Lake Land College Athletics and Mattoon High School Baseball are sponsoring the St. Louis Cardinal Caravan on Sunday, Jan. 15 at 12 p.m.
The event will be held at the Lake Land College Field House. Doors open at 11 a.m. There is no preferred seating. Tickets can be purchased in the Laker Athletics office in the Field House or at Washington Savings Bank.
The Laker Athletics office will be open Friday, Jan. 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Monday – Friday, Jan. 9-14, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For questions, please call 217-234-5333.
The cost of the ticket is $10 and includes a hot dog, chips and drink. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the door.
The 2017 Cardinal Caravan is presented by Missouri Farm Bureau Insurance. According to the Cardinals Caravan website, the first 400 children, 15 and under, through the door on the day of the event will receive a free Autograph Ticket which guarantees one autograph from each current and former player.
The Mattoon stop is Caravan 5 and players Alex Reyes, Miguel Socolovich, Rowan Wick and Ryan Sherriff and alumni Brad Thompson, Al Hrabosky and Cliff Politte are expected to attend. Hrabosky will also serve as the event emcee.