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, CT

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Westport 6th Graders Fall to New Canaan WESTPORT, Conn. The Westport Junior South sixth grade football squd dropped a 20-7 decision to New Canaan Saturday in its opening game in the Fairfield County Football League. Dwight Patrick Daley scored Westport's touchdown on a 69-yard run early in the third quarter. "Our total is 19 kids and we were down five,'' head coach Carm Roda said. "This is the first year they were on a full field without coaches out there. It's good that they saw they have some things they can work on." New Canaan scored on a 60-yard interception return in the first quarter and a 5-yard touchdown pass late in…

by Tom Renner

09/06/2011

Greenwich, CT

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Former Brunswick Star Leads New Hampshire GREENWICH, Conn. University of New Hampshire quarterback Kevin Decker, a former Brunswick star from Armonk, N.Y., completed 21 of 28 passes for the University of New Hampshire last week in a 55-28 loss to Toledo in the Wildcats' season-opener. New Hampshire, ranked No.10 in the nation in the Football Championship Subdivision, trailed 17-0 after one quarter as Toledo scored three touchdowns in less than three minutes. Decker tried to rally the Wildcats, throwing for 162 yards. He also threw an interception. Decker played in 13 games last season, primarily as a backup quarterback. He threw…

by Tom Renner

09/06/2011

Armonk, NY

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Armonk's Decker Shines at New Hampshire GREENWICH, Conn. -- University of New Hampshire quarterback Kevin Decker, a former Brunswick star from Armonk, N.Y., completed 21-of-28 passes for the University of New Hampshire last week in a 55-28 loss to Toledo in the Wildcats' season-opener. New Hampshire, ranked No.10 in the nation in the Football Championship Subdivision, trailed 17-0 after one quarter as Toledo scored three touchdowns in a span of 2:58. Decker tried to rally the Wildcats, throwing for 162 yards. He also threw an interception. Decker played in 13 games last season, primarily as a backup quarterback. He threw for five…

by Tom Renner

09/06/2011

Westport, CT

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Westport 7th-Graders Drop Opener to New Canaan WESTPORT, Conn. The Westport seventh-grade North football team looked to be on the comeback trail early in the third quarter of Saturday's game against New Canaan. One play turned the momentum back to New Canaan, and Westport lost its season opener, 27-14, in the Fairfield County Football League. New Canaan jumped out to a 14-0 halftime lead. Westport took its first possession in the third quarter and marched in for a touchdown. Brendan Massoud hauled in a 10-yard scoring pass from Andrew Speed, who also ran in for the conversion to get Westport within a touchdown. Just a few plays later,…

by Tom Renner

09/06/2011

New Canaan, CT

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7th-Grade New Canaan Football Whacks Westport NEW CANAAN, Conn. The New Canaan Black seventh-grade football team shared the title with its Red team brothers last year in the Fairfield County Football League. On Saturday, the Black squad showed it might be ready to make another run at the title. Graham Braden scored two touchdowns, including a 65-yard scoring run in the third quarter, to lead New Canaan. Jonathan Young and James Crovatto also scored touchdowns. "We're running the high school offense for the first time,'' coach Thomas O'Dea said. "Overall, the kids played great. Graham Braden has been our featured runner since these ki…

by Tom Renner

09/06/2011

Norwalk, CT

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Fairfield County Rowers Wrap Up Worlds Fairfield County rowers finished competing Sunday in the World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia. Although none of the rowers from area communities medaled, many raced well enough to qualify their boats for next year's Summer Olympics. Charlie Cole of New Canaan was on the men's four that finished fourth Sunday, which qualified the U.S. for next summer's Olympics in the event. The crew for the Olympics will be set next year. Coxswain Alex Stein of Stamford and Andrew Johnson of Greenwich helped the Adaptive Mixed Four with coxswain take a sixth place finish in Sunday's A final. The U.S…

by Tom Renner

09/05/2011

Norwalk, CT

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Boats in Stamford Race Hit the Water STAMFORD, Conn. More than 90 boats started the Vineyard Race on Friday, beginning in Long Island Sound. Boats were on the course early Saturday morning. Finishers in the 116-mile Cornfield Point race are expected to be in Stamford late Saturday morning. In the 142-mile Seaflower Course, the lead pack was off Westbrook, Conn. In the 238-mile Vineyard Race, Blue Yankee was south of Block Island at about 7 a.m. and should be back in Stamford by early Saturday evening. For updates, check out the Vineyard Race Facebook page, or monitor through Twitter or the Stamford Yacht Club website. Follo…

by Tom Renner

09/03/2011

Fairfield, CT

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Young Fairfield Players Tackle New Season FAIRFIELD, Conn. Youth football kicks off for Fairfield teams in the Fairfield County Football League on Saturday. Fairfield's two eighth grade teams play on Saturday while four teams are in action on Sunday. The eighth grade Blue team, coached by Rick Rivera, plays at Wilton at 8 p.m. on Saturday night. The eighth grade Red team, coached by Jay Desiderio, travels to play New Canaan on Saturday at 8 p.m. at Dunning Field. On Sunday, the third grade team, coached by Kevin Conklin, travels to Darien for an 8 a.m. kickoff. Bill Harke's fifth grade Red team plays at 12:30 at Darien. The sev…

by Tom Renner

09/02/2011

Norwalk, CT

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New Canaan Rower Finishes 4th at World Meet NEW CANAAN, Conn. New Canaan's Andrew Campbell finished fourth Friday in the lightweight singles sculls at the World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia. Campbell, a sophomore at Harvard University, had been hoping for his second international medal of the summer. He finished the 2,000-meter course in 7:06.64. Campbell, who had the second fastest time in qualifying, held medal position until the final few strokes of the race, according to the USRowing website. New Zealand's Duncan Grant grabbed third in 7:03.3. Denmark's Henrik Stephansen won the gold and Italy won the silver. Campbe…

by Tom Renner

09/02/2011

Norwalk, CT

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Norwalk Grizzlies Ready to Hit the Field NORWALK, Conn. -- The Norwalk Grizzlies youth football teams had their final practices this week in preparation for the Fairfield County Football League season. The Grizzlies have eighth grade and sixth grade teams in the league. Both teams play Sunday at Norwalk High School at 3:30 p.m. Visit the league website for complete game schedules and information. Send us photos and game reports from your child's team! Send information to [email protected].

by Tom Renner

09/02/2011

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