Improvement Tracker: Cherokee Bluff, Hapeville Charter move to top of their classes after Week 10
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
+13.70 - Lowndes (Adam Carter)
+8.72 - Rockdale County (Kenderrick Bonner)
+6.25 - Hillgrove (Justin DeShon)
+6.19 - Richmond Hill (Matt LeZotte)
+5.92 - Buford (Bryant Appling)
Class 5A
+29.83 - Seckinger (Tony Lotti)
+19.83 - Lakeside-Evans (Steve Hibbitts)
+17.40 - Lee County (Dean Fabrizio)
+13.74 - Woodstock (Dan Devine)
+13.69 - Decatur (William Felton)
Class 4A
+14.45 - East Forsyth (Dustin Canon)
+14.08 - Cambridge (Tyler Jones)
+13.92 - Eastside (Jay Cawthon)
+9.47 - Blessed Trinity (Ed Dudley)
+8.30 - Southwest DeKalb (Marion Bell)
Class 3A
+18.56 - Cherokee Bluff (Tommy Jones)
+12.21 - Douglass (Stanley Pritchett)
+11.59 - Westover (Corey Joyner)
+9.83 - Beach (Michael Thompson)
+8.53 - Peach County (Marquis Westbrook)
Class 2A
+7.01 - Hapeville Charter (Winston Gordon)
+5.53 - Morgan County (Clint Jenkins)
+4.15 - Sumter County (Will Rogers)
+2.05 - Carver-Atlanta (Darren Myles)
+2.00 - Carver-Columbus (Pierre Coffey)
Class A Division I
+11.92 - Fannin County (Chad Cheatham)
+11.56 - Heard County (Shane Lasseter)
+7.05 - Toombs County (Buddy Martin)
+6.43 - Chattooga (Roone Gable)
+4.91 - Worth County (Jeff Hammond)
Class A Division II
+14.61 - Warren County (Steven Simpson)
+11.33 - Lake Oconee Academy (Patrick Stewart)
+11.20 - Mitchell County (Dondrial Pinkins)
+4.99 - Lincoln County (Lee Chomskis)
+4.83 - Miller County (Tom Causey)
Class 3A-A private
+21.48 - Landmark Christian (Tommy Lewis)
+15.25 - Hebron Christian (Jonathan Gess)
+11.93 - King's Ridge Christian (Zach Slaney)
+8.89 - Savannah Christian (Baker Woodward)
+3.05 - Christian Heritage (Frank Barden)
GIAA
+19.21 - Rock Springs Christian (Clint Ashmore)
+18.14 - Lakeview Academy (Lee Coleman)
+14.47 - Deerfield-Windsor (Jake McCrae)
+13.63 - Tiftarea Academy (Erik Soliday)
+13.36 - Westfield (Chad Campbell)
