Improvement Tracker: Three GHSA classes have new leaders after Round 1
GHSF Daily each week will rank the top five teams and their head coaches in each classification based on their improvement in the computer Maxwell Ratings from previous seasons, but with some exclusions. Only teams with winning records will be listed. In the end, each team and coach must also make the playoffs, finish top four in its region and improve playoff seeding or state playoff finish from the previous year to qualify. The objective is to recognize not only improvement but also the challenge of making a struggling program relevant on the state level or taking a good program to the next level. After the season, GHSF Daily will present an award, sponsored by Siemens, to the nine coaches who lead their classifications. The recognition will take place in February at the GACA Falcons Luncheon in Macon.
Class 6A
+15.88 - Lowndes (Adam Carter)
+7.37 - Collins Hill (Drew Swick)
+5.79 - Hillgrove (Justin DeShon)
+5.62 - North Gwinnett (Eric Godfree)
+5.51 - Buford (Bryant Appling)
Class 5A
+23.67 - Lakeside-Evans (Steve Hibbitts)
+14.94 - Lee County (Dean Fabrizio)
+13.34 - Sprayberry (Brett Vavra)
+13.09 - Woodstock (Dan Devine)
+8.11 - Newnan (Chip Walker)
Class 4A
+13.67 - Eastside (Jay Cawthon)
+13.25 - Jonesboro (Tim Floyd)
+10.25 - Cambridge (Tyler Jones)
+10.14 - East Forsyth (Dustin Canon)
+9.29 - Blessed Trinity (Ed Dudley)
Class 3A
+14.31 - Cherokee Bluff (Tommy Jones)
+10.16 - Westside-Augusta (Lee Hutto)
+9.40 - Westover (Corey Joyner)
+7.87 - Peach County (Marquis Westbrook)
+7.82 - Douglass (Stanley Pritchett)a
Class 2A
+6.97 - Sumter County (Will Rogers)
+5.83 - Hapeville Charter (Winston Gordon)
+4.14 - Ringgold (Austin Crisp)
+3.22 - Carver-Atlanta (Darren Myles)
+2.31 - Carver-Columbus (Pierre Coffey)
Class A Division I
+12.32 - Toombs County (Buddy Martin)
+11.16 - Heard County (Shane Lasseter)
+7.61 - Fannin County (Chad Cheatham)
+5.45 - Dublin (Roger Holmes)
+4.94 - Worth County (Jeff Hammond)
Class A Division II
+9.51 - Lincoln County (Lee Chomskis)
+8.81 - Warren County (Steven Simpson)
+7.28 - Mitchell County (Dondrial Pinkins)
+6.55 - Manchester (Demonta Prather)
+4.61 - Miller County (Tom Causey)
Class 3A-A private
+16.50 - Landmark Christian (Tommy Lewis)
+15.79 - Savannah Christian (Baker Woodward)
+12.88 - Hebron Christian (Jonathan Gess)
+2.57 - Mount Paran Christian (Connie Arnold)
+-0.36 - Christian Heritage (Frank Barden)
GIAA
+15.46 - Tiftarea Academy (Erik Soliday)
+14.54 - Deerfield-Windsor (Jake McCrae)
+12.72 - SW Georgia Academy (Kerry Morris)
+11.35 - Lakeview Academy (Lee Coleman)
+11.04 - Rock Springs Christian (Clint Ashmore)
