Homecoming Propsals

Olathe West football player and junior Guy Hosford asked his soon-to-be homecoming date, sophomore Jade Burkhart, at the Old Settlers parade on Saturday. Burkhart, a cheerleader for West, was actually part of the parade herself. Guy waited for her in the rain, where the parade ended, to surprise her with the sign.   “I had suspicion he was going to ask me,” Burkhart said. “But it was cold...

Sophomore Jamesperry Fraizer-Baker gives us some insight on what it’s like to make the perfect, homecoming sign. “It was kind of a tedious process,” he joked. “I went through about 20 or 25 sharpies. One of my friends actually had to come over at like 10:30 at night to bring me more sharpies.” Frazier-Baker explained that senior Kaylee Kleinschmit, his homecoming date, loves the TV show Friends....

Sophomore Ashleigh Strom turned sixteen and got asked to homecoming, all in the same day. Her boyfriend, Riley Foust, surprised her at her house with a sign that read “Happy birthday! Let's take this party to HOCO.” Strom said he had texted her earlier and said he might not be able to come over. But when her dad called her down the stairs, Foust was standing there with his sign. “I was j...