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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Norwalk, CT

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Aces Advance to Norwalk Softball Final NORWALK, Conn. The defending champion Aces advanced to the championship round of the Norwalk Recreation and Parks East Division playoffs Tuesday by defeating Smittys Softball, 17-2, in the winners bracket final at Calf Pasture Beach. The Aces will play for the championship Monday against the winner of Smittys Softball and Marinellos Pizzeria. Marinellos advanced to the losers bracket final with a victory over the Gators and East Coast Irrigation. Smitty's needs to defeat The Aces twice to win the championship. In the West Division, T. Green Carting advanced to the championship roun…

by Tom Renner

10/12/2011

Darien, CT

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Darien Boy Runners Finish Season Unbeaten DARIEN, Conn. The Darien High School boys cross country team completed an undefeated regular season Tuesday by sweeping a meet in Greenwich. Darien defeated Greenwich, Wilton and Fairfield Warde to finish 17-0 in the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference. It was the first undefeated season for Darien, according to the league website. It will now go after its second league title in school history. Darien won the FCIAC championship race in 1970. Darien did not win its division that year before coming back in the championship race. Were happy to get this, coach Tyson Kacz…

by Tom Renner

10/12/2011

Westport, CT

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Weston Boys Sweep in Final Quad Meet WESTON, Conn. The Weston High boys cross country team swept a quad meet Tuesday at Weston to complete the regular season with a 12-2 record in the South-West Conference. Weston beat Brookfield, 26-29; Oxford, 17-46; and Oxford in its final quad meet of the year. Westons David Stankiewicz won the race in 15:37, six seconds off the course record set by Newtowns Jake Feinstein. Noah Krassin finished second and Matt Bolin was fourth for Weston. Matt Proctor (10th), Cole Clark (11th) and Will Glaser (12th) followed for Weston, while Mike Aaron was 13th, Mike Aaron was 14th and Sam Augustyn …

by Tom Renner

10/11/2011

Westport, CT

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Weston's Pressman Will Be Honored at SportsNight WESTON, Conn. Westons Jon Pressman will be honored as the Weston Sports Person of the Year at the seventh annual Fairfield County SportsNight dinner Oct. 17 at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich. Pressman has been the driving force in building the Weston soccer community both on and off the pitch. One of his major accomplishments is taking the nucleus of an idea to develop an adult soccer program in Weston and molding it into the Weston Adult Soccer League, which has had 170 adults ranging in ages from 18 to 85 participating in soccer leagues over the past 12 months. The league offers fall, win…

by Tom Renner

10/11/2011

Norwalk, CT

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Greenwich, New Canaan Runners Win Chase Race OLD GREENWICH, Conn. John Maas of Old Greenwich was the winner of the race and Sarah Endres of New Canaan was the female champion. But the real winner Sunday was the Susannah Chase Memorial Scholarship Fund. When the Chase family began this running race in 1998 to raise money for the scholarship fund, many Chase family members and relatives took part. Many family members were among the 226 runners who participated again in Sunday's 14th annual Susannah's Run at Tod's Point to continue that mission. "This is just reinvigorating," said Julie Chase, Susannah's mother. "Every year it gets bet…

by Tom Renner

10/11/2011

Stamford, CT

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Stamford Hockey Star Earns SportsNight Honor STAMFORD, Conn. Hockey star Ryan Haggerty will be honored as the Stamford Sports Person of the Year at the seventh annual Fairfield County SportsNight dinner on Oct. 17 at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich. Haggerty played a vital role in helping Team USA win the gold medal at the 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation World Mens Under-18 Championship in Germany in late April. Haggerty scored the first goal of Team USAs first game en route to a 2-1 victory over Switzerland. Team USA went 6-0 in Pool B and then won the gold medal with a 4-3 overtime victory over Sweden. Haggerty was one of …

by Tom Renner

10/11/2011

Fairfield, CT

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Fairfield Prep Runner Earns SportsNight Salute FAIRFIELD, Conn. Fairfield Prep runner Connor Rog will be honored as the Fairfield Sports Person of the Year at the seventh annual Fairfield County SportsNight dinner on Oct. 17 at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich. Rog had a fantastic junior year at Fairfield Prep as a cross country runner in the fall and as a distance runner during the indoor and outdoor track and field seasons. Rog was named the 2010-11 Gatorade Connecticut Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year. He got his excellent cross country postseason rolling by winning the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Class LL race …

by Tom Renner

10/11/2011

Westport, CT

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SportsNight to Celebrate Staples Soccer WESTPORT, Conn. The success of the Staples High School boys soccer team will be one of the major themes on Oct. 17 at the seventh annual Fairfield County Sports Night dinner at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich. Legendary coach Albie Loeffler will be inducted into the Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame, while the 2010 boys soccer team will be honored as the Westport Sports Person of the Year. Current Staples coach Dan Woog was a player under Loeffler in the 1970s. Loeffler and Woogs mentor/protegé relationship resulted in the Staples boys soccer programs continued excellence. Loeffler bega…

by Tom Renner

10/11/2011

Norwalk, CT

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Norwalk Brothers Earn SportsNight Honor NORWALK, Conn. Norwalk brothers Jim and Joe Parlanti will be honored as the Norwalk Sports Persons of the Year at the seventh annual Fairfield County SportsNight dinner on Oct. 17 at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich. The Parlantis have been long-time supporters and volunteers in the Norwalk youth baseball community. Jim has been the president and treasurer of Norwalk Athletic Association Babe Ruth Baseball, while Joe has been vice president of Babe Ruth. They both played a vital role to help Norwalk secure this summers 13-year-old New England Babe Ruth Baseball Tournament. It was the first New…

by Tom Renner

10/11/2011

Westport, CT

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Tennis Ace Earns Easton SportsNight Honor EASTON, Conn. Easton tennis player Will Boe-Wiegaard will be honored as the Easton Sports Person of the Year at the seventh annual Fairfield County SportsNight dinner on Oct. 17 at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich. After a successful career as a college player, the Oslo, Norway native is now a professional who won his first ATP point and world ranking at the beginning of the summer. He won two matches to qualify for the main event at the $15,000 Futures tournament in Montauban, France, in late June. Boe-Wiegaard, who has played in over 150 Futures and Challenges tournaments, was ranked 1,413th…

by Tom Renner

10/11/2011

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