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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Greens Farms Nets Field Hockey Win in OT Greens Farms Nets Field Hockey Win in OT
Greens Farms Nets Field Hockey Win in OT WESTPORT, Conn. – Caitlin Rummelsburg scored in overtime to give the Greens Farms Academy Field hockey team a 2-1 win over St. Luke’s Wednesday in a Fairchester Athletic Association game. Olivia Taylor scored Greens Farms' first goal, deflecting a corner by Madison Leonard. On the game-winner, Leonard, delivered again as she carried the ball upfield and blasted a shot toward the St. Luke’s cage. Rummelsburg, a junior from Fairfield, was there to poke home the rebound. Leonard is a junior captain from Westport. Midfielders Maggie Sherin and Hayley Holzinger played strong alongside Leonard. T…

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Norwalk Police Cop Industrial Title Norwalk Police Cop Industrial Title
Norwalk Police Cop Industrial Title NORWALK, Conn. – Hector Delgado believed his Norwalk Police Department team in the Recreation and Parks Industrial League had the players to win the championship. It was just a matter of getting them all together. Delgado, the team’s player-manager, was right. The Police defeated Diageo, 4-2, Thursday night in the Industrial League championship game at Calf Pasture Beach. After finishing 8-6 during the regular season, the team knocked off regular-season champion Levco Energy in the semifinals to reach the championship game. Diageo was the runner-up in the regular season. “We always knew we …

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Softball Playoffs Postponed in Norwalk Softball Playoffs Postponed in Norwalk
Softball Playoffs Postponed in Norwalk NORWALK, Conn. – Playoff games in the Norwalk Recreation and Parks softball tournaments scheduled for Friday have been postponed to rain and wet fields. The games in the East and West divisions will be played on Monday. The semifinals in each division will be played on Tuesday, with the championship games scheduled for Thursday. Visit the Norwalk Recreation and Parks website for the complete listing of times.

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Darien, CT
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Darien Stuns Staples in Boys Soccer Darien Stuns Staples in Boys Soccer
Darien Stuns Staples in Boys Soccer DARIEN, Conn. – Darien’s boys soccer team caught the attention of the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference with one loss in its first 10 games this season. Thursday, the Blue Wave announced themselves as potential challengers for the league title. The Blue Wave (8-1-2) upset previously unbeaten Staples, 1-0, on a goal by Eliot Helgans in the 11th minute. Under a driving mist, Eric Kanigan sent in a free kick from midfield, which Helgans ahtletically leapt up to and redirected into the net. The victory was Darien’s first over the Wreckers since 1997 and ended Staples’ 23-game …

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Stamford, CT
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Stamford, Trinity Kick Off in City Title Fight Stamford, Trinity Kick Off in City Title Fight
Stamford, Trinity Kick Off in City Title Fight STAMFORD, Conn. – Stamford High and Trinity Catholic High bring identical 2-2 records into Friday’s football game at Boyle Stadium, and each team needs a victory to save the season. But just as important for both teams is the battle for the city championship. The Crusaders can retain the title with a victory; Stamford would have to beat Trinity as well as winless Westhill in its final regular season game. The Crusaders have wins over Westhill and Harding but are coming off a 26-7 loss to Norwalk in which they took an early 7-0 lead. Norwalk took control in the second half, scoring 19 unansw…

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New Canaan's Cole Honored by USRowing New Canaan's Cole Honored by USRowing
New Canaan's Cole Honored by USRowing NEW CANAAN, Conn. – Charlie Cole of New Canaan was named USRowing Male Athlete of the Year on Thursday. Julie Nichols of California was named the Female Athlete of the Year. Cole, who began rowing under Yan Vengerovskiy at Maritime Rowing Club, competed for the U.S. team at the 2011 World Rowing Championships, finishing fourth in the men’s four to qualify the boat for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Earlier this summer, the Yale graduate won bronze in the four at the 2011 Samsung World Rowing Cup in Lucerne and reached the finals of the Stewards Challenge Cup at the 2011 Henley Royal Rega…

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Greens Farms Girls Tie Suffield Academy Greens Farms Girls Tie Suffield Academy
Greens Farms Girls Tie Suffield Academy WESTPORT, Conn. – Emily Caldwell scored on a direct kick with nearly two minutes remaining to give Greens Farms Academy’s girls soccer team a hard-earned 1-1 tie Wednesday with host Suffield Academy. GFA had several open net opportunities but could not convert during the first half. Suffield got the go-ahead goal with nearly 20 minutes remaining. During an aggressive and physical second half, the Dragons got a golden opportunity when Darien’s Phebe Wong stormed toward the Suffield goal on a breakaway. She was tackled by a Suffied Academy player, who received a yellow card. Caldwell, of Fair…

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Diageo, Norwalk Police Meet for Industrial Title Diageo, Norwalk Police Meet for Industrial Title
Diageo, Norwalk Police Meet for Industrial Title NORWALK, Conn. – Diageo and the Norwalk Police Department meet Thursday in the Norwalk Recreation and Parks Industrial League softball championship game. First pitch is at 7 p.m. at Calf Pasture Beach. Diageo finished in second place during the regular season with an 11-3 record. Norwalk Police finished 8-6. The East and West Divisions of the Recreation and Parks tournament resume Friday. In the East Division, the winners bracket semifinals match Smitty’s Softball vs. Gators at 6 p.m.  and The Aces vs. East Coast Irrigation at 7 p.m. The Aces are the defending East Division champions. In th…

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Greens Farms Girls Hand St. Luke's First Loss Greens Farms Girls Hand St. Luke's First Loss
Greens Farms Girls Hand St. Luke's First Loss WESTPORT, Conn. – Blair Pelley scored with five minutes remaining to give Greens Farms Academy’s girls soccer team a 2-1 win Tuesday over previously unbeaten St. Luke’s. Greens Farms scored first on a goal by Tia Carson. Meighan Grady set up the goal when she received a ball from the opposite side of the field, took a strong touch on the ball, and crossed it in front to Carson, a sophomore from Westport. St. Luke’s responded quickly to tie the game 1-1 at halftime. Greens Farms' defense - which consisted of regular stoppers Sam Brown, Kate Tomlinson,  Pelley and Georgie Garner - was joined …

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Norwalk High Faces Key Test vs. New Canaan Norwalk High Faces Key Test vs. New Canaan
Norwalk High Faces Key Test vs. New Canaan NORWALK, Conn. – Experience and confidence can carry a high school football team a long way. And the Norwalk High Bears credit both for their success heading into Friday’s 7 p.m. contest against New Canaan in a battle of undefeated teams. “A lot of us have been three-year starters,’’ said senior offensive and defensive lineman Patrick Whalen. “We had a good freshman team, and we knew we had a good class of kids. I don’t know if we thought we’d be this good. It’s been a pleasant surprise.” “Each game that we played, we just kept getting better and better,’’ said senior Gil Araujo, another tw…

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