If there’s a Guinness Guide of World Data entry for essentially the most consecutive discipline stormings in a school soccer season, we have now our winner.
Meet Gary Morse, a Class of 2026 school baseball recruit who took official visits — on three straight weekends — to Vanderbilt (for the Alabama recreation), Oregon (for the Ohio State recreation) and Tennessee (for the Alabama recreation).
Three monumental wins for the house group. Three discipline stormings for the 17-year-old Morse, who sprinted towards the social gathering every time whereas his father, Allan, watched from the stands.
“I received’t mislead you,” stated Morse, one of many high right-handed pitchers within the 2026 class, “I’m residing my greatest life.”
Morse, a 6-foot-8 native of Bellflower, Calif., narrowed an extended listing of suitors down to 6 colleges and mapped out a schedule for official visits this fall, beginning with Texas A&M on Sept. 21. He was in attendance for the Aggies recreation towards Bowling Inexperienced however left early with A&M forward by two scores within the fourth quarter.
Two weeks later, he traveled to Nashville, Tenn., the place he figured Vanderbilt didn’t have a lot of an opportunity towards No. 1 Alabama and suspected he won’t keep for the whole recreation.
However at halftime, the Commodores had the lead.
“Third quarter ends, they’re nonetheless profitable,” Morse stated. “After which two minutes hit, and so they’re nonetheless up.”
Because the clock ticked down, Morse and his baseball buddies made their method from the coed part to Vanderbilt’s pitching lab, situated underneath the stands and on the identical degree because the soccer discipline. They needed to be among the many first to storm the sphere, and Morse whipped out his cellphone to take a video of the scene whereas he sprinted towards midfield.
At one level, he got here throughout a Vanderbilt helmet and raised it into the air with the gang.
“I’d say I beloved all of (the sphere storms),” Morse stated, “they’re all tremendous cool experiences, however I’m gonna say the Vanderbilt one was one of the best simply due to how that often by no means occurs and it being the primary one. The primary one’s sort of one of the best one.”
The following week, Morse and his dad have been in Eugene, Ore., for one of many largest video games on the school soccer calendar — a top-five showdown between Ohio State and Oregon.
Morse heard Oregon college students speaking about their plans to hurry the sphere if the Geese received. So when the sport ended, there he was once more — residing it up for the second consecutive week whereas his dad regarded on.
“All these crowds, the youngsters are simply tremendous concerned in what’s occurring of their school,” Morse stated. “I feel it’s actually cool to only see all these children come collectively and so they’re all having time and I feel it’s simply tremendous cool.”
After the Oregon go to, Morse and his father talked about how uncommon it was that they have been in a position to attend two of essentially the most notable video games of the 2024 season. He knew he’d get pleasure from speaking with the baseball teaching staffs and making the most of all the nice meals on the official visits. However what have been the percentages he’d have two discipline stormings in two weeks … as a baseball recruit?
After which Tennessee-Alabama occurred. Trifecta full.
“I used to be like, ‘Dad, three weekends in a row, storming the sphere? Not solely does that should be a document in a row however only for a recruit normally, that must be a document to storm the sphere 3 times,’” Morse stated. “After which much more we have been considering, ‘Maintain on. Has anybody stormed the sphere 3 times of their lifetime? Perhaps a few superfans who’ve attended a bunch of video games through the years, however even you then’d be tremendous fortunate to storm the sphere 3 times.
“I’m batting 1.000.”
Final evening’s discipline rush at Kennesaw State was the sixteenth FBS college the place I’ve rushed the sphere
It’s the final word fan second at a recreation & I hope so as to add a pair extra earlier than the tip of the season pic.twitter.com/zDnYd9NeQL
— Faculty Soccer Campus Tour (@cfbcampustour) October 24, 2024
Morse has two official visits left: to LSU and Texas. He’s not anticipating one other discipline storm, however the Tigers and Longhorns could have a excessive bar to clear, nonetheless.
As for his plans, he’s in no hurry to decide however want to challenge a dedication earlier than his season begins within the spring.
Then once more …
“I don’t know,” Morse stated, laughing, “if I preserve storming the sphere, I’d simply should turn out to be an expert official customer.”
(Picture of recruits Eli Herst and Gary Morse, movies courtesy of Gary Morse)
