Lil’ bro’s first game with the new school

Lil’ bro Logan, a junior at Greenfield School in Wilson, N.C., plays his first game of the basketball season tonight.

The first game of any season’s always a somewhat big deal, but tonight’s a bit more so for us Sneeds.

See, Logan loves basketball. Let me rephrase that. Logan and basketball are like Cooper, our dog, and his ball. If playing at a Gonzaga or a North Carolina — Logan’s two favorite schools — are the tennis ball, then Logan’s Cooper. He will do and does everything he knows to do to get the thing.

Also, Logan is the first Sneed child (there are five of us) to ever leave the school from which I graduated. And he was supposed to be their stud this year. And the coach was not happy when he found out Logan was leaving.

He left because Greenfield is a great basketball school with a great coach in Rob Salter, and he’s like Cooper chasing a ball. Plus, the people at Greenfield are awesome people. I interviewed a number of them for my book about Anthony Atkinson. Quality, quality human beings.

Lil’ bro got written up yesterday in the Wilson local paper, which is kinda cool, too. Some highlights of the article:

Head coach Rob Salter will have an assortment of weapons as the Knights, 31-6 last year, embark on one of their most ambitious seasons in his 12-year tenure.

“This is the most talented team I’ve ever had,” Salter said. “I’ve got the most seniors. We’ve got the chance to be very, very good.”

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[Logan] Sneed, who comes from Greenville Christian, earns praise for his heady play.

“He understands the game so well and is an extremely good passer and a good shooter,” Salter said. “He’s come in and been one of our hardest workers all year.”

[full article if you want to read it]