At Tongala Primary School on the last day of term three he had to be content with sharing the limelight with a Murray league premiership trio who created headlines of their own.
Rob Hogan, principal of the Tongala school where Reid was a student during his primary school years, was on the preface of causing a September sensation with his son Lachlan and another teenager football star Jobe Shanahan - both members of the Moama team he coaches on weekends.
While Reid was on the sidelines, the Hogans and Shanahan were right in the middle of the September action as they made final preparations at the Footy Colours clinic for their Murray league grand final assault on the previously unbeaten Cobram team.
During the season Mr Hogan’s team had lost to the top team by five and 32 points (and finished third on the ladder), but a matter of hours after the clinic his Magpies turned those results around in the grand final on the back of a best on ground display by Shanahan and a supporting role by Mr Hogan’s own son.
Moama won the game by 54 points, Shanahan kicking four goals in only his second Murray League Under 17 game of the season.
The Magpies pair, who attended the clinic alongside their Bendigo Pioneers captain Reid, conducted the primary school event in conjunction with another Murray league premiership star - Tongala A grade grand final winning netball coach Grace Hammond.
While Reid is AFL Draft Combine bound, both Jobe Shanahan and Lachlan Hogan (who shared their time this season between the Pioneers and club football at Moama) have another season of eligibility in the Coates Talent League Under 18 competition.
In the latest draft news, West Coast Eagles are rumoured to be seriously considering taking West Australian Daniel Curtin (who played in a Colts premiership with Claremont a fortnight ago) with their first pick and negotiating a future swap of picks with North Melbourne, which is apparently angling for Tasmanian Under 18 national star and Larke Medal winner Ryley Sanders (through his inclusion in their Next Generation academy).
Pick swaps remain a consideration and exactly where Reid ends of plying his trade in 2023 is still an unknown (though most good judges believe the WA club would be crazy to snap him up, despite the various trade innuendo that continues to be headline news).
The Kangaroos look like having picks two and three as they secure compensation for the departure of star defender Ben McKay.
They also have a third pick (number 14) in the first round and an extra three end of first round picks in the next two years (as part of an AFL assistance package, offering a potential trade opportunity to move into the number one slot.
