Ernest Reveals That He & Morgan Wallen Faced Each Other In Back-To-Back Years Of Tennessee High School Baseball State Championship Tourneys

Giving a new definition to "going way back." Morgan Wallen 's homecoming shows have come to an end, setting a new record in Knoxville's Neyland Stadium. The two-night run was filled with stellar moments, including walkouts with the Tennessee baseball team, Peyton Manning , current Vols head coach Josh Heupel, quarterback Nico Iamaleava, and wide receiver Bru McCoy. https://twitter.com/AustinPriceless/status/1838025959032901695?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1838025959032901695%7Ctwgr%5E64ad9751853d1dbe20513c744e2ed62dd603665e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whiskeyriff.com%2F2024%2F09%2F22%2Fpeyton-manning-walks-out-in-his-tennessee-football-uniform-with-morgan-wallen-during-night-two-at-neyland-stadium%2F While that is a star-studded list alone, Wallen also brought out Eric Church , Miranda Lambert , and Darius Rucker to perform with him, and of course, his opener and longtime friend, Ernest , joined him on stage. Morgan Wallen and Ernest have been running around the music scene together for years, but did you know they were running around a baseball diamond together years before that? They might not have been friends in this era, but Ernest and Morgan Wallen have been in the same circle long before pursuing their music careers. While performing in Neyland Stadium, the two country stars tipped their hats to their hometown, sporting their high school baseball jerseys. With both Wallen and Ernest being from Tennessee, it's a perfect fit for the Volunteer State show, but it's also a nod to how they first met each other. Ernest took to social media after the shows, sharing that they first met in 2010 during the TSSAA State Baseball Tournament and then again in 2011. Being from Nashville, Ernest played for the private school David Lipscomb, and Wallen played for Knox County's Gibbs High School. "TSSAA state tournament… 2010… Gibbs (Morgan Wallen ) eliminates Lipscomb (me) and goes on to win the state championship…. But then, in 2011, the tables took a tERN. "2011… Lipscomb eliminates Gibbs and goes on to win the state championship. All these years later…. Lipscomb and Gibbs jerseys meet again. At Neyland Stadium. Wild." It's wild to see how they went from rivals to friends all these years later—a full-circle moment. I highly recommend scrolling through these images to get some flashbacks of Wallen and Ernest in their prime. https://www.instagram.com/p/DATnLMiuvHw/?img_index=1 While you're here, fire up an old episode of Just Being Ernest , where he and Wallen talk all things baseball. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PoHqrv1C1k