Country Day coach Logan Smith (re)joins family legacy at Jack Sink baseball tourney
Charlotte Country Day baseball coach Logan Smith jokes that he didn’t really have much of a choice about getting into the sport.
His grandfather, Jack Sink, is a legendary former Myers Park baseball coach. The annual Jack Sink baseball tournament, which started in 1989, began Saturday. Smith’s father, Brick, helped lead Garinger to the 1976 state championship final before being named one of the ACC’s 50 all-time greatest baseball players at Wake Forest.
“Growing up in a family with our roots in Charlotte baseball, I was always around it,” Logan Smith said Thursday afternoon. “And I think I saw the impact that those guys had on the game, and I obviously grew up playing.”
Back in the 2003 high school season, Logan Smith was a junior infielder who helped lead Myers Park to the state championship game, and was featured by The Observer. That year, he also played in his grandfather’s namesake tournament.
This year, Smith — who played in college at UNC-Greensboro — will coach in it for the first time.
After 17 years as an assistant coach at the southeast Charlotte school, Smith was named the Buccaneers’ head coach before the season. And Country Day is one of three host sites, with Myers Park and East Mecklenburg, for this year’s Jack Sink event, which features 18 teams from three counties.
So this tournament has special meaning for Smith. He played in it four times and expects that nine of Jack Sink’s great-grandchildren will attend with a host of other family members next week. Logan Smith’s son, 10-year-old Knox, will throw out the first pitch before the Buccaneers’ tournament opener Monday against Butler.
“It was pretty awesome playing in the tournament for four years at Myers Park,” Smith said. “And it was a little bit different back then than it is now. Now, it’s more public (schools) vs. private. I think that’s more exciting for the city of Charlotte. But just knowing what it means to my family, to see the way that (Myers Park coach Erik Foor), East Meck coach (Clint) Koppe and coach (Sam) Skinner over at South Meck promote this, and what they do for our families, it means a lot.”
Jack Sink retired from Myers Park in 1986 after coaching the Mustangs to the 1970 N.C. 4A state championship, plus winning seven conference championships. Jack Sink also coached two American Legion state championship teams, helped organize the N.C. Baseball Coaches Association and was its first president.
In 1995, Myers Park named its baseball field after him.
After his retirement, Jack Sink was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Lenoir-Rhyne, his college alma mater, as well as the N.C. Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame.
Sink died 10 years ago at age 87.
Up until he passed, Sink would write a handwritten letter to every Myers Park graduating senior player. Logan Smith said he’s planning to carry on that tradition at Country Day, and he keeps one of his grandfather’s old green handkerchiefs in his back pocket during games for luck.
And like his grandfather, Smith said he wants to coach forever, to continue to build and develop relationships with young people, and he thinks his grandfather’s tournament is a wonderful way to help do that.
“It’s a chance to see some of the best baseball in the state of North Carolina,” Smith said. “And I think for what (Jack Sink has) done, not just for the city of Charlotte and the baseball community, but the state of North Carolina, it’s a great way to honor his story and what he’s given. It’s just a great week for Charlotte baseball. We’re honored to be a part of it.”
Jack Sink tournament schedule
(records through games of Tuesday, March 31)
SATURDAY
(at Myers Park)
1 p.m. — Hopewell (6-7) vs. Palisades (4-7)
4 p.m. — Mallard Creek (6-6) vs. Central Academy (4-10)
(at East Meck)
1 p.m. — East Meck (8-7) vs. Myers Park (13-2)
4 p.m. — South Meck (6-8) vs. Charlotte Stampede (9-9)
MONDAY
(at Myers Park)
1 p.m. — Charlotte Christian (14-4) vs. Cuthbertson (11-4)
4 p.m. — Providence Day (8-3) vs. Pro Stock Royals (5-4)
6:30 p.m. — Myers Park (13-2) vs. Ballantyne Ridge (6-9)
(at East Meck)
1 p.m. — East Meck (8-7) vs. Charlotte Stampede (9-9)
4 p.m. — Covenant Day (5-9) vs. South Meck (6-8)
6:30 p.m. — Charlotte Latin (9-6) vs. Hopewell (6-7)
(at Charlotte Country Day)
1 p.m. — Butler (9-5) vs. Charlotte Country Day (9-6)
4 p.m. — Cannon School (1-10) vs. Mallard Creek (6-6)
TUESDAY
(at Myers Park)
1 p.m. — Butler (9-5) vs. Central Academy (4-10)
4 p.m. — Cannon School (1-10) vs. Charlotte Stampede (9-9)
6:30 p.m. — Myers Park (13-2) vs. Charlotte Christian (14-4)
(at East Meck)
1 p.m. — South Meck (6-8) vs. Ballantyne Ridge (6-9)
4 p.m. — Hopewell (6-7) vs. Covenant Day (5-9)
6:30 p.m. — Providence Day (8-3) vs. Cuthbertson (11-4)
(at Charlotte Country Day)
4 p.m. — Charlotte Latin (9-6) vs. Pro Stock Royals (5-4)
6:30 p.m. — Charlotte Country Day (9-6) vs. Ballantyne Ridge (6-9)
WEDNESDAY
(at Myers Park)
4 p.m. — Charlotte Latin (9-6) vs. Butler (9-5)
6:30 p.m — Cannon School (1-10) vs. Pro Stock Royals (5-4)
(at East Meck)
1 p.m. — Mallard Creek (6-6) vs. Palisades (4-7)
4 p.m. — Charlotte Christian (14-4) vs. Ballantyne Ridge (6-9)
6:30 p.m. — East Meck (8-7) vs. Covenant Day (5-9)
(at Charlotte Country Day)
4 p.m. — Providence Day (8-3) vs. Hopewell (6-7)
6:30 p.m. — Charlotte Country Day (9-6) vs. Central Academy (4-10)
This story was originally published April 3, 2026 at 6:00 AM.
