Fort Osage High School is a high school located at 2101 N. Twyman Rd. in unincorporated Jackson County, Missouri, in the Kansas City metropolitan area, adjacent to Independence. It belongs to the Fort Osage R-1 School District and serves a section of northern Independence, a section of Sugar Creek, and the municipalities of Buckner, Levasy, River Bend, and Sibley.
It currently serves approximately 1,500 students from grades 9-12. It is named after the Fort Osage National Historic Landmark along the Missouri River in nearby Sibley, Missouri.
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Athletics
Fort Osage's baseball team has appeared in three 4A state championships having won in 1991 and 1997, and finishing as runners up in 1996.
Since 2009, Fort Osage's football team has appeared in the Class 5 state championship game 5 times in 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018, and 2022. They won the state championship game in 2015.
Fall athletics
Football
Cross Country
Golf (Girls)
Soccer (Boys)
Softball
Tennis (Girls)
Volleyball(girls)
Winter athletics
Basketball (Boys)
Basketball (Girls)
Wrestling
Spring athletics
Baseball
Golf (Boys)
Soccer (Girls)
Tennis (Boys)
Track & Field
volleyball(boys)
Spirit squads
Cheerleading
Indianettes (dance team)
Notable alumni
Albert Pujols, former MLB player, most notably for the St. Louis Cardinals
Betty Lennox, WNBA player for the Los Angeles Sparks
Chris Metzler, documentary filmmaker
Chad Troutwine, co-founder of Veritas Prep, movie producer
E. J. Gaines, former NFL player
Bruce Van Dyke, NFL drafted by Philadelphia Eagles, 1966, also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, 1967-1973, and the Green Bay Packers, 1974-1976
Skylar Thompson, quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers