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It was formed in the winter of 1924 and was the direct successor league of the DuPage County Conference that expired the previous year. Old DuPage County members Hinsdale, Glenbard, York, Downers Grove, and West Chicago, joined with Maine to form a new league.
The team's home park is Day Air Ballpark in Dayton, formerly (until 2020) known as Fifth Third Field. [5] During its first season, the Dragons set a Minor League Baseball Class-A single-season attendance record of 581,853. The Dragons broke that record in 2003 and again in 2004. [6]
In their inaugural season, the Dragons managed to sell-out every home game of the 2000 season before the season even started. Day Air Ballpark has hosted the Midwest League All Star Game twice: in 2001 and 2013. In 2005, 2007, and 2009, the venue hosted the Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament.
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Doerhoefer Park is a public park located in the Orchard Brook neighborhood of Downers Grove, Illinois in the United States. [2] The park was originally established in the 1960s, and in 1971 was named after Edward J. Doerhoefer, a former Park Commissioner and Board President. [ 2 ]
Burdi attended Downers Grove South High School in Downers Grove, Illinois, where he played for the school's baseball team as a pitcher and for the football team as a quarterback. Before his junior year, Burdi quit the football team to focus on baseball. Burdi, as a child and teen also played for the Downers Grove Longshots. [1]
The original building (then called Downers Grove High School) was finished in 1928, with additions made in 1935, 1952, 1976, 1999–2000, 2011-2013, and 2019-2021. In 1964, the school's student body was split in half, one portion attending North, the other attending the newly built Downers Grove South.
The Alton River Dragons are a collegiate summer baseball team located in Alton, Illinois. They were founded in 2020 and began play in 2021 as members of the Prospect League . The River Dragons play in the Prospect League's Western Conference – South Division along with the Cape Catfish , Jackson Rockabillys , O'Fallon Hoots , and Thrillville ...