Thomas Ranson

LVN Sports Coordinator

With Nevada News Group since 2021

2023 Nevada Press Association Awards
• First Place General Excellence – Lahontan Valley News
• First Place – Sports Feature Story – Lahontan Valley News

Recent Stories

Track: Fallon's Lewis leaps to 3A triple jump title

Greenwave's three qualifiers make impact at state meet.

STATE CHAMPS: Fallon rolls to 3A softball title

Greenwave outscores opposition 22-3 to claim first championship since 2018.

Former 3A star Connors to lead Fallon football program

Lowry grad replaces Greenwave's winningest coach.

Fallon's Melendy wins second state wrestling title

Greenwave sends four to podium on way to seventh-place finish.

Longtime Fallon football coach Brooke Hill steps down

He led Greenwave to two state titles during 15-year head coaching stint

For the first time in 15 years, there will be a new leader of the Greenwave football program. After taking over the position in 2009, Brooke Hill led Fallon to its highest win total in the school’s final last year in the state’s largest class (4A) before building up the program that won two championships in four state finals. Hill finished with a 117-44 record.

Fallon wrestlers continue push to postseason

Greenwave grapplers continue to battle through some of the most challenging tournaments in the region.

Fallon girls off to best start in five seasons

Midseason review: Wave sweeps Elko, Spring Creek to set up dual with defending state champs.

Boys basketball: Fallon snaps losing streak with OT win

Midseason review: Greenwave counting on tournament experience to help during league season.

Volleyball: South Tahoe ends Fallon’s 3A state bid

Greenwave falls in three games in regional semifinals.

Fallon volleyball gets rematch with Vikings for state berth

Nearly two decades since Fallon's back-to-back 3A state titles, the Wave set up a rematch with South Tahoe with a trip to state on the line.

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Photos by Thomas

Fallon junior Vernita Fillmore was named the region’s Player of …

Douglas High’s Matthew Sutton competes in the 100-yard freestyle, during …

Larkin Russell, who was a four-event all-region swimming selection, competes …

The Greenwave softball team poses after winning the 3A state …

Fallon's Baylor Sandberg blasts a home run to give the …