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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This Week's Top Events This Week's Top Events This Week's Top Events
This Week's Top Events Monday Norwalk High School’s boys basketball team visits Maloney of Meriden at 7 p.m. in a first-round Class L game. Tuesday Brien McMahon’s boys basketball team visits Holy Cross of Waterbury at 7 p.m. in a first-round Class LL game. Wednesday Men’s Adult League C Division basketball championship: Daddy’s Back vs. Blazers, 6:30 p.m.,  Franklin Sch Saturday and Sunday The 30th annual Westport Invitational Soccer Tournament will be played at Staples High School. Nearly 100 youth league teams are scheduled to participate. Girls will compete on Saturday and boys will play on Sunday.

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McMahon's Season Comes To An End McMahon's Season Comes To An End McMahon's Season Comes To An End
McMahon's Season Comes To An End The season ended Friday for the Brien McMahon girls basketball team with a 65-37 loss to Norwich Free Academy in the second round of the Class LL tournament. Khea Gibbs had 11 points to lead the Senators, who finish the season 13-10. Jen Escobido scored 22 points to lead No. 3 seed NFA. McMahon, the No. 14 seed, was competing in the state tournament for the first time since 2004. The Senators won their first round game over Newtown before meeting NFA. The Wildcats took control early, building a 19-7 lead after the first quarter and 36-14 at halftime. Kiara Goodwin added nine points for McMa…

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Oscar Night At FCIAC Swim Meet Oscar Night At FCIAC Swim Meet Oscar Night At FCIAC Swim Meet
Oscar Night At Fciac Swim Meet Oscar Castillo came close, before, to winning the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference swimming championship. Thursday night, the senior for the Norwalk/Brien McMahon cooperative team reached the top of the podium. Castillo won the 100 backstroke in 54.56 seconds for the program’s only victory at the meet, which was held at Greenwich High School. He come in fifth in the 100 butterfly and helped the 200 medley relay team to a fourth-place finish. Tom DiGuglielmo, Dan Faugno-Fusci and Jon Ospina joined Castillo on the relay team. Greenwich captured the team championship with 4…

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A Unique Local Tie To Winter Olympics A Unique Local Tie To Winter Olympics A Unique Local Tie To Winter Olympics
A Unique Local Tie To Winter Olympics Everyone in Fairfield County is aware of Fairfield residents Chris Drury and Julie Chu, who play on the United States men’s and women’s hockey teams. There is a long-running tie to another athlete that is not quite so well-known.[breakhere] Ivan Skobrev, who won two speedskating medals for Russia, including the silver in the 10,000 meters on Tuesday, is the brother of Artem Skobrev, a former Darien High runner who now attends the University of Connecticut.  The Skobrev family moved to Darien several years ago and Artem became one of the best distance runners in the state. He won the 1,600 m…

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Girls Put Best Foot Forward at Soccer Clinic Girls Put Best Foot Forward at Soccer Clinic Girls Put Best Foot Forward at Soccer Clinic
Girls Put Best Foot Forward at Soccer Clinic “Put your foot up. Keep your toe down. Now use your shoelaces,’’ Nicole Stockfisch instructed a player during a girls soccer clinic Wednesday at Brien McMahon High School. There may have been six inches of snow outside, but indoors it was soccer season as Nicole, the Senators’ girls soccer coach, ran a clinic for 30 girls. Six players from the McMahon team assisted along with volunteer assistant Jackie Ferreira. “No one has done clinics for girls before,’’ says Nicole, a health and physical education teacher at the school who completed her first year as the school’s soccer coach last fall. “I…

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Brown Leads Paterson Back Into Tournament Brown Leads Paterson Back Into Tournament Brown Leads Paterson Back Into Tournament
Brown Leads Paterson Back Into Tournament Norwalk’s Elisa Brown is headed back to the NCAA Tournament with the William Paterson University women’s basketball team. Brown, a senior, and her Paterson teammates take on Mary Washington Friday at 6 p.m. at the University of Rochester in a Division III first-round game. Paterson (25-2) is ranked eighth in the  USA Today/ESPN/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and D3hoops.com Top 25 polls. Its only two losses this season were to New Jersey Athletic Conference rival Kean, which is ranked No. 2 in the country. Kean defeated Paterson in the New Jersey Athletic Conference championsh…

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Spring Training, Little League Style Spring Training, Little League Style Spring Training, Little League Style
Spring Training, Little League Style Demittri Dassouras, age 8, of Norwalk was one of nearly 30 children to participate in a clinic for Norwalk Little League players at The Batter's Box. The players rotated among several stations, including hitting, fielding and pitching. Most of the players were rookies who are getting their first exposure to baseball. Tips and coaching came from Billy DiStefano, the owner of the faciity, and his staff. Snow may be on the ground and in the forecast, but spring is on young players' minds. They're already dreaming, and preparing for, the season ahead.  

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Looks Deceptive At Maritime Rowing Club Looks Deceptive At Maritime Rowing Club Looks Deceptive At Maritime Rowing Club
Looks Deceptive At Maritime Rowing Club The Maritime Rowing Club is tucked away on Goldstein Place, behind a row of shops and next to a boatyard that was eerily still on this gray February day. You wouldn't have guessed it's a training ground for some of  the best rowers in the United States.    At first, I couldn't even find the place. I asked a passer-by when I arrived in the parking lot where I might find the Maritime Rowing Club. He politely directed me out of the lot and around the corner--to the Maritime Aquarium.[breakhere]   I re-traced my steps to the parking lot and called Yan Vengerovskiy, who founded the club along …

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Hitachi, Reed Advance In Industrial Playoffs Hitachi, Reed Advance In Industrial Playoffs Hitachi, Reed Advance In Industrial Playoffs
Hitachi, Reed Advance In Industrial Playoffs Hitachi Capital and Reed Expo advanced with victories Monday in the Norwalk Industrial League city tournament. Hitachi Capital defeated Stew Leonard’s while Reed Expo topped the Norwalk Police Department, 55-42. Reed Expo will play Norwalk Hospital while Hitachi Capital will meet Meroviniganis in quarterfinal round games.  Both games are Monday at Franklin Middle School. In first-round games Wednesday night, Johnnie Walker meets Mercer A at 6:30 p.m. and Webloyalty.com meets Mercer B at 7:30 p.m. at Franklin. The Parks and Recreation Department will hold a mandatory meeting Tuesday at 6 p.m…

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Hill Of An Effort For Maxwell In Women's Buildup Hill Of An Effort For Maxwell In Women's Buildup Hill Of An Effort For Maxwell In Women's Buildup
Hill Of An Effort For Maxwell In Women's Buildup After running what she thought was up hill for nearly the entire first half of Sunday’s Boston Buildup 25-kilometer race, Jane Maxwell thought it was all downhill from there. “After mile six or seven, I’m expecting the hills to be over,’’ Maxwell said, “and they’re not.” Maxwell navigated the terrain better than any other woman in field, finishing in 1:40.38. Dana Parrott holds the course record of 1:39:44 set in 1999. The 29-year-old Manhattan resident was competing in her first Boston Buildup event this year. She ran it as preparation for a half marathon in California this spring. While …

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