The North Platte First Nationals American Legion baseball team beat McCook and Pleasant Dale but lost to Lincoln Amigos in Seward over the weekend .

The First Nationals (7-6) began the weekend with a Friday night game against Lincoln Amigos and lost 11-6. North Platte hit the ball well in the game with eight hits, including three doubles, but six errors doomed the First Nationals from the beginning. Ty Brockmoller started on the mound and only lasted one inning after giving up seven runs on five hits, but six of the runs were unearned as he took the loss.

Alec Wesslund, Darian Allberry and Luke Volz led the way at the plate for North Platte. Wesslund went 2-3 with a double and two RBI, Allberry went 2-2 with a double and one run batted in, and Volz added a double and an RBI.

The First Nationals played at 11:00 am Saturday against Pleasant Dale for the second game of the weekend and won 12-1 in five innings. Allberry stayed hot at the plate by going 3-3 in the game with a double and six runs batted in. Dalton Pflughaupt earned the win by pitching a one-hit complete game. The only run scored by Pleasant Dale was unearned and Pflughaupt had three strikeouts in the game.

The final game of the weekend was a Sunday afternoon game against McCook that North Platte won 13-3 in five innings. The First Nationals wasted no time getting the lead by scoring 11 runs in the first inning. Jack Kenny and Volz led the way at the plate for North Platte. Kenny went 2-3 with two doubles and two RBI and Volz went 2-4 with a triple and four runs batted in. Riley Vierya earned the win on the mound by pitching a complete game. Vierya gave up three unearned runs on five hits and had three strikeouts with no walks.

North Platte’s next game is Tuesday, June 3 against Kearney Runza. It will be a Junior-Senior doubleheader with the Juniors game starting at 5:30 and the Seniors first pitch will be at 8:00 at Bill Wood Field. First National Bank is having their bank night at the ballpark on Tuesday and the First Nationals would like fans to try and Fill the Bill. The team hopes to have the largest crowd ever at a North Platte American Legion game.

The North Platte First Nationals Juniors team improved to 10-0 on the season with a double header sweep of Columbus on Friday. The Juniors beat Columbus 12-1 and 16-1.