High School basketball season is on the horizon, and the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association released its first rankings of the season, along with players to watch around the state. 

Four Lexington County-area teams are ranked across the five classifications in boys and girls basketball, including three top-ranked teams.

Lexington sits atop the 5A boys poll and both Gray Collegiate’s boys and girls teams are No. 1 in their class. The Dutch Fork girls team is ranked ninth in the 5A poll.

Jaxon Prunty from Lexington, Ellis Graham from Gray Collegiate and Ahleria Leaphart from Gilbert were named top-five seniors in their classification. 

Three athletes earned the Elite Player honor, which is not separated by class. Gray Collegiate had two players on this list, Tre Maddox and Braylhan Thomas. The other was reigning South Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year, Lexington’s Cam Scott.

5A Boys

1. Lexington
2. Summerville
3. Byrnes
4. Dorman
5. Goose Creek
6. TL Hanna
7. Sumter
8. Clover
9. Cane Bay
10. Blythewood

5A Girls

1. Mauldin
2. Sumter
3. Rock Hill
4. Summerville
5. Spring Valley
6. Dorman
7. Carolina Forest
8. Ashley Ridge
9. Dutch Fork
10. 10 . Byrnes

4A Boys

1. Ridge View
2. Greer
3. Wilson
4. Catawba Ridge
5. Lancaster
6. Westside
7. North Augusta
8. James Island
9. South Florence
10. Riverside

4A Girls

1. North Augusta
2. Westwood
3. Wade Hampton
4. AC Flora
5. South Pointe
6. James Island
7. Pickens
8. Bluffton
9. Hartsville
10. Lancaster

3A Boys

1. Powdersville
2. Crestwood
3. Wren
4. Orangeburg-Wilkinson
5. Travelers Rest
6. Daniel
7. Lower Richland
8. Clinton
9. North Charleston
10. Dillion

3A Girls

1. Camden
2. Wren
3. Lower Richland
4. Blue Ridge
5. Loris
6. Walhalla
7. Orangeburg-Wilkinson
8. Fountain Inn 
9. Dillion 
10. Clinton

2A Boys

1. Gray Collegiate
2. Oceanside Collegiate
3. Keenan
4. Andrew Jackson
5. Hampton County
6. Woodland
7. Landrum
8. Marion
9. Newberry
10. Strom Thurmond

2A Girls

1. Gray Collegiate
2. Silver Bluff
3. Andrew Jackson
4. Bishop England
5. Blacksburg
6. Keenan 
7. Chesterfield
8. Fairfield Central
9. Lee Central
10. Oceanside Collegiate

1A Boys

1. Christ Church
2. Great Falls
3. Whale Branch
4. Denmark-Olar
5. High Point
6. Calhoun Falls
7. Baptist Hill
8. Carvers-Bay
9. Hannah-Pamplico
10. Bethune Bowman

1A Girls

1. Military Magnet
2. Denmark-Olar
3. Carvers Bay
4. Lake View
5. McBee
6. High Point
7. Christ Church
8. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler
9. St. Joseph’s Catholic
10. Allendale-Fairfax