It was another perfect weekend for the North Platte First Nationals Senior Legion baseball team. Saturday was the home opener for the First Nationals hosting Columbus at Bill Wood Field. In game one, North Platte won 6-1 and followed up with a 13-3 win in six innings in game two over Columbus. Sunday’s doubleheader against Norfolk at Bill Wood Field began with a 6-0 win for North Platte in game one and once again the First Nationals dominated the second game of the doubleheader, ending it by run rule with a 13-3 victory after four innings. Both series were Cornhusker League games and improves the First Nationals Senior Legion to 8-0 overall and 4-0 in the Cornhusker League.

The Junior Legion suffered their first setback of the season in game one of Saturday’s doubleheader at Columbus with a 10-2 loss. The Juniors bounced back with a 10-2 win in game two. On Sunday, the North Platte Junior Legion scored 14 runs in the first inning of game one at Norfolk. North Platte eventually won 17-0 in game one and won game two 15-7 to improve to 4-1 on the season.

Monday night’s games at Bill Wood Field were postponed due to the weather. The North Platte Juniors were leading Lexington 12-6 in the fourth inning when the games were called for the night. On Tuesday, May 31, both the Junior and Senior Legion will be at home to host Kearney in Cornhusker League games at Bill Wood Field. The Juniors game is scheduled for 5 pm and the Seniors game will follow around 7:30 pm.