ALAH girls snap four-game losing streak with nine point win over Decatur Eisenhower
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By Mike Monahan
ARTHUR – The Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond girls’ basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak last Friday 49-40.
In the Knight’s Holiday Classic Saturday ALAH was on the wrong end of a 35-26 game to Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg and also fell to fellow Lincoln Prairie Conference foe, Heritage 43-32.
The Knights lost to Heritage also on Dec. 12 50-38, also at Arthur.
ALAH was 4-10 through Saturday.
Earlier in the week the Knights dropped a 46-27 non-conference game to Monticello and a LPC contest to Sullivan, 51-43. The Lady Redskins are the No. 16 team in the latest Associated Press Class 1A rankings.
Monticello 46, ALAH 27
ALAH trailed just 18-12 after the opening quarter and only 26-18 at the half, but could not get any closer in the 19 point loss.
Sophia Monts led the Knights with eight points. Addison Yeakel had a team-high eight rebounds. ALAH was 11-of-33 (.333) from the field, including 1-of-10 from three-point land. The Knights had 20 turnovers compared to 15 for the Sages.
Sullivan 51, ALAH 43
It was close the entire way, including at half, where Sullivan led a 23-22 lead. The Lady Redskins had a three-point lead going into the fourth and they won it by eight.
Monts was 4-of-10 from beyond the three-point line and 6-of-16 overall with a team-high 16 points, while Yeakel pulled down 11 of the team’s 33 rebounds and Morgan Casteel had four assists.
The Knights had 20 turnovers and were 16-of-48 (333) from the field.
December 21 Heritage in Knights Holiday Classic at Arthur
Heritage 10 4 15 14–43
ALAH 6 4 12 10–32
Dec. 21 WSS in Knights Holiday Classic at Arthur
WSS 35, ALAH 26
Further information unavailable at press time
Dec.20 Decatur Eisenhower
ALAH 49, Decatur Eisenhower 40
Further information unavailable at press time
Dec. 17 Monticello
Monticello 18 8 9 11–46
ALAH 12 6 5 4–27
ALAH: Morgan Casteel 1-3-6, Addison Yeakel 2-0-4, Sophia Monts 4-0-8, Sara Herschberger 2-0-4, Anna Rawlins 2-0-5, Mackenzie Condill, Annabelle Vanausdoll, McKenna Blaudow, Annie Ponder 0-0-0, Totals 11-3-27
3-point goals: ALAH 2 (Casteel 1, Rawlins 1)
JV: Monticello 46, ALAH 27
Dec. 16 Sullivan
Sullivan 12 11 15 13–51
ALAH 9 13 13 8–43
ALAH: Condill 1-0-2, Casteel 2-1-7, Yeakel 1-2-4, Monts 6-0-16, Herschberger 1-0-2, Blaudow 2-0-4, Rawlins 3-0-8, Vanausdoll 0-0-0, Totals 16-3-43
3-point goals: ALAH 8 (Casteel 2, Monts 4, Rawlins 2)
JV: Sullivan 51, ALAH 38