Sophomore Allie Hill was having a normal day until she got an unexpected phone call. After hearing her lamb was sick, she rushed to the FFA barn. But instead of finding a weak animal, she encountered an unusually creative Homecoming proposal.

It took sophomore Christian Millard about a week to plan out his proposal, and about 20 minutes to set it up. He wanted to show her how he felt, and the best way he could do so was through a creative proposal.

“Christian had called me saying that my lamb was sick,” Hill said. “So I went up to the barn, turned on the lights and walked to my pen, where there was a sign that said ‘Hay Allie’ with an arrow pointing to another sign that said ‘Can ewe goat to Homecoming?’ There was a can of colored hair spray and I had to check on the goat’s yes or no.”

Though she didn’t find what she expected when she got to the barn, the notion was welcomed with a smile.

“I was extremely surprised and super happy,” Hill said.

Millard wasn’t the only one with a unique idea, junior Aden Kosacz also put his creativity to the test. Kosacz asked junior Ashton Hilsenteger, his girlfriend, to Homecoming with balloons.

“He had me pop balloons with a thumbtack,” Hilsenteger said. “I was really happy, and kind of surprised at how he asked me, seeing how he isn’t really creative.”

Then, inside the balloons she found little notes that spelled out ‘HOCO?’ The proposal was anticipated, but his method and timing caught Hilsenteger off guard.

“It honestly didn’t take long at all to come up with and I have no idea how I came up with it,” Kosacz said. “We were dating already so I expected a yes.”

Having known each other since kindergarten, sophomore Pierce Rust wasn’t nervous at all when he asked his best friend, sophomore Brynn Stokes to the school dance. Although it only took 15 minutes to create his proposal, it was still a memorable moment for the two, especially when she said yes.

“He was holding a kickboard with a sign saying ‘Would you like to kick it at Hoco with me?’” Stokes said. “I was really surprised. It was so cute but cheesy.”

While Millard, Kosac, Rust and Zepeda all took the traditional role of the guy asking the girl, sophomore OriAnna Nelson flipped the tradition by being the asker.Nelson asked fellow sophomore and close friend Jacob Zepeda to Homecoming by throwing a football to him that said “Wanna tackle Homecoming with me?” Despite being friends with Zepeda since seventh grade, the sophomore was still apprehensive about popping the question.

“Okay, well at first I didn’t think I was going to be nervous because it’s Jacob and I’m comfortable with him,” Nelson said. “Then Monday rolled around and that morning was fine, but when I saw him at lunch my heart started racing and I got really scared that he was going to say no. Then after like five minutes of panicking I was just like ‘Okay, let do this!’ And when he said yes I was really happy about it.”