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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Westport Siblings Take Triathlon Age Group Titles Westport Siblings Take Triathlon Age Group Titles
Westport Siblings Take Triathlon Age Group Titles WESTPORT, Conn. – Gabrielle Wimer and her brother, Max, won their age groups at the Westport Kiwanis Triathlon at Compo Beach. Gabrielle came in first among girls 15-19. She was 60th overall and finished in 50:51.9. Max took sixth place overall and first in the 13-14 boys age group with a time of 43:40.2 in Sunday's race.  Gabby, a senior at Staples High School, is a tri-captain of the Staples girls swimming and diving team and a tri-captain of the Staples co-ed water polo team. Max, who is a freshman, also swims for Staples and plays water polo. Contact Tom Renner at trenner@mainstreet…
Young Fans Get Playful Message From Giants Young Fans Get Playful Message From Giants
Young Fans Get Playful Message From Giants STAMFORD, Conn. — Dolan Middle School seventh-grader John Conrad, right, shows off a Giants jersey with his friend, Lester Gudiel, during an assembly Tuesday at the Stamford school. Giants Bear Pascoe, Jake Ballard and Andre Brown spoke to the students about the importance of playing at least 60 minutes every day. The NFL's Play 60 campaign is designed to encourage healthy lifestyles in children by pulling them away from the computer and cell phones. Dolan was one of three stops the Giants made Tuesday in Stamford. To learn more about NFL Play 60, visit www.nflrush.org or for info on healthi…
Fairfield Giants Mighty Mites Bash Bridgeport Fairfield Giants Mighty Mites Bash Bridgeport
Fairfield Giants Mighty Mites Bash Bridgeport FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield Giants defeated the Bridgeport Raiders, 30-6, in a Mighty Mite Junior Division game in the Southern Connecticut Pop Warner Football League. The Giants improved to 2-0 as quarterback Nick Morris, running back Finn Donelan, fullback Calvin Caione and running back Michael Innaimo scored twice. Paving the way for the Giants runners were lineman T.J. O'Connell, Maximillian Griffin, Maximillian Spies, Peter Strang, Brendan Dunleavy, Gavin Toth and Charles Wilcox. The defense stopped the Bridgeport offense most of the day, except on a broken play where a running ba…
Greens Farms Field Hockey Wins Opener Greens Farms Field Hockey Wins Opener
Greens Farms Field Hockey Wins Opener WESTPORT, Conn. – The Greens Farms Academy field hockey team earned a shutout victory on opening day, defeating St. Luke's, 2-0, in a battle of Fairchester Athletic Association teams. The Dragons spent most of the first half in the offensive end, earning six corners. Eight minutes into the game, GFA capitalized on a corner opportunity as junior Margot Bruder (Fairfield) inserted the ball to teammate Madison Leonard (Westport), who shot in a beautiful ball, which was deflected in by junior Liz McDermott (Darien). GFA never let up, coming out in the second half scoring the second goal of the …
Stamford Students Get Giant Pep Talk About Fitness Stamford Students Get Giant Pep Talk About Fitness
Stamford Students Get Giant Pep Talk About Fitness STAMFORD, Conn. – Three New York Giants surprised Dolan Middle School students Tuesday with an afternoon visit to promote the NFL's Play 60 program. Students screamed with delight when the three walked into the school auditorium. Giants Andre Brown, Bear Pascoe and Jake Ballard talked to the students about the importance of playing at least 60 minutes a day to stay fit. Brown, a second-year running back out of North Carolina State, also asked the students questions and awarded them Giants T-shirts as prizes. "We didn't know what it [the assembly] was,'' said Lester Gudiel, a Dolan seventh…
New Canaan Team Reaches Baseball Semis New Canaan Team Reaches Baseball Semis
New Canaan Team Reaches Baseball Semis NEW CANAAN, Conn. – The New Canaan Cannons will meet the Monroe Top Hats Saturday in Game 1 of the Fairfield County Men's Senior Baseball League semifinals at Mead Park. Game 2 in the best-of-three series will be played Sunday at Mead. Game 3 will follow immediately afterwards, if necessary. Starting times for both games are 9 a.m. The Cannons advanced to the semifinals by winning a play-in game Saturday behind the pitching of Bob Cote. He pitched a complete-game three-hitter and helped his own cause by going 3-for-4 with four RBIs. He struck out five and walked one. Bryan Vickers, Scott Ca…
Offenses Explode in Clash of Norwalk 5th Graders Offenses Explode in Clash of Norwalk 5th Graders
Offenses Explode in Clash of Norwalk 5th Graders NORWALK, Conn. – It took two plays from scrimmage for Zyiare Sellers to set the tone in a battle of fifth-grade teams in the Norwalk Youth Football League game. Fortunately for the Green team, it had Sellers on its side. Sellers scored four touchdowns, including a 66-yard burst two plays into the game, to pace the fifth grade Green Packers over the fifth grade Gold Packers, 42-27. For the afternoon, Sellers rushed for 217 yards on 14 carries and broke off scoring runs of 66, 77, 16 and 3 yards. Kelete Sherald added 91 yards rushing and two touchdowns for the Green team, which is coached b…
Norwalk Sonics Soccer Stops Fairfield Norwalk Sonics Soccer Stops Fairfield
Norwalk Sonics Soccer Stops Fairfield NORWALK, Conn. – The Sonics U-13 Girls travel soccer team of the Norwalk Junior Soccer Association opened the season Sunday with a 2-0 win over Fairfield Storm. The Sonics offense looked strong from the start, with forwards Lindsay McEwan and Amanda Barker quickly pressuring the Fairfield defense. The midfield of Melissa Guzman, Caroline Abrams, Nazae Craw and Evelyn Morris played a good possession game, keeping the ball in the Fairfield half. Craw took a great corner and quickly followed her shot to put one in the back of the net for the first goal of the season. Fairfield's counterattacks…
Norwalk Cheerleaders Pull Off Pyramid Scheme Norwalk Cheerleaders Pull Off Pyramid Scheme
Norwalk Cheerleaders Pull Off Pyramid Scheme NORWALK, Conn. – Julia Patchen got a lift from her fellow Norwalk Youth Football cheerleaders during Saturday's game between fifth-grade squads at Brien McMahon High School. The girls shouted, jumped and danced on the warm September Saturday to cheer on both teams. The Green team emerged with a hard-fought 42-27 victory over the Gold. Send pictures of your cheerleaders in action to [email protected].  
Norwalk's Young Packers Whip Wallingford Norwalk's Young Packers Whip Wallingford
Norwalk's Young Packers Whip Wallingford NORWALK, Conn. – The Norwalk Packers 79ers, made up of players in the second and third grades, won their second game of the season with a 26-0 rout of Wallingford. The 79ers will look to extend their winning streak to three on Sunday when they host Shelton at Brien McMahon at 4:30 p.m. Send photos and recaps of your sports team to [email protected]
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