Senior Scott Goss surprised his long time girlfriend sophomore Morgan Bridges by asking her to prom with balloons in their locker.

Scott came up with plenty of ideas to ask Morgan to prom, but he decided to use the idea that her mom gave him.

“I was surprised because I didn’t know how, when or where he would ask me” said Bridges.

Morgan immediately said yes and Scott was so happy because he was nervous that she wasn’t going to like it.

“She’s my girlfriend, and I wouldn’t want to go with anyone else,” said Goss.

Morgan and Scott are both looking forward to spending their second prom together and to get dressed up.

Senior Zane Hertzler used one of his favorite things to prompose to his long time girlfriend sophomore Jaylon Beck.

Zane wrote “Prom?” on his truck while it was snowing to surprise Jaylon.

“Yes, I was surprised, I thought he was going to take me outside just to show me that it was snowing, because he has done that before,” said Beck.

Zane wasn’t nervous at all to ask Jaylon because he knew she would say yes.  

“I wasn’t nervous because we have been dating for almost a year, and we went together last year.  She also is the cutest in her prom dress,” said Hertzler.

Jaylon and Zane are both excited to dance and to make more high school memories together.  

Senior Anna Baran promposed to her long time boyfriend Huntingdon grad Lucas Speck, with help from her friends and pinterest.

Anna used over 200 balloons to cover Lucas’ room.  Inside five of the balloons, she put the letters for prom? in each of them.  Lucas had to find those five balloons by popping every balloon. 

“Lucas and I have been together for almost 3 years, and I wouldn’t want to go to prom with anyone else,” said Baran.

Lucas wasn’t surprised that Anna asked her, but he was very surprised with how she asked him.

“I knew that I was going to say yes right away, because Anna is my girlfriend, and I’m excited to go to prom again with her,” said Speck.
Anna is most excited to get ready and wear her dress, and Lucas is excited to spend time with Anna at their last prom together.

Sophomore Garett Matley encorporated a few of his best friend, junior Jenna Chronister’s favorite things.

“Jenna always says about how much she loves baby animals,” said Matley, “So I thought of animals that were reasonable to go with.”

Garett wasn’t nervous because Jenna is one of his closest friends, and because last year, they said they would go together and Garett kept his word.

Although Jenna knew that Garett was going to ask her, she was so surprised to see a kitten.  

“Of course I knew I’d say yes,” said Chronister, “How could anyone say no to a kitten?”

Both Jenna and Garett are excited to get dressed up and have tons of fun with eachother.

Senior Will Lash thought outside the box whenever he promposed to his girlfriend sophomore McKenzie Johnson.  

Will, unlike the rest of our promposals, didn’t use balloons or posters, but wrote a poem to ask McKenzie to prom.

“I wanted to do something special,” said Lash, “And not just an ordinary balloon and poster promposal, so I began thinking of ideas.  My mom and McKenzie’s mom helped, but I thought it would be nice to just write a poem.”

McKenzie was very surprised that Will asked her to prom and she knew she couldn’t say no.

“I’m in love with her, simple as that.  I wouldn’t want to go with anyone else and I’m so thankful to have her in my life,” said Lash.
Both Will and McKenzie are looking forward to spending prom together, but Will is so excited to see how beautiful McKenzie looks in her dress!

Junior Alex Weaver had a sweet idea when he was thinking about asking his girlfriend sophomore Lea Crofcheck to prom.

Alex asked Lea, by getting donuts and writing “I donut want to go to prom without you,” on the box.  He thought of many different ideas, but this one was his favorite.

Lea was super surprised, and knew she would say yes right away, because Alex is her boyfriend.

Although Alex was super nervous to ask Lea, he didn’t want to ask anyone else, because “She’s my girl,” said Weaver.  

Both Alex and Lea are looking forward to turning up on the dance floor with each other and their friends.

Senior Desiree Sparks used her favorite game to prompose to her boyfriend sophomore Conner Garman.

Desiree spend many hours on pinterest trying to figure out how she wanted to prompose to Conner.  When she finally figured out what she wanted to do, she asked senior Stephanie Cruis and for Conner’s family’s help.  

Although Desiree was very nervous, she knew that Conner was the only one she wanted to be her date.

Conner was very surprised when Desiree promposed to him, but he knew he would say yes to her.

“Even though I ate a support beam and had to search my entire house, it was fun, and I wouldn’t want to go to prom with anyone else,” said Garman.

Desiree and Conner are excited to dance the night away and to have fun with their friends.

Sophomore Dylan Thomas surprised his girlfriend junior Alexis Cannistraci outside of her house with a sign that read “Tic Tac Toe. Will you go to prom?”

Dylan came up with the idea from the movie Chicken Little, and was super nervous to ask Alexis.

