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All-Area Pitcher of the Year: Buford's Jake Higginbotham
Junior went 9-0 with 0.54 ERA, 124 strikeouts
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Buford junior left-hander Jake Higginbotham had 124 strikeouts and a 9-0 pitching record. He is The Times' Pitcher of the Year. - photo by Scott Rogers | The Times
Jake Higginbotham didn’t start pitching until he was 15, the summer before his freshman year of high school. By the end of his junior year at Buford High, opposing batters probably wished the lefthander had never set foot on a mound. Higginbotham compiled a 9-0 record and 0.54 ERA while finishing with 124 strikeouts in 65 1/3 innings for the Wolves last season.
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