Chris Logan looks down from the stands at Natchez High and not only sees his son, sophomore Chris Logan Jr., running the floor, he sees himself 20 years ago.

Logan was an All-Big Eight Player of the Year at South Natchez High.

&uot;It brings back a lot of memories,&uot; Logan said of watching his son perform.

Logan, 38, said the game has changed a lot from the days when he played.

&uot;It’s totally different,&uot; he said. &uot;We didn’t have a 3-point line and we had the biggest and best outside shooter in Bobby Gooden. Danny Smith could also hit from outside.&uot;

Logan’s game was inside and out, using his cat-like quickness and jumping ability to score in the lane or hit the jump shot from outside.

&uot;My game was three-dimensional,&uot; Logan said. &uot;I played inside and out and liked to play defense. Nowadays you don’t find many of those.&uot;

South Natchez won the Central Big Eight crown, but lost to Gulfport in the first round of the Overall Big Eight Tournament and then lost to a Charles Carradine-led Jefferson County team in district.

Logan said the Colonels were following traditions set by players like Albert Irving and Richard Curtis.

&uot;I was disappointed we didn’t go any farther,&uot; he said. &uot;You don’t have the Big Eight or Central Big Eight now like we did.&uot;

Logan played under Richard Williams at South Natchez and Paul Johnson.

Williams would later take Mississippi State to the Final Four, while Johnson is currently dean at Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Wesson.

&uot;Coach Williams really made you into a disciplined player,&uot; Logan said. &uot;His game fit me to a T. We had a defense called ’40 All Over,’ which was kind of like Nolan Richardson at Arkansas. We would play defense from one end to the other.

&uot;While Coach Williams was an offensive guy, Coach Johnson loved the defensive end. Coach (Robert) McGinnis also taught us a lot. There wasn’t a phase of the game you didn’t know.&uot;

The 6-foot-2 Logan was named All-Metro Player of the Year after leading the Colonels in scoring and rebounding and finishing second in assists.

Following his graduation from South Natchez, Logan was disappointed to find not a lot of schools knocking on his door.

&uot;I think that was because of my grades,&uot;&160;Logan said. &uot;I use myself as an example to kids now. If I had been a student-athlete, I could have had a lot of people calling on me. Kids don’t realize what they have now. They have mothers and fathers pushing them. There were 10 of us and we raised ourselves. I raised myself since I was 12. I tell my kids all the time to be a student first, make the grades and take care of the books. If you do that, everything else will take care of itself.&uot;

Logan went to Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, Calif., where he set school records in rebounds and offensive rebounds. He also set a school record with a long jump of 24 feet, 6 1/2 inches aned a high jump of 6 feet, 11 1/2 inches.

Logan then signed with Nebraska. He later would play in a free agent league in California with and against the likes of A.C. Green, Andre Turner, Byron Scott, Scott Skiles and Charles Oakley.

But it was his senior year at South Natchez he remembers the most.

&uot;My game was at its best my senior year,&uot; he said.

Logan, who is a security guard at Angola Prison, currently plays in the Natchez Business League.

&uot;My game is definitely not what it used to be,&uot; he said. &uot;Inactivity and age will do that to you. But I still enjoy being competitive. And I still love the game of basketball.&uot;