Improvement Tracker: North Clayton, Walton have made biggest leaps through Week 2
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 and improve playoff seeding or state playoff finish from the previous year to qualify. The objective is to recognize not only improvement but 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 Hudl, to the nine coaches who lead their classifications. The recognition will take place at the GACA Falcons Luncheon on Feb. 6 in Macon.
Class 7A
+16.09 - Walton (Daniel Brunner)
+14.70 - Westlake (Rico Zackery)
+10.21 - Newton (Josh Skelton)
+9.89 - Osborne (Luqman Salam)
+5.96 - Wheeler (Bryan Love)
Class 6A
+13.42 - Creekview (Trevor Williams)
+13.26 - Blessed Trinity (Ed Dudley)
+11.59 - Thomas County Central (Justin Rogers)
+7.86 - Mundy's Mill (Earthwind Moreland)
+6.31 - Etowah (Matt Kemper)
Class 5A
+14.77 - Northgate (Mike McDonald)
+13.41 - Flowery Branch (Jason Tester)
+8.81 - McIntosh (Derek Smith)
+8.71 - Tucker (Wayne Jones)
+6.69 - Chapel Hill (Brad Stephens)
Class 4A
+27.00 - North Clayton (Cap Burnett)
+13.62 - Baldwin (Jesse Hicks)
+6.90 - Madison County (Chris Smith)
+5.92 - Spalding (Carl Kearney)
+3.82 - Stephenson (Marcus Jelks)
Class 3A
+11.98 - Douglass (Stanley Pritchett)
+10.13 - Upson-Lee (Justin Elder)
+6.91 - Savannah Country Day (John Mohring)
+4.43 - Bremen (Davis Russell)
+4.18 - Stephens County (Wesley Tankersley)
Class 2A
+9.65 - Providence Christian (John Russ)
+5.74 - ACE Charter (Keith Hatcher)
+4.05 - McNair (Mario Drayton)
+4.05 - Toombs County (Buddy Martin)
+2.32 - East Jackson (Cameron Pettus)
Class A Division I
+13.13 - Bryan County (Cherard Freeman)
+10.82 - Jasper County (Ashley Henderson)
+7.55 - Temple (Cory Nix)
+2.81 - Swainsboro (Scott Roberts)
+2.11 - East Laurens (Bin Turner)
Class A Division II
+15.07 - Portal (Jacon McEachin)
+12.12 - Greene County (Terrance Banks)
+8.92 - Macon County (Dexter Copeland)
+7.70 - Marion County (Billy Law)
+3.02 - Jenkins County (Charley Waters)
GIAA
+7.24 - St. Andrew's (Kevin Prisant)
+5.96 - Flint River Academy (Kirk Hoffman)
+4.90 - Strong Rock Christian (Myron Jackson)
+4.88 - Bulloch Academy (Aaron Phillips)
+3.01 - Bethlehem Christian (Bruce Lane)
