A year after the season was curtailed due to covid-19, baseball in the SC High School League makes its return this week.

Region 5-5A teams Lexington (3rd) and River Bluff (5th) are once again ranked in the preseason Class 5A rankings. 5th ranked Airport is the lone Chronicle Country team ranked in Class 4A. Region 5-3A rivals Brookland-Cayce and Gilbert are 4th and 5th in Class 5A and Gray Collegiate in 5th in Class 2A. 

SC BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION PRESEASON RANKINGS

(Class 5A)

1. Summerville, 2. Boiling Springs, 3. Lexington, 4. Blythewood, 5. River Bluff, 6. Dorman, 7. Hillcrest, 8. St. James, 9. Wando, 10 (tie). Mauldin & JL Mann

(Class 4A)

1. AC Flora, 2. Eastside, 3. North Myrtle Beach, 4. Greenville, 5. Airport, 6. Greenwood, 7. Hartsville, 8. Lugoff-Elgin, 9. Catawba Ridge, 10 (tie). Myrtle Beach & Easley 

(Class 3A)

1. Bishop England, 2. Belton Honea Path, 3. Chapman, 4. Brookland-Cayce, 5. Gilbert, 6. Oceanside Collegiate, 7. Wren, 8. Camden, 9. Blue Ridge, 10. Daniel

(Class 2A)

1. Landrum, 2. Abbeville, 3. Legion Collegiate, 4. Andrew Jackson, 5. Gray Collegiate, 6. Cheraw, 7. Andrews, 8. Chesterfield, 9. Barnwell, 10. Crescent