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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Darien, CT

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Hockey Players Assist Worthy Cause Several professional hockey players will be skating, shooting and checking Wednesday night at Terry Conners Ice Rink in Stamford for The Big Assist II. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Obie Harrington-Howes Foundation. Obie was the first hockey coach for Ryan Shannon and Jaime Sifers, professional hockey players who will be skating in the event. It begins at 7 p.m. The foundation makes financial assistance grants to individuals living with spinal cord injuries. There will also be a silent auction of sports items and the player's game-worn jerseys will be autographed and auctioned o…

by Tom Renner

07/14/2010

Norwalk, CT

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'Tri,' 'Tri' and 'Tri' Again Mitchell Gordon and two of his children will be huffing and puffing this weekend at Calf Pasture Beach and actually enjoying every minute of it. The Norwalk chiropractor, his son Nathaniel, 11, and daughter Madeleine, 10, will be swimming, biking and running in the Mossman triathlons, the Mini for the kids, the Sprint for Dad. "When they cross the finish line, they're winners. That's the spirit Lorraine [his wife] and I have shared with them," says Gordon, who, with Lorraine, doesn't emphasize results to the children. Daughter Isabelle, 5, did her first triathlon last month in Stamford,…

by Tom Renner

07/14/2010

Norwalk, CT

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Norwalk Tops Weston in LL Finale Norwalk wrapped up pool play in the District 1 Little League tournament Tuesday night with a 10-0 victory over Weston. Norwalk finished the tournament 3-3. It did not advance to the elimination round. Corey Hayes pitched a complete-game and hit a home run to lead Norwalk, which broke the game open with six runs in the third inning. Danny Romanello ripped two hits, scored two runs and collected three RBIs. BJ Buckle hit a two-run double in the third. Weston finished 1-5 in the tournament. Reed Monges, Jack Sacane, Andrew Clark and Jack Seigentholer picked up hits. The semifinals are set fo…

by Tom Renner

07/14/2010

Stamford, CT

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Lione All-Stars Light Up Wilton The National Lione All-Stars of Stamford played lights out in defeating Wilton 9-1 Tuesday night in the District 1 Little League tournament. The game was called at 10:30 p.m. after lights high above Bill Terry Field in Wilton went dark for the second time in a 30-minute span. The first delay was human error. Umpires immediately ended the game in the top of the sixth after the second power failure. The cause of that outage was unclear. "That was the longest game of my life,'' National Lione manager Bill DeVito said. The wait was worth it, however, as the victory propelled the Stamford team to…

by Tom Renner

07/14/2010

Wilton, CT

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Lights Go Out on Wilton All-Stars The National Lione All-Stars of Stamford played lights out in defeating Wilton 9-1 Tuesday night in the District 1 Little League tournament. The game was called at 10:30 p.m. after lights high above Bill Terry Field in Wilton went dark for the second time in a 30-minute span. The first delay was human error. Umpires immediately ended the game in the top of the sixth after the second power failure. The cause of the second outage was unclear. "That was the longest game of my life,'' National Lione manager Bill DeVito said. The wait was worth it, however, as the victory propelled the Stamford t…

by Tom Renner

07/14/2010

Norwalk, CT

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Milkenkevich Races to Lightfoot Win Timothy Milenkevich of Ansonia and Karen Frum of Larchmont, N.Y., ran off with first place trophies in Saturday's 7-mile race in the Lightfoot Summer Series. Milenkevich covered the distance in 41:06, while Frum finished in 49:31. Anatolie Varotsu of Stamford took second and Nick Fraticelli finished third. In the women's race, Riverside's Sharon Vos was second in 49:56 and Lindsay Russo, 17, of Norwalk took third in 51:28. There were 134 finishers. The race is part of the annual summer series sponsored by Lightfoot. The next race is a 9-miler on July 24. All races begin at 8 a.m. Runners ca…

by Tom Renner

07/13/2010

Westport, CT

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Wahoos Kick to Help Kick Cancer Seven Wilton Wahoos swimmers churned their arms and kicked their legs for a good cause last month. They and 14 other team members swam in the fourth-annual Greenwich/Stamford Swim Across America Open Water Event. Their team "Kicking Cancer for Karen" raised over $30,000 for the event and won the No. 1 fundraising award. Team Captain Jim O'Brien swam with his two daughters, Kristine and Caroline. The team swam in Honor of Karen O'Brien, who has just completed her treatment for breast cancer. For the 1 1/2 mile race, team members Mitchell Towne came in first place overall, KC Moss came in f…

by Tom Renner

07/13/2010

Norwalk, CT

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Montaine Takes Oak Hills Tourney Mike Montaine's 62 net earned handicap honors in an 18-hole tournament recently in the men's club at Oak Hills. He won by three shots over Frank Bisceglia. Bill Skura (66) finished third followed by Ron Baransky (68). In a senior 18-hole tournament, Rit Huse shot a 62 net for a four-stroke win over Michael Poler. Jerry Lamb and George Kovacs also fired 66 nets. In a non-senior 18-hole tournament, Frank Bisceglia's 68 net edged Erik Nees. The tournament applied a half-handicap scoring, giving Nees a total of 69.5. In the Warren Thayer Memorial Tournament, Gilles Breault posted a 61 net fo…

by Tom Renner

07/13/2010

Norwalk, CT

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Unbeaten Teams Meet in LL Tourney District 1 Little League wraps up pool play Tuesday night, including a battle of unbeaten teams at Springdale Field in Stamford. Darien National meets Springdale at 7:30 p.m., and both teams bring 5-0 records into the game. Both teams will advance to the elimination round, with tonight's winner earning the top seed in pool B, and the loser settling for the No. 2 seed. The other key games Tuesday are in Wilton and Darien. National Lione of Stamford meets Wilton at Bill Terry Field at 7:30 p.m., and needs a victory to advance as the No. 2 seed in pool A. National Lione (3-2) owns a head-to-hea…

by Tom Renner

07/13/2010

Darien, CT

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Darien Rolls to District Softball Title After breezing through the District 1 softball field, the Darien Tidal Wave 12-year-old softball team will now turn its attention to the sectional tournament, beginning Thursday. Darien won the district title with a dominating 13-2 win over Danbury on Sunday. Darien went 4-0 in the tournament, and put Danbury away early in the championship game. The Tidal Wave scored six runs in the first inning and four in the second. The game ended after four innings due to the mercy rule. "I thought we had a pretty good chance with this team,'' manager Frank Cicero said. Celia Martzolf pitched a complet…

by Tom Renner

07/13/2010

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