By SAM STAFF/Sports Writer

ST. MARTIN — The D’Iberville boys basketball team is off to an impressive 10-1 start to the new season after two wins in two days in the Dina Holland Thanksgiving Tournament at St. Martin High.
The Warriors have gotten the Eric Vianney era off to a fast and successful start on the young campaign, as the ten wins have already matched the number of victories achieved by DHS last season when it finished 10-18 and missed the state playoffs.

Vianney left his alma mater Picayune earlier this year to take over the helm of the Warriors after Robin Sikes headed down the Coast to Pas Christian.
Vianney had a successful six season run at the helm of the Maroon Tide. Vianney led the Maroon Tide to two straight trips to Jackson for the overall Class 5A state Final Four before just coming up short on a return trip to The Big House last season. The Maroon Tide are coming off of four straight 20 win seasons, and played for the 2023 state title falling to Hattiesburg. Picayune finished 23-9 last season.

On Monday afternoon, D’Iberville slipped past Long Beach 57-49. On Tuesday afternoon, the Warriors beat Gautier 61-31.
Also on Monday in other action, the St. Martin Girls beat Gautier 58-3 and the DHS girls beat LBHS 43-17. In the other boys game, SMHS beat GHS 34-30.
For the Lady Yellow Jackets, Kylenn Ward had 12 points, Kylah Jenkins added 11 points and Kennedi Jenkins had 10 points.

On Tuesday in other action, the SMHS boys beat LBHS 66-43 as R.J. Keys poured in a game-high 25 points and also had six rebounds and five assists.

Also, on Tuesday, the DHS girls beat GHS 51-17 and the SMHS girls beat GHS 61-8 as Kennedi Jenkins tallied 14 points, Ward added 12 points and Kiyara Lee had 10 points to the winning cause.
Kennedi Jenkins from St. Martin & Tori Washington from Long Beach were selected to the All-Tournament Team as was Lauryn Powell from Gautier and Nay Jefferson from D’Iberville.
On the boy’s side of the ledger, Jayden Banks from Gautier and Jeremiah Huntley from D’Iberville were selected to the All-Tournament Team as was R.J. Keyes from St. Martin and Andre Windham from Long Beach.