-Saint (125) are on the top line for their weight classes. Pierre-Saint, who won the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference championship last week, is listed at 28-0 for seeding purposes. Records do not include last week's championship meets. Pierre-Saint lost in the finals last year at 119 pounds. Medor, who lost in the…

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Westport, CT
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Greens Farms Girls Fall to Hopkins Greens Farms Girls Fall to Hopkins Greens Farms Girls Fall to Hopkins
Greens Farms Girls Fall to Hopkins Greens Farms Academy's girls basketball team lost its regular season finale, 38-34, on Thursday against Hopkins. GFA fell to 14-8 overall and 6-3 in the league. GFA led by five at halftime largely behind the strength of three 3-pointers by Jenna Pittleman. Hopkins mounted a comeback in the second half, and two clutch 3-pointers by Hopkins helped hold off the Dragons. GFA secured the No. 3 seed for the FAA playoffs and will open the tournament at home Tuesday against an opponent to be determined. For complete league coverage, visit Main Street Connect's FAA website.    

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Greenwich, CT
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Greenwich Wrestling Shoots for Strong Finish Greenwich Wrestling Shoots for Strong Finish Greenwich Wrestling Shoots for Strong Finish
Greenwich Wrestling Shoots for Strong Finish After a runner-up finish at last week's Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference championships, all signs point to another big weekend for the Greenwich High wrestling team at this weekend's Class LL championships. The meet begins Friday afternoon at Trumbull High School with first- and second-round matches. The tournament features a full day of wrestling Saturday, finishing with the finals at 7 p.m. Greenwich appears poised for a strong meet performance after taking second behind Danbury, the state's top-ranked team, at the FCIAC meet. The Cardinals won two championships with …

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Darien, CT
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A Mom Mans the Helm of Darien Hoops Team A Mom Mans the Helm of Darien Hoops Team A Mom Mans the Helm of Darien Hoops Team
A Mom Mans the Helm of Darien Hoops Team Julie Whiting breaks the mold. She’s the coach of the Heat team in the Darien YMCA house basketball league, the team on which her twin sons Jackson and Pierce play. The boys are high school sophomores, and this is the second year Julie has coached them in the Y’s league. She also coached for three years in younger grades, coached baseball for five years and coached her daughter, Courtney, in basketball and softball. In the old boys’ network of coaching, Whiting is a breath of fresh air. Most coaches, of both boys and girls teams, are men. While some women coach their daughters’ teams in y…

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Westport, CT
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Weston Senior Runs for Open Gold Weston Senior Runs for Open Gold Weston Senior Runs for Open Gold
Weston Senior Runs for Open Gold One of the most highly anticipated races at Saturday's State Open track and field championships will be the boys 3,200 meters. Weston's Stephen Vento figures to be right in the middle of the fight for first. Vento comes into the race with the eighth fastest time, 9:52.81. He has however, run faster, including a time of 9:44.8 when he was unchallenged in winning the race at the South-West Conference championships. Vento also has the fastest 2-mile time in the state (and 15th in the country), a 9:36.33 at the Bishop Loughlin Games in December. Two miles is only 19 meters longer than 3,200 mete…

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Westport, CT
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Staples Senior Rewrites Record Book Staples Senior Rewrites Record Book Staples Senior Rewrites Record Book
Staples Senior Rewrites Record Book Over the past three weeks, Staples senior Ingrid Johnson has rewritten her school record in the 600 meters. She's hoping to set a new standard one more time in Saturday's State Open indoor track and field championships. Johnson held the school mark coming into the season. Her mark of 1:39.99 set in last year's Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference championship meet fell in this year's Western Division championships. She won in 1:39.36. At this year's FCIAC championship meet, she won the race in 1:39.18. She broke the record for a third time in the Class LL championships, runn…

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