Improvement Tracker: Toombs County overtakes Dublin for Class A Division I lead
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
+11.95 - Lowndes (Adam Carter)
+11.65 - Carrollton (Joey King)
+8.35 - Collins Hill (Drew Swick)
+7.76 - Hillgrove (Justin DeShon)
+6.20 - Buford (Bryant Appling)
Class 5A
+17.29 - Lakeside-Evans (Steve Hibbitts)
+14.45 - Sprayberry (Brett Vavra)
+13.23 - Woodstock (Dan Devine)
+8.93 - Lee County (Dean Fabrizio)
+6.79 - River Ridge (Michael Collins)
Class 4A
+12.58 - Cambridge (Tyler Jones)
+11.88 - Eastside (Jay Cawthon)
+11.75 - North Oconee (Tyler Aurandt)
+11.65 - Jonesboro (Tim Floyd)
+9.06 - East Forsyth (Dustin Canon)
Class 3A
+13.38 - Cherokee Bluff (Tommy Jones)
+8.04 - Westside-Augusta (Lee Hutto)
+6.81 - Westover (Corey Joyner)
+4.78 - Douglass (Stanley Pritchett)
+3.46 - Peach County (Marquis Westbrook)
Class 2A
+5.09 - Sumter County (Will Rogers)
+4.73 - Carver-Columbus (Pierre Coffey)
+3.54 - Ringgold (Austin Crisp)
+2.65 - Hapeville Charter (Winston Gordon)
+1.49 - Carver-Atlanta (Darren Myles)
Class A Division I
+9.64 - Toombs County (Buddy Martin)
+6.76 - Heard County (Shane Lasseter)
+5.45 - Dublin (Roger Holmes)
+5.39 - Fannin County (Chad Cheatham)
+2.38 - Worth County (Jeff Hammond)
Class A Division II
+6.68 - Lincoln County (Lee Chomskis)
+5.75 - Warren County (Steven Simpson)
+5.00 - Mitchell County (Dondrial Pinkins)
+2.99 - Manchester (Demonta Prather)
+2.98 - Miller County (Tom Causey)
Class 3A-A private
+13.48 - Landmark Christian (Tommy Lewis)
+11.91 - Hebron Christian (Jonathan Gess)
+4.49 - Savannah Christian (Baker Woodward)
+2.47 - Prince Avenue Christian (Greg Vandagriff)
+0.66 - North Cobb Christian (Matt Jones)
GIAA
+13.01 - Tiftarea Academy (Erik Soliday)
+12.20 - Deerfield-Windsor (Jake McCrae)
+8.68 - Lakeview Academy (Lee Coleman)
+8.35 - Rock Springs Christian (Clint Ashmore)
+7.11 - Westfield (Chad Campbell)