“I wanted to ask Alexis, because she is my girlfriend and I love her,” said Thomas.

Even though Dylan wanted to surprise Alexis, she knew that he was going to ask her that day.  

“Of course I would say yes to Dylan,” said Cannistraci, “He’s my boyfriend and I love him.”

Dylan and Alexis are both very excited to kill it on the dance floor with each other and all of their friends.  

Junior Levi Railing promposed to his girlfriend Bellwood senior Caroline Showalter with a pair of Timberlands that she has been dying for.

“My girlfriend said she wanted a pair of Tims,” said Railing, “So I knew I wanted to incorporate them into my promposal.”

Levi wasn’t nervous, because he knew she was say yes and he knew he wanted to ask her because they have been dating for a while, and he knows he’s the better dancer, so he won’t get shown up on the dance floor.

Caroline knew that Levi was going to ask her to prom, but she was so surprised with how he asked her because she wasn’t expecting it.  

“I can’t imagine going to prom with anyone else,” said Showalter.

Although Levi is most excited to drive a convertible ‘stang to prom, Caroline is looking forward to spending time with Levi.

Anyone who’s ever been in a show knows that it can take over your life.  So while preparing for the upcoming musical, junior Stephen Hanzir thought it would be fun to prompose to junior Haley Butina at musical rehearsal. Hanzir and Butina even have a duet together in the show, so he had the prefect opportunity to pull off a great show biz themed promposal.

One of the numbers from the show is from the popular musical “Miss Saigon.” Coincidentally, Haley was born in Vietnam. With that in mind, Hanzir made a sign saying “I’m from America and you’re from Vietnam. Do you think we would make a cute couple at prom?”

Stephen wanted to find a way to incorporate her ethnicity into the promposal somehow, and since prom rhymes with the country she is from, he thought “Why not?!?” The idea was all his, but the location for the promposal was suggested by junior Paige Umholtz, who pitched in the idea to do it during rehearsal before their duet.

“Yes, [I was nervous,] not that she was going to say no, but that she wasn’t going to like the way I asked,” said Hanzir.

Butina knew she was going to yes right away to Hanzir because she wouldn’t want to go with anyone else. When being asked if she was surprised that he asked her she said ” I knew he was going to at some point and I was getting anxious about when, but I was surprised at practice.”

Both Stephen and Haley said they are excited to spend time with each other and their friends at prom.

Junior Sage Dixon had to work out of his comfort zone by finding a creative way to ask sophomore Molly Harris to prom.

Molly being a stand out with her singing and constant participation in the schools musical, Dixon being one of Tyrone’s go-to wrestler has to think more outside the box.

Sage wanted to do something dealing with a musical because I knew she really liked them. Dixon had a little trouble figuring out how to ask Harris, so by a helping hand by Senior Kendra Walker, they were able to come up with an idea.

Sage knew that The Phantom of the Opera is one of Molly’s favorite musicals, so he wrote “All I ask of you…PROM?” on a poster and gave her roses.

“I really wanted to ask Molly to prom, because I like her and I want to get to know her better,” said Dixon.

Molly was sort of surprised that Sage asked her because all of her friends were dropping hints, but she was surprised by how he asked her.

Sage and Molly are most excited to spend time with each other and all of their friends at prom.

Junior AJ Grassi pulled off a major gym class promposal for his girlfriend senior Finnley Christine.  

With the help of junior Riean Minnich, senior Mary Beth Raabe, gym teacher Megan Hartman, sophomore Asher Christine, sophomore Jarron Bower, and the 7th period gym class, Aj was able to put “PROM?” on the backboard of the basketball hoop.  Aj also wrote on a basketball to ask Finnley to prom.

“I have been wanting to ask Finnley to prom for a while,” said Grassi, “And I really wanted to give her a promposal she would remember.”

“I wasn’t surprised that Aj asked me,” said Christine, “I was surprised by how he did it.  He did it very well.”

Finnley knew she wanted to go to prom with AJ, so she knew that she’d say yes as soon as he asked her.

Aj is most excited to watch Finnley participate in the “Grand Hobble.”  Finnley is excited to spend her senior prom with Aj.

Senior Coy Focht promposed to his long time friend senior Marlena Wagner with something from her favorite sport.

Coy wrote “Prom?” on a tennis ball to ask Marlena to prom.

“Anna Baran gave me the idea, and helped me a lot,” said Focht. “I really wanted to ask Marlena to prom, because we are really good friends.”

Marlena was very surprised that Coy asked her to prom, because she never saw it coming.

“I just thought Anna was coming to take pictures for the yearbook when she came in the room with the camera.  I had no clue Coy was going to ask me, but I’m glad he did!” said Wagner.

Coy is very excited to see Marlena all dressed up, and Marlena can’t wait to see Coy dressed in something other than sweatpants.

