It didn’t take long for the Fort Osage High School football team to discover that carelessness in a Hornets’ nest results in getting stung.

The Indians grabbed a 21-17 lead Friday night at North Kansas City Stadium only to see a series of mistakes lead to a disappointing 38-21 loss.

Yet, moments after he talked to his team at midfield, coach Brock Bult was greeted by his 8-year-old son Brody at midfield, who excitedly told his dad about his flag football game in Grain Valley Saturday afternoon.

“That puts it all into perspective, doesn’t it?” Bult asked. “We just need to keep working, to keep working hard, to clean some things up. We certainly did it last season, and we can do it again this year.”

The Indians were 3-4 at one point in 2018 and turned things around to make it to the Class 5 state championship game.

“That is the team, the program, that we have been trying to emulate, to become,” North Kansas City coach Leon Douglas said after his Hornets improved to 4-0. “I have so much respect for Coach Bult and Coach (Ryan) Schartz (who led the Indians to a state championship before turning the reigns over to Bult, as he became the Fort Osage activities director). We had to work hard to get this win, and I know they are going to go on and have a great season.”

The Hornets became one of the most successful teams in North Kansas City history last season, and this year, Douglas said everyone opponent is coming to play with their A game.

“We’re not sneaking up on anyone this year,” Douglas said, grinning. “And, as a team, our expectations are different this year. We expect to go out and win on Friday nights, and so far, we have been able to do that.”

Fort Osage took a 7-0 lead at 8:41 of the first period on a Zach Domanski 4-yard run, but the Hornets tied the score at 7-all four minutes later on a 22-yard run by Brandon Hall.

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