The North Platte First Nationals American Legion baseball teams are hosting their annual Great Plains Health Junior Senior Tournament at Bill Wood Field this week.

The tournament begins Thursday and runs through Sunday. The Juniors will be hosting Lincoln East B, Gretna and Overton while the senior teams competing will be Laramie, Wyo., Ogallala and Edgar.

The Juniors tournament runs Thursday through Saturday with the North Platte Juniors playing Lincoln East B and Overton once and Gretna twice that will count toward their Cornhusker League games. The Seniors tournament will be a round robin format with the top two teams playing each other for the championship on Sunday and the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds playing for third and fourth.

The North Platte Seniors come into the tournament riding a seven-game winning streak after going 5-0 and winning the championship of the Bubba’s Bash Tourney in Canon City, Colo. and then beating Scottsbluff in a home doubleheader on Tuesday. The First Nationals Seniors are currently 17-10 on the season.

In the Seniors tournament Laramie, Wyo. is currently 10-15-1 and have lost four of their last five games. Ogallala and Edgar are both young teams and haven’t played as many games this season. Ogallala is currently 5-6 and Edgar is 2-8.

The schedule for the tournament can be seen below.

Schedule

The team listed first will be the home team.

Thursday, June 19

12:30- North Platte Juniors vs. Overton

3:00- Overton vs. Lincoln East B

5:30- North Platte Juniors vs. Lincoln East B

8:00- North Platte Seniors vs. Ogallala

Friday, June 20

10:00- Lincoln East B vs. Overton

12:30- Lincoln East B vs. Gretna

3:00- Gretna Juniors vs. Overton

5:30- Edgar Seniors vs. Laramie, Wyo.

8:00- North Platte Seniors vs. Edgar

Saturday, June 21

10:00- Gretna Juniors vs. North Platte Juniors

12:30- North Platte Juniors vs. Gretna

3:00- Ogallala Seniors vs. Edgar

5:30- Laramie, Wyo. Seniors vs. Ogallala

8:00- North Platte Seniors vs. Laramie, Wyo.

Sunday, June 22

10:00- Seniors Seed 3 vs. Seniors Seed 4

12:30- Seniors Seed 1 vs. Seniors Seed 2