Prairie Gravel

Prairie Gravel is a baseball program from Chicago, IL. They were founded by Al Oremus, who is also the owner of the Windy City Thunderbolts of the Frontier League.

Prairie Gravel used to play in the Chicago Suburban League and won the 2005 National Baseball Congress World Series beating the Santa Barbara Foresters in the final. Ryan Anetsberger of Illinois State University was tournament MVP.

Ron Biga managed the team during their run in the NBC tournament from 1997 to 2006.

Prairie Gravel returned to the NBC World Series in 2014 under new manager Sam Sorce but went two-and-out.

NBC World Series Appearances

Year	Manager	Finish
1997	Ron Biga	3rd Place
1998	Ron Biga	7th Place
1999	Ron Biga	1-2
2000	Ron Biga	7th Place
2001	Ron Biga	7th Place
2002	Ron Biga	7th Place
2003	Ron Biga	3rd Place
2004	Ron Biga	3rd Place
2005	Ron Biga	Champions
2006	Ron Biga	2-2
2014	Sam Sorce	0-2