Senior Chase Maceno decided that instead of asking a girl to prom, that he would just ask his best friend senior Drew Hunter.  

With help from senior Aaron Lewis, Chase got a pizza and wrote “I know this is cheesy…Prom?” on the box and pizza as well.

“We started our school life together, so I thought it would be nice to end it together,” said Maceno.

Drew was very surprised that Chase asked him to prom, because he thought that Chase was going to ask someone else.

“I knew that I would say yes, because he is my buddy, and it was a great promposal,” said Hunter.

Chase and Drew are both excited to twerk, eat food before prom and to ride in some cool cars.

Senior Phoenix Farias used his favorite thing and help from his closest friends to prompose to his girlfriend senior Baylee DelBaggio.  

With the help of senior Lance Loose, Tyrone grade Dakota Walk, and middle schooler Haile Walk, Phoenix pulled off a major truck promposal to surprise Baylee.

Phoenix used four trucks to spell out “Prom” under the hood of each one.  It took a lot of work, but Phoenix wasn’t nervous at all because he knew she would say yes.

Baylee was very surprised that Phoenix asked her, but she knew that she would say yes right away.

Phoenix and Baylee are most excited to eat food before prom and to dance all night long with each other and their friends.   

Senior Adam Zook wanted to surprise sophomore Alainna Nevling with something she would never expect when asking her to prom.

“I do drawings in the study hall room on the whiteboard most days,” said Zook.  “I asked her what I should draw and I wrote out a message asking if she would do me the honor of allowing me to escort her to prom.”

Although Adam was extremely nervous to ask Alainna for fear that she would say no, he did it anyway and wasn’t disappointed.

Alainna was very surprised that Adam asked her to go to his senior prom, but after the shock went away, she knew that she wanted to go and she said yes.

“I gave it an immense amount of thought [when thinking of who I wanted to ask] and came to the conclusion that there was no one else I’d rather take.  Alainna is one of the nicest human beings I know, and I can’t wait for everyone to see how beautiful she’ll look on prom night,” said Zook.

Adam and Alainna are both looking forward to sharing their first prom together.

Senior Zack Soellner used his Easter spirit to prompose to his girlfriend, Haley Wagner.

With the help from his mom, Zack gave Haley an Easter basket full of candy and five eggs that spelled out “Prom?”.  Zack also made a poster that said “I would be EGGstatic if you went to prom with me.”

“She is the only girl I would want to go with,” Soellner said, “She is my number 1! But it’s impossible not to be nervous when asking someone as gorgeous as she is.”

Haley knew she would say yes, but wished she would have had a better appearance for the occasion.

“I was really surprised when Zack asked me because I wasn’t expecting anything like that! I wouldn’t want to go with anyone but Zack,” said Wagner.

Zack and Haley are both excited to spend the evening together and to have fun with everybody.

Senior Mary Beth Raabe knew she wanted to prompose to sophomore Andy Lang, but she wasn’t sure how, until her friends came up with an original promposal.

With the help of senior Bella McCracken and senior Anna Baran, Mary Beth made a sign with candy puns on it to ask Andy to prom.  On the sign, it wrote “Dear Andy, Please Take 5 to read this.  I know this is Nerdy, so don’t Snicker at me.  It would be Mounds of fun to go to the Whatchamacallit PROM with a Sweet-Tart like you.  If you’re a Smartie you’ll say yes and it will be Extra special!  Love, Mary Beth.”

“I knew I wanted to do a promposal,” said Raabe, “But I wasn’t sure exactly what I wanted to do, so my friends gave me a few ideas and this was one of them!”

Andy was very surprised that she asked him to prom, because he didn’t think that anyone was going to ask him, but when Mary Beth did ask him, he knew he would say yes, because she is one of his really good friends.

“I asked Andy because he’s super fun to hang out with and we always have fun together!” said Raabe.

Mary Beth and Andy are most excited to spend time with all of their friends throughout the night.  

Junior Michael Lewis knew sophomore Chloe Makdad’s love for math when made his promposal.

“Chloe and I are diligent students, so a mathematical promposal seemed to be the best decision,” said Lewis.

With help from Tyrone grad Jake Makdad and accounting teacher Ms. Kline, Michael made a sign that had various math equations and phrases that Chloe had to solve to reveal the letters to spell prom.

Chloe was very surprised that Michael asked her, because she just assumed that he was at her house for Jake, but she knew that she would say yes.

“The Makdad and Lewis names will be familiar to all in the 2040 presidential election,” said Lewis, “So it only made sense to get the name out to the public now.”

Michael and Chloe are both looking forward to having fun at prom with each other and their friends.

Junior Daniel Lay incorporated something sophomore Payton Wagner and he have in common when asking her to prom.

