Improvement Tracker: Cambridge, Dublin new class leaders after quarterfinals
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
+12.50 - Lowndes (Adam Carter)
+9.64 - Collins Hill (Drew Swick)
+7.75 - Hillgrove (Justin DeShon)
+7.71 - Buford (Bryant Appling)
+6.44 - Carrollton (Joey King)
Class 5A
+17.47 - Lakeside-Evans (Steve Hibbitts)
+14.82 - Sprayberry (Brett Vavra)
+13.85 - Lee County (Dean Fabrizio)
+13.37 - Woodstock (Dan Devine)
+6.94 - River Ridge (Michael Collins)
Class 4A
+12.43 - Cambridge (Tyler Jones)
+12.01 - Eastside (Jay Cawthon)
+11.98 - Jonesboro (Tim Floyd)
+10.27 - Blessed Trinity (Ed Dudley)
+9.30 - East Forsyth (Dustin Canon)
Class 3A
+13.34 - Cherokee Bluff (Tommy Jones)
+8.15 - Westside-Augusta (Lee Hutto)
+7.13 - Westover (Corey Joyner)
+5.06 - Douglass (Stanley Pritchett)
+3.17 - Peach County (Marquis Westbrook)
Class 2A
+7.83 - Sumter County (Will Rogers)
+7.08 - Carver-Columbus (Pierre Coffey)
+5.38 - Ringgold (Austin Crisp)
+4.76 - Morgan County (Clint Jenkins)
+2.52 - Hapeville Charter (Winston Gordon)
Class A Division I
+7.52 - Dublin (Roger Holmes)
+7.21 - Toombs County (Buddy Martin)
+7.08 - Heard County (Shane Lasseter)
+6.62 - Worth County (Jeff Hammond)
+5.58 - Fannin County (Chad Cheatham)
Class A Division II
+7.11 - Lincoln County (Lee Chomskis)
+7.06 - Manchester (Demonta Prather)
+6.17 - Warren County (Steven Simpson)
+5.57 - Mitchell County (Dondrial Pinkins)
+3.43 - Miller County (Tom Causey)
Class 3A-A private
+13.92 - Landmark Christian (Tommy Lewis)
+11.77 - Hebron Christian (Jonathan Gess)
+4.35 - North Cobb Christian (Matt Jones)
+2.25 - Mount Paran Christian (Connie Arnold)
+1.32 - Christian Heritage (Frank Barden)
GIAA
+13.51 - Tiftarea Academy (Erik Soliday)
+12.69 - Deerfield-Windsor (Jake McCrae)
+9.14 - Lakeview Academy (Lee Coleman)
+8.83 - Rock Springs Christian (Clint Ashmore)
+7.61 - Westfield (Chad Campbell)
