Carter, Monts lead ALAH softball to LPC win; snap four-game losing streak

By Editor | May 5, 2026 |

The umpire signals saft as ALAH sophomore Annabelle Vanausdoll beats the throw to first base in the sixth inning of the Knights’ home game with the Argenta-Oreana Bombers last Thursday, Annabelle had a great game at the plate going a perfect four for four with two runs. After this game, ALAH was in fifth place in Lincoln Prairie Conference play with a 3-4 record.

By Mike Monahan

BROADLANDS – Kyndrie Carter and Sophie Monts led the Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond softball team to a 16-10 Lincoln Prairie Conference win over Heritage, which also snapped a four-game losing streak.

It is the senior trip for ALAH this week and so they don’t play again until Monday at Neoga in a non-conference game.

On April 28 Villa Grove scored 13 runs in the first inning and went on to down ALAH 14-4 in five innings, while Thursday the Knights lost another LPC game, falling to Argenta-Oreana 12-7. ALAH led 6-4 after three innings, but only scored one more run in the final four innings, while the Bombers scored at least one run in the final four innings to win 12-7. Annabelle Vanausdoll was 4-for-4 and Anna Rawlins 3-for-3 in the loss.

Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond at Heritage, Friday

ALAH got off to a strong start and it looked like they would win the game in five innings as they sent 12 batters to the plate and scored eight runs. However, Heritage answered with a seven-run first of its own and tied the game with a run in the second. The Hawks took the lead with two runs in the third for a 10-8 advantage. The Knights got one run back in the fourth and the score remained 10-9 until the top of the sixth.

ALAH took the lead for good in the sixth when Sophie Monts was hit by a pitch and stole second and eventually scored. With two outs London Dugan singled to center and Claire Sass, who was a courtesy runner for Dugan, scored on a double by Annie Ponder for the 11-10 lead.

ALAH tacked on some insurance runs in the seventh starting with a triple by Reece Oye, who scored on a ground out. Annabelle Vanasudoll doubled and scored on an error, the only one of the game by either team. Monts doubled to left and went to third on a single by Rawlins. Carter drove both runners in with a double for a 15–10 lead and a double by Dugan scored Rawlins for the final margin of six runs.

Carter, the winning pitcher, was 3-for-5 with four RBIs, while Monts was 4-for-4 with two RBIs and Dugan and Annabelle Vanausdoll were 3-for-5 with an RBI, while Reece Oye was 3-for-4 with a RBI.

The Knights moved to 8-16 overall and 4-4 in the LPC, good for fifth place in the 10-team conference, while Heritage dropped to 0-13 overall and 0-5 in the LPC.

ALAH 16, Heritage 10
ALAH 800 102 5–16-22-0
Heritage 712 000 0–10-4-1

Winning pitcher: Kyndrie Carter 4 ⅓ innings, 2 hits, 2 runs, 2 earned, 2 strikeouts, 7 walks: starter Anna Rawlins ⅔ innings, 2 hits 7 runs, 7 earned, 1 strikeout, 6 walks; relief: Annabelle Vanasudoll 1 inning, 0 hits, 1 run, 1 earned, 0 strikeouts, 4 walks

ALAH: Annabelle Vanausdoll 3-for-5, double, stolen base, 3 runs, RBI; Sophie Monts 4-for-4, 4 runs, 3 doubles, 2 stolen bases, 2 RBIs; Rawlins 2-for-5, stolen base, 2 runs, double, RBI; Cartier 3-for-5, run, 2 doubles, 4 RBIs; London Dugan 3-for-5, double, RBI; Annie Ponder 2-for-5, run, 2 doubles, 2 RBIs; Reece Oye 3-for-4, 2 runs, triple, RBI; Laila Sanchez 2-for-3, run, RBI; Alyssa Davis RBI; Claire Sass 2 stolen bases

Argenta-Oreana 12, ALAH 7
A-O 130 232 1–12-17-1
ALAH 213 001 0–7-14-1

Losing pitcher: Sophie Monts 3 innings, 7 hits, 4 runs, 4 earned, 3 strikeouts, 0 walks; starter: Kyndrie Carter 4 innings 10 hits, 8 runs, 7 earned, 2 strikeouts, 0 walks

ALAH: Monts 1-for-3, stolen base; Annabelle Vanausdoll 4-for-4, 2 runs; Rawlins 3-for-3, sacrifice, 2 RBIs; Dugan 2-for-4, double, run; Karaline Vanausdoll 1-for-4, run, RBI; Ponder 2-for-4, run, 2 doubles; Sass run; Sanchez 2 RBIs; Oye 1-for-3, double

Villa Grove 14, ALAH 4
ALAH 012 10–4-8-3
VG (13)00 01–14-12-2

Winning pitcher: Piper Kiser 5 innings, 8 hits, 4 runs, 2 earned, 2 strikeouts, 1 walk

Losing pitcher: Carter 8 hits, 10 runs, 9 earned, 0 strikeouts, 1 walk; relief: Rawlins 4 ⅓ innings, 4 hits, 4 runs, 4 earned, 0 strikeouts, 9 walks

ALAH: Monts 3-for-3 stolen base; Carter 1-for-3, run, stolen base, RBI; Rawlins 1-for-3, run; Ponder 1-for-3, RBI; Oye 1-for-3, run; Karaline Vanasudoll stolen base; Annabelle Vanasudoll stolen base

VILLA GROVE: Areigha Hauversburk 2-for-2, stolen base, run; Hayden Thomas 2-for-3, 2 runs, double, triple, 2 RBIs; Kiser 2 runs, stolen base, RBI; Isabelle Dodd 2-for-3, 2 runs, 2 doubles, 3 RBIs; Ella Schweighart stolen base, 2 runs, Cameron McGaughey 1-for-2, run, 3 RBIs;

Kinleigh Pellum 2-for-2, run; Maggi Clodfelder 2-for-3, run, double, 2 RBIs; Kenna Koeberlein 1-for-2, run, RBI