With the help of his mom and Mr. Shedd, Dan made a sign and wrote “Payton, I RELAY want you to go to prom with me,” and gave her a relay baton.

“I was talking to my friend Bella about what I should do and she said I should do something involving relays since we both participate in them,” said Lay.

Payton was very surprised, because Dan has never mentioned anything about prom to her, but she knew she would say yes because they are good friends and she knew it will be fun.

Dan really wanted to ask Payton because they are good friends from track and because she is a really nice person.

Dan and Payton are looking forward to hanging out with their friends and eachother at prom.  

Senior Kendra Walker had no problem promposing to her bestfriend senior Jake Meyer.

Kendra and Jake both work at Gardners, so she knew that she wanted to incorporate that into her promposal, so she noticed one day that Jake loves the stuffed bears there.

With the help of their coworker, Tyrone grad Amber Friday, she picked out a bear and cut out hearts to ask Jake to prom, that said, “It would be…Beary Sweet…if you went to prom with me.”

Jake was very surprised by Kendra’s promposal, but knew he would say yes right away because Kendra is his best friend.

“I asked Jake because he’s my best friend, and I wouldn’t want to go with anyone else,” said Walker.

Jake and Kendra are excitingly looking forward to getting prom pictures taken with their puppies.

Tyrone grad Andrew Bartos had no problem thinking of the perfect idea to ask his girlfriend, senior Sarah Isenberg to prom.  

With the help of junior Lily Williams and sophomore Molly Harris, Andrew made a poster and wrote “It’s no ‘SECRET’ that I want to go to PROM with you.” and gave it to Sarah, along with a pair of Victoria’s Secret leggings, after her performance Saturday night.

“I saw her looking at Victoria’s Secret leggings and the wheels in my brain starting turning,” said Bartos, “And then it hit me.  So my idea was born.”

Sarah was so surprised that Andrew asked her to prom, because she figured that he didn’t want to go because he is in college now.

“His idea was so thoughtful,” said Isenberg,  “With the VSX leggings I’d been wanting for a long time and some perfume I could never tell him no.”

“I asked Sarah because she means a lot to me.  Plus I can’t wait to see how BEAUTIFUL she will look in her dress,” said Bartos.

Sarah is looking forward to getting dressed up and spending lots of time with her favorite guy, and Andrew is most excited to see how BEAUTIFUL Sarah will look in her “prom going apparel.”

Sophomore Derek Wilson really wanted to surprise senior Sharon Salyer whenever she came home from Pittsburgh.  

“I thought about asking her to prom when she was in Pittsburgh, and I thought that she deserves to go to her senior prom with all of her friends, so I asked her,” said Wilson.

With the help of Derek’s and Sharon’s families, Derek gathered all of the essential materials for an awesome promposal; gifts and posters.  Derek picked to prompose to her on the one month anniversary of receiving her transplant.

Derek got Sharon a large stuffed bunny and made a sign that said, “Every ‘Bunny’ should go to prom.  Sharon would you ‘HOP’ there with me?”

Sharon was in shock when Derek asked her, but she knew that she would say yes for sure.

“I wanted to spend time with her because she is a brave, strong, and a wonderful person, and has inspired me and many other students in the school,” said Wilson.

Derek and Sharon are looking forward to spending time together at prom, but Derek is especially excited to see how beautiful Sharon is going to look in her dress.

Senior Anthony Politza promposed to his long time girlfriend junior Allison Hosko with three of a girl’s favorite things; candles, roses, and poems.  

With the help of his mom, Anthony wrote Alli a poem and then scattered rose petals all over his deck and spelled out “PROM?” with candles.

“I found the base idea of “Prom?” made of candles on Pinterest,” said Politza, “And then added my own twist.”

Although Alli knew that Anthony would ask her, she was so surprised by the way he asked her.

“Alli is my best friend, and we already knew that we were going together since we’ve been together for three years,” said Politza.

Anthony is looking forward to eat while dressed up and to hang out with Alli and all of his friends, and Alli is most excited to get ready for prom and to see Anthony all dressed up!

Senior Lance Loose used his girfriend’s, Bellwood sophomore Annie Peters, favorite thing to prompose.

“She really likes horses,” said Loose.  “I have horses, so I wanted to use them for the promposal.”

With help from senior Phoenix Farias, Lance made a sign that said “Stop HORSEing around and go to PROM.”  Not only did he make a sign, but he also surprised Annie with one of his horses.

Annie was very excited that Lance asked her to prom and she knew that she would say yes, because she likes Lance a lot.

“I asked Annie, because she’s the sweetest girl I’ve ever met,” said Loose.

Lance is most excited to have the cutest date to prom and Annie is looking forward to getting to go to prom with her bestfriend!