The first regular season S.C. Basketball Coaches Association rankings has six Chronicle Country teams in the Top 10.

Both Gray Collegiate boys’ and girls’ basketball teams sit atop the Class 2A rankings. The War Eagles defeated sister school Oceanside Collegiate 75-56 Tuesday to even its mark on the season.

Meanwhile, strong starts have both Lexington teams and Pelion boys cracking their respective Top 10. The 6th-ranked Wildcats are 9-0 entering Saturday’s Auto-Owners Insurance Showcase contest against Dreher and are positioned just in front of Region 5-5A rival River Bluff.

The Gators improved to 9-1 after defeating Airport 71-42 on Wednesday. Andrew Robinson scored 12 points and Terrill Windham and J.T. Reeves each added 11. 

The Showcase will also feature a Top 10 girls’ matchup between the 10th-ranked Lady Wildcats and 3rd-ranked Dorman at 5 p.m.

The 10th-ranked Panthers enter this weekend with a 4-1 mark.

S.C. BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION RANKINGS

(BOYS)

Class 5A

1. Dorman; 2. Nation Ford; 3. Blythewood; 4. Berkeley; 5. Sumter; 6. Lexington; 7. River Bluff; 8. Northwestern; 9. Spartanburg; 10. (tie) Fort Mill Conway

Class 3A

1. Keenan; 2. Ridgeland-Hardeeville; 3. Georgetown; 4. Manning; 5. Edisto; 6. Union County; 7. Bishop England; 8. Southside; 9. Strom Thurmond ; 10. Pelion

Class 2A

1. Gray Collegiate; 2. North Charleston; 3. Lee Central; 4. Oceanside Collegiate; 5. Greenville Tech; 6. Carvers Bay; 7. Silver Bluff; 8. Burke; 9. Southside Christian; 10. Calhoun County

(GIRLS)

Class 5A

1. Spring Valley; 2. Goose Creek; 3. Dorman; 4. Fort Dorchester; 5. TL Hanna; 6. Sumter; 7. Woodmont; 8. Nation Ford; 9. Clover; 10. Lexington

Class 2A

1. Gray Collegiate; 2. Phillip Simmons ; 3. Christ Church; 4. Lee Central; 5. Andrew Jackson; 6. Brashier Middle College; 7. Chesterfield; 8. Landrum; 9. Saluda; 10. Buford