Osseo Senior High School - Sports and Rivalries

Sports and Rivalries

Osseo Senior High School's main rival is Maple Grove Senior High School and the rivalry begins at the junior high level between Osseo Junior High School and Maple Grove Junior High School. Osseo football always has the upper hand, the Orioles won their 2007 homecoming game, as well as the following homecoming game in 2008. Another notable rival of Osseo Senior High School is Park Center Senior High School and the two high schools' football teams compete for the Osspar trophy a local unofficial competition which began in 1990. Osseo students would likely agree that their relationship with the likes of Park Center Senior High School could be classified as a friendly rivalry while the relationship with Maple Grove Senior High School. One could say the most likely reason for the Maple Grove rivalry's intensity is because of the junior high rivalry between Osseo Junior High and Maple Grove Junior High. Another reason is that the current student population of Maple Grove and Osseo Senior High Schools all attended Osseo Senior High, up until the opening of Maple Grove Senior High in the 1996-1997 school year. Osseo has a rich history in athletics, most notably their state championships in football (1970) and boys basketball (2001). The girls basketball team won the state championship in 2000. The Cross Country team is also very strong, with both the girls and boys teams advancing to state in 2006. In March 2007, the Girls basketball team advanced to the state tournament, but lost a close game to second seeded Minneapolis South. The Boys basketball team lost the state championship to Hopkins High School on March 16, 2009. In 2008, the boy's soccer team won their first ever state title, led by Minnesota's Mr. Soccer Year Whitney Browne. Ossseo Cheerleading always make it to state. In 2008 Osseo Football Cheerleading Squad won state, defeating Minnetonka. Osseo Football Cheerleading also went to state in 2011, as well as the Soccer team in 2011. Soccer Cheerleading squads very rarely ever make it to state, so it is a big deal to them. The squad also had 4 girls make the All-State Team, including Janie Taylor, Kelly Lynch, Kristen Grabinski, and Jennifer Paphatsalang.