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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New Canaan, CT

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New Canaan Softball Upended, 15-2 New Canaan softball coach Danielle Simoneau is eager to turn the page after Monday's 15-2 loss to Stamford. The Rams surrendered 22 hits, made three errors, mishandled several other plays and looked anything like the team that started the season 6-0. "When you're 6-0, there's a target on your back,'' said Simoneau, the team's first-year coach. "I'm glad it happened now rather than have it in the FCIAC tournament." Stamford set the tone in the second inning. The Black Knights sent 13 batters to the plate and scored nine runs, all of them coming with two out. Two errors helped doom the Rams…

by Tom Renner

04/18/2011

Stamford, CT

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Stamford Softball Socks New Canaan Stamford softball coach Tony Esposito is as curious as anyone. Are the Black Knights the team that cracked 22 hits in Monday's 15-2 win over previously unbeaten New Canaan? Or is it the team that managed just three hits in Friday's 3-0 loss to Danbury? "I don't know,'' Esposito said after the Black Knights improved to 6-1 with Monday's win at Waveny Park. "I think we'll know after about 10 more games." Krista Robustelli led Monday's hit parade with four hits, four RBIs and two runs scored. Her two-run single in the first inning opened the floodgates for an eight-run frame. Lindsay Yanicky a…

by Tom Renner

04/18/2011

New Canaan, CT

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New Canaan Rowers Strike Gold in N.J. The Greenwich Invitational marked the start of sprint racing and New Canaan crew brought home four golds and one silver to kick off the season last weekend. With beautiful spring skies and flat water, the women's lightweight and open weight teams, as well as the men's lightweight and open weight quad, all raced to victory, showing everyone how it's done. New Canaan trains at the Norwalk-based Maritime Rowing Club. But what a difference a week makes. The sky was gray and the wind was cold when boats launched Friday afternoon to race on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J. Home to the U.S. Nat…

by Tom Renner

04/18/2011

Darien, CT

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Darien Girls Hockey Team Reaches Nationals The Darien Youth Hockey Association under-12 girls team reached the quarterfinals of the Tier II national tournament before its season ended with a narrow 3-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres. The Ice Cats reached the national tournament for the second straight year. The girls had a promising start, skating to a 4-0 win over the Anaheim Lady Ducks in their opener. They followed that with two more wins, beating the Pittsburgh Lady Penguins, 4-3, and the New England Falcons, 2-1, to finish 3-0 in round-robin play. Against the Lady Penguins, Darien came from behind to win and then edged the Falcons i…

by Tom Renner

04/18/2011

Norwalk, CT

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Norwalk Runner Is Top State Finisher in Boston Timothy Perry of Norwalk was the first Connecticut runner to cross the finish line Monday at the Boston Marathon. He completed the 26.2-mile race from Hopkinton, Mass., to Boston in 2:30:57. He was 104th overall and 87th among male finishers. Perry, 27, averaged 5:46 per mile. He led a parade of local finishers. Westport's Blake Benke was fourth among state runners in 2:37:23. Stamford's Jeffrey Watson, 29, ran 2:46:59 (eighth among state runners) and Christopher Barrett of Fairfield was ninth in 2:48.44. Riverside's Sharon Vos ran 3:10:54. The 56-year-old runner finished fourth in her ag…

by Tom Renner

04/18/2011

Norwalk, CT

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Greens Farms Stuns King with 4 in 7th The Greens Farms Academy softball team scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday to defeat King, 9-8, and remain undefeated. Excellent defensive plays by sophomore Sarah Young and senior captains Alexa Sullivan and Idalia Friedson kept the game close throughout. The defensive highlight of the game was a diving tag by Friedson to complete a double play off an assist from Young in center field in the bottom of the fourth. A triple by Friedson and multiple RBIs by Sullivan supplied some offensive power, but GFA entered the bottom of the seventh inning down by three runs. In…

by Tom Renner

04/18/2011

Darien, CT

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Darien Boys Lacrosse Suffers First Loss Haverford High School of Pennsylvania, the top-ranked team in three national polls, handed Darien its first loss of the season Saturday in a non-league game, 11-5. Darien (4-1) managed just two goals over the final 2 1/2 periods against the Fords, who improved to 11-0. Darien entered the game ranked second in two national polls and third in another. Darien's non-league schedule continues this week. The Blue Wave host Yorktown of New York on Wednesday at 4 p.m. They return to FCIAC action Saturday against Brien McMahon High School. Follow The Daily Darien on Facebook.

by Tom Renner

04/18/2011

Norwalk, CT

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Boston Runners Head to Starting Line Race day is finally here for runners from Fairfield County who have been training for the Boston Marathon. Monday at 10 a.m., runners from Main Street Connect communities will be making the 26.2 mile run from Hopkinton, Mass., to Boston. The weather forecast appears favorable for runners. Temperatures are expected to be in the mid-50s at the race's start. Wind, however, could be an issue. The forecast calls for wind nearing 17 mph. According to the Boston Marathon website, the following runners from Main Street Connect communities are registered for the marathon: Norwalk: Roberta Andreasi…

by Tom Renner

04/18/2011

Norwalk, CT

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Kids' Races Return to Minute Man Mark Carmody, a physical education teacher at Long Lots School in Westport for the last 12 years and owner of Peak Performance Sports Camps, will once again coordinate the Kids' Fun Run races at the 33rd Annual 5K/10K Minute Man Race. The race, presented by the Westport Young Woman's League, is scheduled for Sunday, May 1, at Compo Beach. The coaches from Peak Performance Sports Camps will give Carmody a helping hand in coordinating activities for kids ages 3 to 12 on race day. Lynne Openshaw, chairwoman of kids' activities at the Minute Man race, is thrilled to have Carmody back. "Mark br…

by Tom Renner

04/18/2011

Norwalk, CT

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Next Gen Divers Compete at Y Nationals Weston's Liam Simmons took third on the 1-meter board and fourth on the 3-meter board to lead Next Generation divers at the YMCA National Diving championships at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Simmons competed in the 12-13-year-old division for Next Gen, which competes out of the Norwalk YMCA. Fairfield's Robert McCrory finished ninth on both boards in the boys 14-15-year-old division. Cory Schultz was 11th on the 1-meter and Norwalk's Billy Moran 12th in the 16-18-year-old division. Schultz was eighth in the 3-meter, Moran 12th. For the girls, Jessica Horn took 10th on the 1- and 3-meter boards. …

by Tom Renner

04/17/2011

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