(KTNC) - Top-seed Hickman scored three runs in the first inning and never looked back, on their way to a 12-0, five-inning, win over Falls City in the championship game of the Class B Area 1 Junior Legion Tournament, Wednesday in Syracuse.
Hickman scored six runs in the third inning and three more in the fifth.  Falls City was held to two hits in the game.
The Blue Storm advanced to Wednesday’s Area Tournament Championship game by winning three elimination games. 
Hickman advances to the Class B Junior State Tournament, which begins Saturday at Elkhorn Mt. Michael High School.