YORKTOWN, Va. Makayla Stokes-Lawrence may have been expecting a proposal from her boyfriend, Adam Perdue, but it still took her breath away.

"My eyes were shut the entire time," Stokes-Lawrence said. "I cried the entire time. My eyes weren't even open and I normally can keep my composure and all my emotions in check."

This love story was written by two coaches.

Adam is the head softball coach at Bruton High School, while Makayla is an assistant cheer coach at York High School, her alma mater.

With the help of the Falcon and Jamestown cheer squads, Adam executed a sideline proposal during York's football game against the Eagles on October 30, giving Makayla's student-athletes a front-row seat.

"It made me tear up for joy," senior cheerleader Madison Farris said. "She's finally getting

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