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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NCC Offers Summer Course in Guatemala NCC Offers Summer Course in Guatemala NCC Offers Summer Course in Guatemala
NCC Offers Summer Course in Guatemala Haven't you always wanted to go to Quetzaltenango? No? NCC students will soon learn where it is--high in the Guatamalan mountains where the ancient Maya once ruled. Students studying Spanish at Norwalk Community College can head there to hone their conversational Spanish skills, in a summer study abroad class running from June 16 through July 7. Quetzaltenango, which the locals call Xela (pronounced Shay-la), is a univerity town, with one state unversity and six private ones. That means lots of coffee shops and clubs, along with the historic squares and churches. NCC's course is designed to e…
Norwalk Hosts Lacrosse Jamboree Norwalk Hosts Lacrosse Jamboree Norwalk Hosts Lacrosse Jamboree
Norwalk Hosts Lacrosse Jamboree Norwalk High School hosted a lacrosse jamboree Saturday morning with teams from Glastonbury and Immaculate High School in Danbury also participating. Teams played 30 minute games, and scores were not kept. The lacrosse season for boys and girls begins this week.
Norwalk Meets Bunnell in Softball Scrimmage Norwalk Meets Bunnell in Softball Scrimmage Norwalk Meets Bunnell in Softball Scrimmage
Norwalk Meets Bunnell in Softball Scrimmage Norwalk tuned up for Wednesday's opening against game with a scrimmage Saturday against Bunnell. The Bears won, 5-2. Norwalk meets New Fairfield in its first game of the season on Wednesday.
NCC Grad To Talk about CT Prehistory NCC Grad To Talk about CT Prehistory NCC Grad To Talk about CT Prehistory
NCC Grad To Talk about CT Prehistory   Dr. Cosimo Sgarlata, a graduate of Norwalk Community College, still digs the campus’ Archaeology Club. He will be the guest speaker at the group’s next meeting at 7:30 p.m. on April 8 at the Culinary Arts Dining Room on the West Campus. Sgarlata specializes in the earliest pre-history, when mobile bands of hunter-gatherers roamed the land. His particular studies focus on how local environments, such as West Rock Ridge, affected the size and number of bands. His topic title, put into academese, is the Organization of Mobility During the Late Archaic in South-Central Connecticut. Admission i…
Students Go With The Row At MRC Students Go With The Row At MRC Students Go With The Row At MRC
Students Go With The Row At MRC Yan Vengerovskiy showed me the text on his phone, as if that's the only way I'd believe it. “You,’’ wrote Dan Walsh, the Norwalk rower who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, “are the reason we are so fast."  Vengerovskiy has been churning out fast rowers at the Maritime Rowing Club for 14 years. His first champion was his son, Roman, who won the boys single junior title at a regatta in 1997. [breakhere] Last year, he had five rowers on the U.S. Rowing under-23 national team.  Vengerovskiy spends his life on the water. A former member of the Ukrainian National Team, he coached the Soviet …
Fairfield Takes 4-game Win Streak to Kentucky Fairfield Takes 4-game Win Streak to Kentucky Fairfield Takes 4-game Win Streak to Kentucky
Fairfield Takes 4-game Win Streak to Kentucky The Fairfield University men’s lacrosse team will take a four-game winning streak into an ECAC matchup Saturday at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Ky. The Stags (5-2) are ranked 19th in the latest United State Inside Lacrosse coaches’ poll. Game time is 1 p.m. Norwalk’s John Snellman and Brent Adams have been big parts of Fairfield’s success. Snellman, a sophomore, is second on the team with eight goals. Adams, also a sophomore, has seven. Norwalk’s Matt Lanzaro and Darien’s Kevin Peters are also on the Fairfield roster.  
Who Will Win the World Series? Who Will Win the World Series? Who Will Win the World Series?
Who Will Win the World Series? We took our cameras to the streets to ask area baseball fans who they think will win the World Series this year. Baseball's regular season begins Sunday, with the defending World Series champion Yankees playing on the road against Boston.
Races Part of Lyme Awareness Event Races Part of Lyme Awareness Event Races Part of Lyme Awareness Event
Races Part of Lyme Awareness Event   A 5-kilometer and 10-kilometer run will be part of the events in the Create Footprints In the Fight Against Lyme Disease Sunday, April 11, at Sherwood Island State Park. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. and the races begin at 11 a.m. There will also be walks of 1.5-3 miles beginning at 11:15. Click here to find out more about registration information.  
Baseball Teams Make First Pitch Baseball Teams Make First Pitch Baseball Teams Make First Pitch
Baseball Teams Make First Pitch Norwalk and Weston played their first baseball scrimmage of the season Thursday at City Hall Field in Norwalk. The high school sports season begins Wednesday. Norwalk and Brien McMahon meet on Thursday night at McMahon.
Hammer Happy He Traded Sticks Hammer Happy He Traded Sticks Hammer Happy He Traded Sticks
Hammer Happy He Traded Sticks Paul Hammer loved hockey. A letter from Siena College during his sophomore year at Brien McMahon High School helped convince him to trade his stick of choice, and now, he’s glad he did. Hammer has started every game on defense for Lafayette College (6-1), which is ranked 10th in the nation by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association. The Leopards lost on Sunday to No. 11 Drexel. Lafayette is 2-0 in the Patriot League and has a difficult road ahead, but is a strong candidate to participate in the 16-team NCAA Tournament. Lafayette is in the national rankings for the first time …
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