Wednesday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: Braves Report; Crean's contract details; Mercer golfer qualifies for national amateur; Savannah played Macon, sooo ...; United's Remedi speaks to media

Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media

The Braves Report is up, has plenty to read.

Football? Oh goodness, there is football

          Head over to The Latest Coverage for everything you need to know from Wednesday’s SEC and ACC chatfests, including a chunk on Georgia Tech, UNC head coach Larry Fedora’s head-turning observations, the Aaron Murray-Jeremy Pruitt “situation”, and the rest of the discussion.

          Dozens of stories to choose from.

 Savannah beats Macon

          A three-run ninth broke a tie and lifted Savannah to a 4-1 win over host Macon.

          The Bananas outhit Macon 13-5, and the Bacon had two errors.

          Cal Gentry (Perry, Georgia College) went 2-for-5 for Macon, while Cade Marlowe and Jake Sullivan went 3-for-5 for Savannah.

          The Bananas scored three in the ninth on a single, error, sac fly, and an RBI single and double.

          Macon is at Lexington County on Thursday and hosts Florence on Friday.

Mercer golfer qualifies for U.S Amateur

          A 5-under-par out at Jennings Mill Country Club qualified Mercer junior Spencer Ball for the U.S. Amateur Championship.

          The national tournament is Aug. 13-19 at Pebble Beach.

          Ball made six birdies en route to a second-round 69, a one-shot improvement over the first round.

          The top five finishers made the national am, and Ball finished third out of 111 participants.

         Ball, who won the Yamaha Atlanta Open in June, is a Lambert grad who transferred from Armstrong State.

        He tied for 11th last week in the state amateur championship, and had a 73.9 stroke average last year for Mercer.

Crean can get some big bucks, as could UGA if he leaves

          Details on Tom Crean’s contract as Georgia’s men’s basketball boss are out, including items on the buyout, assistants’ salaries, and bonuses.

United’s Remedi holds first press conference

          Eric Remedi had participated in two training camps, and the process to get him had started before the season.