The best thing Jake Higginbotham ever did for his fastball had nothing to do with his arms. The left-handed pitcher from Buford High decided to “take the fall off” heading into his senior season this spring, a gamble that ended with the Wolves (34-4) earning a Class AAAA state title this May with a sweep over Whitewater. So instead of throwing from the mound last fall, Higginbotham turned to the weight room, where he worked out five days a week to gain 16 pounds of muscle in order to improve his velocity.