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

Fallon stuns Elko, jumps to No. 2 in football playoff race

Greenwave grabs 28-7 win to move to 4-2 in league games; regular season finishes at Lowry.

Football: New-look Greenwave kicks off season

Connors leads Fallon into coaching opener vs. Reed.

Fallon Vipers conclude competitive summer soccer season

Since 2018, the Sierra Nevada FC-Fallon Vipers soccer team has given local athletes an opportunity to improve in the high school offseason.

Greenwave greats: Hall of Fame names newest inductees

Class of 2024 includes first post-Title IX girls state championship teams.

De Golyer Bucking Horse & Bull Bash returns this weekend

This weekend, the event will celebrate its 10th anniversary when it returns to the 3C Complex.

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.

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Photos by Thomas

Fallon sophomore Karlie Simper, who broke the school’s single-season scoring …

Fallon junior Carson Melendy finished with 182 rushing yards in …

Fallon’s Raygen Bartel, left, and Layla Walker both try to …

Fallon junior Carson Melendy ran for three touchdowns in the …

Carson High's Angelo Macias (25) crosses the goal line with …