LIVE BLOG | Lady Royals Christmas Classic

Welcome to the Daily American Republic's live blog of day one of the Lady Royals Christmas Classic at Twin Rivers High School.

This will be updated after each game with photos and stats.

__FINAL | No. 1 Doniphan 74, No. 16 Senath-Hornersville 18 __

The Doniphan Donettes cruise to an opening victory at the Lady Royals Christmas Classic with a 74-18 win over the Senath-Hornersville Lady Lions.

Kenzie Redus led the way with a big 16 points for the Donettes. Sarah Owen added 14 points while freshman Carsyn Hagood (11 points) and Kensey Killian (10 points) also finished in double figures.

Doniphan will take on the winner of Poplar Bluff and Greenville on Monday at 6 p.m. in the second round.

Donnettes: Hagood 11, Maness 6, M. Redus 2, Killian 10, Knight 2, Davis 1, Allen 1, Owen 14, K. Redus 16, Lowery 8, Schrimsher 3

Lady Lions: Barksdale 2, Horton 2, Burlison 4, Jamerson 10

__FINAL | No. 8 Poplar Bluff 46, No. 9 Greenville 29__

Poplar Bluff moves on to take on top-seeded Doniphan on Monday in the second round. The Lady Mules were led by Kennedy Zgaynor and her 17 points while Ireland Gowen had a big 13 points with multiple steals for PBHS.

Lady Mules: Danner 4, Hays 2, Wilson 4, Gowen 13, Huskey 3, Zgaynor 17, Kendle 3

Lady Bears: Walk 6, DeSpain 6, Ash. West 5, Widmer-Roberts 8, Ari. West 2, J. West 2

__FINAL | No. 4 Neelyville 70, No. 13 Hayti 22 __

The Neelyville Lady Tigers make short work of the Hayti Lady Indians in the third game of Saturday's opening round.

Parker Ernst led the way with 20 points while Addison Couch (15 points), Layni Dobbins (10 points) and Alaina Prince (10 points) all finished in double figures.

Neelyville will play Portageville on Monday.

Lady Tigers: Couch 15, Day 3, Crosswhite 6, Dobbins 10, Preslar 4, Prince 10, Ernst 20, Crockett 2

Lady Indians: Car. Rhines 9, Jones 4, Rodgers 1, Can. Rhines 2, Taylor 5, Dudley 1

__FINAL | No. 5 Portageville 59, No. 12 Malden 27__

Portageville cruised by Malden on Saturday to advance to Monday's second round against the Neelyville Lady Tigers.

Lady Bulldogs: Weddington 8, Stone 5, Farmer 1, Cayton 3, Greenwell 11, Smith 14, Irby 17

Lady Wave: Loya 6, Ellison 4, Cohen 5, Halliburton 4, Mathies 3, Jackson 3, Roberts 2

__FINAL | No. 2 East Carter 2, No. 15 Naylor 0 (Forfeit by Naylor)__

Per Twin Rivers AD Kelly Westerfield "Due to sickness Naylor will not be able to participate in the first round and will forfeit to East Carter. The game times following this game will remain the same and not change. Twin Rivers and Piggott will begin at 4:15 as planned."

East Carter will advance to the quarterfinals while Naylor is scheduled to compete in the consolation bracket.

__FINAL | No. 7 Twin Rivers 53, No. 10 Piggott 35

The Twin Rivers Lady Royals secured their spot in the next round with a 53-35 win over the Piggott Lady Mohawks.

Maci Hockersmith led the Lady Royals with 14 points. Makenna Russell added with nine points, while Amelia Douglas and Anne Mittelstadt both chipped in with eight points and Raegan Null had six.

Twin Rivers will take on the East Carter Lady Redbirds on Monday.

Lady Royals: Hockersmith 14, Russell 9, Douglas 8, Mittelstadt 8, Null 6, Layla Tompkins 4, Reese Crimson 3

Lady Mohawks: Libby Brantley 14, Madden Mack 10, Jocelyn Rathel 5, Brooklyn Langley 4, Morgan Rahn 2

__Final | No. 3 Kennett 84, No. 14 New Madrid County Central 21__

The Kennett Lady Indians didn’t waste any time putting their opponents away as they eased past New Madrid County Central 84-21.

Alyce Edwards had a monster game for the Lady Indians by dropping 35 points. E’Marriha Johnson added with 18 points and Tayja Carter chipped in with 16 points.

Kennett will take on the winner of Dexter and Holcomb on Monday.

Lady Indians: Edwards 35, Johnson 18, Carter 16, Jayla Moore 5, Jaylar Ellis 5, Christi Tejeda 4

Lady Eagles: Aubrey Aycock 9, Aaliyah Blair 6, Rozellyn Brooks 4, Destiny Hughes 2

__Final | No. 6 Dexter 78, No. 11 Holcomb 21__

The Dexter Lady Bearcats brought their ‘A’ game on Saturday and got a dominating victory over Holcomb 78-21.

Kate Nichols led the Lady Bearcats with 25 points. Abbie Lloyd chipped in with 21 points, Mauriona Menley chipped in with nine points, while Allison Turnbo added with seven points.

Dexter will take on Kennett on Monday.

Lady Bearcats: Nichols 35, Lloyd 21, Menley 9, Turnbo 7,

Lady Hornets: Ava Gurley 10, Kaetlyn Danley 6, Gabi Harmon 5