Improvement Tracker: Lowndes, Westside (Augusta), King’s Ridge take lead after Week 5
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 exclusions. Only teams with winning records will be listed. In the end, each team 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
+15.40 - Lowndes (Adam Carter)
+14.30 - North Gwinnett (Eric Godfree)
+13.82 - Collins Hill (Drew Swick)
+12.94 - Rockdale County (Kenderrick Bonner)
+7.56 - Campbell (Jeff Phillips)
Class 5A
+31.49 - Seckinger (Tony Lotti)
+15.43 - Lakeside-Evans (Steve Hibbitts)
+11.77 - River Ridge (Michael Collins)
+11.58 - Woodstock (Dan Devine)
+10.61 - Greenbrier (Sean Tiernan)
Class 4A
+17.26 - Cambridge (Tyler Jones)
+11.18 - East Forsyth (Dustin Canon)
+8.98 - Warner Robins (Shane Sams)
+8.74 - Union Grove (Greg Harris)
+8.63 - Eastside (Jay Cawthon)
Class 3A
+14.00 - Westside-Augusta (Lee Hutto)
+12.81 - Cherokee Bluff (Tommy Jones)
+12.42 - Westover (Octavia Jones)
+11.96 - West Hall (Krofton Montgomery)
+9.34 - East Hall (Matt Turner)
Class 2A
+10.90 - Pike County (Stephen Holmes)
+4.94 - Sumter County (Will Rogers)
+4.34 - Morgan County (Clint Jenkins)
+4.17 - Ringgold (Austin Crisp)
+4.15 - Pierce County (Ryan Herring)
Class A Division I
+16.98 - Chattooga (Roone Gable)
+13.40 - Fannin County (Chad Cheatham)
+9.82 - Toombs County (Buddy Martin)
+9.17 - Dodge County (Phillip Brown)
+8.75 - Jeff Davis (Lance Helton)
Class A Division II
+14.86 - Mitchell County (Dondrial Pinkins)
+13.98 - Warren County (Steven Simpson)
+8.83 - Irwin County (Casey Soliday)
+7.14 - Towns County (Jason Roquemore)
+7.03 - Mount Zion-Carroll (Brad Gordon)
Class 3A-A private
+21.39 - King's Ridge Christian (Zach Slaney)
+20.95 - Landmark Christian (Tommy Lewis)
+10.04 - Savannah Christian (Baker Woodward)
+8.25 - Hebron Christian (Jonathan Gess)
+7.27 - Lovett (Mike Muschamp)
GIAA
+40.22 - Rock Springs Christian (Clint Ashmore)
+26.02 - Lakeview Academy (Lee Coleman)
+21.74 - Trinity Christian (Dublin) (Bruce Lane)
+16.13 - Tiftarea Academy (Erik Soliday)
+13.43 - Bethlehem Christian (Rodrick Robinson)
