Bishop Miege High School

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name = Bishop Miege High School


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type = High School
grades = 9-12
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President = Dr. Joseph Passantino
Principal = Stan Herbic
city = Roeland Park
state = Kansas
country = USA
school_colors = Royal Blue and Scarlet Red
mascot = Stag
website = [http://www.bishopmiege.com Bishop Miege High School]

"Bishop Miege High School" is a Catholic high school, located in Roeland Park, Kansas, United States. It is located directly north of the Shawnee Indian Mission. It was established in 1958 by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas and was named after Bishop John Baptiste Miege, the first bishop of the Kansas Territory, which eventually became the current Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. It is the successor to St. Agnes High School, established in 1949, named for the parish that it was founded by, and the mascot (Stag) retains this heritage (St. Agnes).

ACT Prep Program

Miege has recently implemented an academic program aimed at providing its students with aid to better their standardized testing results. As a part of regular curriculum, every student beginning his or her freshmen year will receive instructions throughout the year to enhance both their basic skills as well as their test-taking abilities. A key advantage to the program is that by the time the students take the actual ACT their junior year, they will have already taken six previous versions of the exam.

Future of Miege Athletics

Miege unveiled the [http://www.bishopmiege.aspx?pgID=871 Future of Miege Athletics] last year. The plan is Miege's intended renovations of current sports facilities and the replacement of others. The focus of the plan is a new 3,675 seat stadium to replace the current facilities. The stadium was completed by The Homecoming football game in 2007. Dixie Doll Stadium includes a new gameday entry plaza, visitor, home and official's locker rooms, concessions, restrooms, storage facilities, a press box, new lights and a beautiful infill turf regulation soccer and football field.

A cellular tower will also be placed on the site near the stadium, with Sprint and Verizon Wireless committing to utilize the tower. A similar arrangement exists at Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, MO.

Kincaid Media Center

The Media Center was completed in 2003. It feature 32 state of the art computer stations and 8 new classrooms. A video production studio/classroom equipped with video editing, filming and production was also added. The capital campaign also included 27 inch televisions with VCRs in each classroom. The acquiring of the Old Mission school to the north of Miege for use as sports practice facilities was also included. For more information and pictures visit [http://www.bishopmiege.com/bishopmiege.aspx?pgID=885 Facilities Improvements] .

Athletics

Football

The Miege football program has a long and storied history in Kansas. Although the past few years have not been winning seasons, Miege has made significant progress recently. Former head coach Dan Ritter retired at the conclusion of the 2005 season. He was replaced by former Kansas City Chief Tim Grunhard. Gunhard played college ball at Notre Dame where he won a national championship. He was drafted in the 2nd round of the 1990 NFL draft by the Kansas City Chiefs. In his February 3rd press conference he said about coaching Miege “We have one goal, and that is to win the state championship." That year Miege went 3-7 and then after that they went 7-3 (and had a playoff appearance beating arch rival St. Thomas Aquinas), but losing to Blue Valley West in the second round.

Volleyball

Miege volleyball has been a Kansas dynasty since coach Gwen Pike took over. Coach Pike recently reached 900 career wins. The team has won 17 state championships in the last 29 years. The girls are currently Eastern Kansas League champions.

Cross Country

The Miege cross country team is coached by Alan Thomas. Both the boys and girls teams placed 2nd at regionals and both teams qualified for the state tournament.

Girl's Golf

The girls are coached by Ken Ward. They struggled this past year because the team was very young. With only one returning senior, the girls don't have a lot experience this year, but the future looks bright for all the new talent on the team.

Girl's Tennis

Coach Mike Riley is in his 1st year as head coach of the girls.

Boy's Soccer

Coach Huppe returns in his 16th year of coaching the boy's team.

Boy's Basketball

The basketball program at Miege has always been solid, both boys and girls. But most recently the boys basketball program has shone above the girls. Coach Rick Zych's stags are returning from an 18-7 season last year, finishing 2nd at state.

Girl's Basketball

Coach Terry English has been coaching girls at Miege for "30" years. His teams have won 14 state titles. He has a career winning percentage of more than .800.

Wrestling

Head coach David Eller will be returning for his 16th year of coaching at Miege. Miege had 5 state qualifiers with one placing last year.

Bowling

Head Coach Matthew Eshelbrenner took the Stags boys to a State Championship and came in first place with the win. Lead by senior Timothy Smith who bowled an impressive 272. The girls came in 8th place in the tournament.

External links

* [http://www.bishopmiege.com/ School home page]