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 Girls, Boys Take 2nd in State Track Darien Girls, Boys Take 2nd in State Track
Darien Girls, Boys Take 2nd in State Track This story has been updated to reflect the scoring change on Wednesday: DARIEN, Conn. – Darien’s boys and girls track teams took second place in the Class L indoor track and field championshipsMonday at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven. Darien finished second with 70 points, just behind Windsor, which finished with 71. The boys lost a narrow race with Windsor, which finished with 68. Initially, Darien was declared the winner of the girls meet. A scoring change Wednesday gave the team title to Windsor. Sophomore Dillon Schoen won the 300 for the Blue Wave, while classmate Leah …

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Norwalk, CT
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Norwalk Woman Stars in Musical Touring U.S. Norwalk Woman Stars in Musical Touring U.S.
Norwalk Woman Stars in Musical Touring U.S. NORWALK, Conn. – Norwalk’s Brennyn Langhorn portrays the teenage victim of cyber-bullying in a production that began touring the United States last month. The Trinity Catholic graduate has also just released the third single in her budding musical career. Both steps are among the first up a career ladder that looks bright. Langhorn’s talents took root at All Saints Catholic School and Trinity, and on stages in Norwalk, Stamford and Bridgeport. “It’s been quite the ride,’’ said Langhorn, daughter of Norwalk residents, Larry and Teri Langhorn. “Just being able to perform and doing what I love…

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Darien 6th Graders Split Important Weekend Darien 6th Graders Split Important Weekend
Darien 6th Graders Split Important Weekend DARIEN, Conn. – The Darien YMCA Blue 6th grade boys basketball team split a pair of games over the weekend against its toughest rivals in the Fairfield County Basketball League. Darien (27-3) beat Mt. Vernon, N.Y., on Saturday, 65-54. The New York team was the only team to beat Darien last year. On Sunday, Darien fell in a road contest to the Fairfield PAL 76ers, 38-33. Fairfield (19-1) lost its first game of the season on Friday to Trumbull Gardens of Bridgeport. “We want to play tough teams like this,’’ Darien coach Joe Marzano said. “We like to have tough teams on our schedule. That’s ho…

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Fairfield, CT
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Fairfield 6th Graders Defeat Darien Fairfield 6th Graders Defeat Darien
Fairfield 6th Graders Defeat Darien FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield PAL 76ers have been a strong defensive team all season, rolling to 19 wins. So when a tough Darien team trimmed the 76ers’ lead to two points early in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s showdown between 6th grade powerhouses, Fairfield found a way to kick it up another notch on the defensive end. Fairfield held Darien to one field goal over the final 5:47 to earn a 38-33 win in the Fairfield County Basketball League. The 76ers, who suffered their first loss the season Friday to Trumbull Gardens of Bridgeport, led wire-to-wire against Darien (27-3). “We’re a toug…

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Norwalk, CT
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Fairfield County Boys, Girls Basketball Scores Fairfield County Boys, Girls Basketball Scores
Fairfield County Boys, Girls Basketball Scores Boys Basketball McMahon 47, Harding 42 Bridgeport Central 91, Norwalk 82 Trinity Catholic 69, Wilton 55 St. Joseph 74, Stamford 56 Westhill 68, New Canaan 54 Greenwich 41, Staples 40 Fairfield Ludlowe 47, Ridgefield 45 (OT) Fairfield Warde 47, Darien 27 Girls Basketball Norwalk 72, Central 29 Harding 68, McMahon 55 Wilton 46, Trinity Catholic 40 Westhill 51, New Canaan 48 St. Joseph 54, Stamford 36 Darien 49, Fairfield Warde 42 Ridgefield 63, Fairfield Ludlowe 50 Staples 50, Greenwich 47

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Norwalk, CT
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Norwalk Girls Soccer Team Headed to Florida Norwalk Girls Soccer Team Headed to Florida
Norwalk Girls Soccer Team Headed to Florida NORWALK, Conn. -- Players and coaches on the Norwalk Blue Thunder girls 11-and-under soccer team jump on plane this weekend to play in the Disney Presidents Day Soccer Festival, beginning Friday in Orlando, Fla. The Blue Thunder, who won the State Cup last fall, are one of 250 teams in the tournament.  “We’re all happy that we’re getting this chance,’’ said player Olivia Leone. “I was hoping we’d get the chance. It’s my second time going down there. We want to have fun but we also want to play our best. We’re all really excited.” Blue Thunder coach Jeff Ortolano said ESPN and Disney conduc…

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Fairfield, CT
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Fairfield Warde Suffers Key Loss in Playoff Chase Fairfield Warde Suffers Key Loss in Playoff Chase
Fairfield Warde Suffers Key Loss in Playoff Chase FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The good news for the Fairfield Warde High girls basketball team is that it can still qualify for the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference postseason tournament. The bad news is the Mustangs let a golden opportunity to clinch a berth slip away Monday night. Darien outscored the Mustangs, 17-10, in the pivotal fourth quarter to post a 49-42 win in Darien. Warde fell to 10-7 in the league and 12-7 overall. Stamford, Staples and Darien have identical league records as they battle for the final two playoff berths. Warde meets Stamford on Wednesday in Fairfield…

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Darien Girls Take Step Closer to League Playoffs Darien Girls Take Step Closer to League Playoffs
Darien Girls Take Step Closer to League Playoffs DARIEN, Conn. – Darien High girls basketball coach Gary Peterson had a simple game plan before Tuesday’s game against Fairfield Warde. “Win,’’ Peterson said. “We don’t have any choice. We have to win the game.” The Blue Wave hung on for a 49-42 victory over the Mustangs and likely secured a playoff berth in the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference tournament. The Blue Wave are 10-7 in the league and 11-8 overall heading into Wednesday’s regular-season finale against Bassick (0-18). Darien will likely be seeded seventh or eighth. Meg Marren scored 16 points and Kate Bushell a…

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Wilton, CT
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Host Wilton Boys Fall in Basketball Final Host Wilton Boys Fall in Basketball Final
Host Wilton Boys Fall in Basketball Final WILTON, Conn. – St. Thomas Aquinas, of Fairfield, built an 11-point halftime lead and went on to beat Our Lady of Fatima, 43-30, in the boys varsity division championship game of the Tyler Ugolyn basketball tournament. Wilton's Our Lady of Fatima hosts the two-week tournament, which includes fourth- through eighth-grade teams. Cieran O’Reilly scored 19 points to pace Fatima. Sam Britt scored 17 to lead St. Thomas Aquinas. Britt scored nine points in the first half as St. Thomas took a 23-12 lead at halftime. The Falcons scored the first four points of the second half to get within 23-16, bu…

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Fairfield, CT
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Fairfield Prep Runner Finishes 7th at Millrose Fairfield Prep Runner Finishes 7th at Millrose
Fairfield Prep Runner Finishes 7th at Millrose FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Fairfield Prep senior Connor Rog finished seventh Saturday in the Millrose Games mile for high school boys at The Armory in New York. Rog ran 4:19.66 in a field of 11 elite runners, all of them from the Northeast. Zavon Watkins, of Liverpool High School in New York, won the race in 4:13.83. Rog came into the race with the lowest seeded time among the 11 finishers. He moved up one spot in the final 100 meters, passing Stephan Lewandowski, of Mountain Lakes, N.J. The University of Virginia-bound runner owns the state’s fastest times this winter in the mile and 3,200 meters…

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