Fitzgerald and Ocilla, the hearts of Ben Hill and Irwin counties respectively, are 10 miles apart as city limits go.
Crossing the line from Ben Hill into Irwin, you’ll touch one city with a Par-5 approach to hitting in a straight line.
Irwin County head coach Buddy Nobles has coached in both places and still lives in the town where he was assistant to current Coffee head coach Robby Pruitt. As the head coach at Irwin, Nobles has been at the top of the “Region of Doom” in single A and has frequently made it to the last game of the year, the most recent opposing fellow region mate Clinch County in 2018.
But Nobles is fighting another foe right now: stomach cancer.
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