The North Platte legion team was 18-11 going into the long weekend tournament in Omaha and ready to show the metro area teams that they could compete.
And boy did they.
They started off the tournament with a game called after 2 innings because of lightning, but that wouldn't slow them down.
The First nationals ripped off two impressive victories, 19-2 over a Wisconsin team then a 8-7 win over a Sioux Falls squad.
A 4-1 win over a Kansas team would wrap up a perfect 3-0 record through pool play and put them on a path to the championship.
Harrisburg, SD would be the next team to face the First Nationals hot bats and good pitching as the North Platte team got their first shutout of the tournament: 14-0. That win would put them into the Semi-Finals.
The hit parade kept going for the First Nationals as they put up a 9-6 win over a scrappy Lincoln Pius team in the Semi's.
In the championship the First Nationals just could not figure out Bellevue West's pitcher who went 5 2/3 innings and only allowed one hit. The Thunderbirds would take the championship 3-1 over North Platte giving the First Nationals a second place finish.
North platte is back in action on Wednesday against Kearney in Kearney.