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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Skyliners Get in Step at Season-Starting Pep Rally Skyliners Get in Step at Season-Starting Pep Rally
Skyliners Get in Step at Season-Starting Pep Rally STAMFORD, Conn. — The Skyliners Synchronized Skating Team officially kicked off its season Saturday with a pep rally at Terry Conners Rink. All eight Skyliners lines skated to a packed house. The 10 routines featured a variety of music, including selections from the Broadway classic "42nd Street," Lady Gaga's "Edge of Glory" and Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake," from the movie "Black Swan." The Skyliners hope to duplicate and improve upon their competitive success from 2010-11. The Junior line, which includes skaters up to age 18, is the U.S. Figure Skating Association's reigning Junior Synchronize…

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Norwalk, CT
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Norwalk Seeded Third in Boys Soccer, Field Hockey Norwalk Seeded Third in Boys Soccer, Field Hockey
Norwalk Seeded Third in Boys Soccer, Field Hockey NORWALK, Conn. – The weather-delayed state tournaments finally kick into gear for the Norwalk High and Brien McMahon High teams in field hockey, boys soccer and girls soccer. The Senators’ field hockey team (6-7-3-0) is seeded 15th and opens the tournament Thursday with a 3:30 p.m. home game against No. 18 Southington. Third-seeded Norwalk (12-2-1-0) opens the tournament Friday at 5 p.m. against the winner of a qualifying round game between Westhill and Fairfield Warde. The complete field hockey bracket is available online. In boys soccer, the third-seeded Bears play Stamford in a first-rou…

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Westport, CT
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Staples Field Hockey Opens on Road Staples Field Hockey Opens on Road
Staples Field Hockey Opens on Road WESTPORT, Conn. – The league champion Staples High field hockey team opens the Class L tournament as the No. 9 seed and will play on the road at No. 8 Hall of West Hartford in its opening game Saturday at 9 a.m. Staples (11-3-3-1) stunned the state’s top-ranked team, Darien High, in the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference semifinals. The Wreckers went on to defeat Wilton High in the title game to win its first outright title since 1994. Staples has a similarly tough road in the Class L tournament, where it could face No. 1 seed Cheshire High in the second round. Cheshire wi…

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Connecticut Boat Club Shines on Both Coasts Connecticut Boat Club Shines on Both Coasts
Connecticut Boat Club Shines on Both Coasts FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. – Competing on opposite coasts, Connecticut Boat Club rowers had an impressive medal haul in two meets over the weekend. In Newport Beach, Calif., the Norwalk-based team won three silver medals while rowers at Head of the Riverfront in Hartford won one gold and two bronze medals. The meets wrapped up the fall racing season for the team. At the Newport Autumn Rowing Festival, the Connecticut Boat Club Varsity 8+ took second with coxswain Ali Hornung, India Knight, Tori Babchak, Deirdre Fitzpatrick, Abby Stevenson, Meg Galloway, Katie deHaas, Katherine Squitieri and Sar…

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Wilton, CT
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Wilton Girls Finish 9th in State Cross Country Wilton Girls Finish 9th in State Cross Country
Wilton Girls Finish 9th in State Cross Country WILTON, Conn. – Wilton’s girls cross country team placed its top five runners just 22 seconds apart en route to a ninth-place finish at Tuesday’s State Open cross country meet at Hammonasset State Park in Madison. The Warriors finished with 277 points. Ridgefield won with 106, while another Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference team, Greenwich, took third with 185. Alosha Southern finished 62nd overall in 20:17 on the 5k course to lead the Warriors. She was followed by Rebecca Craig (81st, 20:30), Paige Lyons (82nd, 20:31), Gabrielle House (88th, 20:36) and Alexandra Fiesel (…

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Stamford, CT
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Westhill Trio Runs in State Cross Country Open Westhill Trio Runs in State Cross Country Open
Westhill Trio Runs in State Cross Country Open STAMFORD, Conn. – Westhill sisters Nicole and Alison Ambrosecchio competed in the girls race  Tuesday at the State Open championships at Hammonasset State Park in Madison. Westhill's Sam Lagasse ran in the boys division. Nicole Ambrosecchio, a junior, covered the 5k course in 20:10 to finish 54th. Alison, a freshman, finished 58th in 20:15. Lagassse finished 85th in 17:14. Complete results are available on www.casciac.org.    

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Staples Runner Grabs 3rd at State Open Staples Runner Grabs 3rd at State Open
Staples Runner Grabs 3rd at State Open WESTPORT, Conn. – Staples junior Henry Wynne finished third overall and Caroline Koenig was 25th in the girls race to lead performances by the Wreckers at Tuesday’s State Open cross country meet at Hammonasset State Park in Madison. Wynne, who won the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference championship, finished third in 15:50 on the 5-kilometer (3.1 mile course). Fairfield Prep’s Connor Rog won in 15:22, followed by Fairfield Warde’s Harry Warnick in 15:35. Staples finished eighth as a team with 214 points. Mikolaj Kulis finished 16th overall in 16:18. Other scorers for Stapl…

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McMahon Ballplayer Signs to Attend UConn McMahon Ballplayer Signs to Attend UConn
McMahon Ballplayer Signs to Attend UConn NORWALK, Conn. – Brien McMahon baseball player Bryan Daniello initially believed he might be heading to a college in the south. But a tour of the University of Connecticut, where he would have an opportunity to help the Huskies further establish a first-rate program, changed his thinking. Daniello signed a letter-of-intent Wednesday to play at UConn, which advanced to its first NCAA Super Regional in June. Two Huskies were selected in the first round of June’s Major League baseball draft. In all, nine Huskies were selected in the draft. “During my freshman and sophomore year, I wanted to go…

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Darien, CT
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Darien Runners Qualify for New Englands Darien Runners Qualify for New Englands
Darien Runners Qualify for New Englands DARIEN, Conn. – The Darien High School boys cross country team finished sixth in Tuesday’s State Open at Hammonasset State Park, the highest finish in team history. The achievement earned the Blue Wave its first trip as a team to the New England championships Saturday in Rhode Island. Darien's Grace Loh finished 29th overall among girls as the Blue Wave finished 14th. “We ran a sensational race. This was the goal – to make New Englands – that we really started to talk about once we knew what a good team we had. I’m ecstatic,” coach Tyson Kaczmarek said. "Qualifying for New Englands is the …

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Joel Barlow Runner Finishes 9th at State Open Joel Barlow Runner Finishes 9th at State Open
Joel Barlow Runner Finishes 9th at State Open EASTON, Conn. – Joel Barlow junior Logan Fulton finished ninth Tuesday in the State Open cross country championships at Hammonasset State Park in Madison. Senior Emily Winter finished 50th in the girls race. Fulton finished the 5k course in 16:13, an average of 5:13 per mile. Fairfield Prep’s Connor Rog won the race in 15:22, followed by Fairfield Warde’s Harry Warnick (15:35) and Staples’ Henry Wynne (15:50). The ninth-place finish earned Fulton a berth in Saturday’s New England championships in Rhode Island. Winter capped a strong season with a time of 20:16. Reid Watson of Glastonbury wo…

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