Bishop Miege High School

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Bishop Miege High School
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Bishop Miege High School
5041 Reinhardt Drive

Roeland Park
,
Kansas
66205

United States
Coordinates 39°2′8″N94°37′29″W / 39.03556°N 94.62472°W / 39.03556; -94.62472
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Type Private high school
MottoExcellence: Our Goal; Success: Our Tradition [1]
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Patron saint(s) Bishop John Baptist Miège
Established1958;66 years ago (1958)
PresidentPhil Baniewicz
PrincipalMaureen Engen
ChaplainRev. Anthony Mersmann
Teaching staff41.4 (FTE) (2017–18) [2]
Grades 9–12
Gender Coeducational
Enrollment689 (2017–18) [2]
Student to teacher ratio16.6 (2017–18) [2]
Color(s)  Royal blue
  Scarlet red
Athletics conferenceEastern Kansas League
MascotStag
Nickname Big Red, The Mighty Stags, Big Red Crew, Little Red
Accreditation North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [3]
PublicationFacets (literary magazine)
NewspaperMiegian
YearbookHart
Affiliation Kansas City (KS) Archdiocese
KSHSAA
Website www.bishopmiege.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Bishop Miege High School

Bishop Miege High School is a Catholic high school, located in Roeland Park, Kansas, United States. The school is a member of the Kansas State High School Activities Association.

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Campus

Bishop Miege High School is located directly north of the Shawnee Indian Mission.

History

Bishop Miege High School 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). Bishop Miege was instituted as a co-educational archdiocese school intended to serve northeastern Johnson County. [4]

Academics

Kincaid Media Center

The Media Center was completed in 2003. The capital campaign 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.[ citation needed ]

Extracurricular activities

Robotics

The Bishop Miege Robotics team is FIRST Robotics Competition Team 1997. The team was founded for the 2006 FRC season, in which it won the Regional competition and advanced to FIRST Championship. [5]

Athletics

Dixon Doll Stadium was completed for the Homecoming soccer and football games in 2007. A cellular tower was placed on the site near the stadium, with Sprint and Verizon Wireless committing to utilize the tower. Bishop Miege has won 125 athletic state championships. [5]

Basketball

The girls' basketball team won the state championship 24 times, occurring in 1978, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023. [5] Coach Terry English coached the girls at Miege for over 40 years. He had a career winning percentage of .844 and a won-loss record through 2020-21 of 910–166. The boys' basketball team is led by Rick Zych, who has won the state championship in 2001, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021. [5]

Bowling

Bowling has only been recognized as a varsity sport since 2005 according to the KSHSAA. They won the state championship in 2007.[ citation needed ]

Cross Country

The girls' cross country team won the state championship in 1978, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 2004. The boys' cross country team won the state championship in 1982, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1995, and 1997. The Miege cross country teams are coached by Joann Heap. [6]

Football

Bishop Miege has won the state championship in football 11 times, occurring in 1972, 1975, 1977, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2022 [7]

Miege is one of only two schools to win six consecutive state championships since the KSHSAA first sponsored playoffs to determine football state champions in 1969. [5] The other is Hutchinson from 2004 through 2009. [5]

In 2006, Miege went 3–7 and the following year went 7–3 (and had a playoff appearance beating Shawnee Heights, but lost to Blue Valley West in the second round. In 2008, the Stags went 6–4 and lost in the first round of the playoffs to Baldwin. In 2009 Miege went 12–2, finishing with a 10-game winning streak. The Stags played their way through the playoffs and won their first state title in 33 years, beating Topeka Hayden by a score of 28–6. [8]

Soccer

The Boys' soccer team has won the state championship 12 times (1998, 2000, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023) and are currently on an 8-peat. The 8 straight state championships is the longest streak for a boys athletics program in school history and is tied for the KSHSAA state record. They also have three top 30 in the country finishes and seven Top 15 in the Midwest finishes. The Miege girls' soccer team has won the state championship 8 times (2003, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023) and are currently on a 7-peat (there was no 2020 season due to COVID-19). There 7 straight state titles are tied for the KSHSAA state record. They have also won a National Academic Award for 14 straight years. The soccer programs are both led by 2001 alum, Nate Huppe. [5]

Volleyball

Miege volleyball is currently coached by Lindsay Zych Franco. During her coaching career, coach Gwen Pike led the program to over 1,000 career wins,[ when? ] and she was inducted into the National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2006. [9] The Miege volleyball team has won 29 state championships. [5]

Wrestling

The single-season record for the best overall record by any wrestler was 34–0 set in 1986–87. [10]

State championships

State Championships [11]
SeasonSportNumber of ChampionshipsYear
Fall Cross Country, Boys' 81982, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997
Cross Country, Girls' 121978, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2004
Football 111972, 1975, 1977, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
Soccer, Boys' 121998, 2000, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Volleyball 291977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Winter Basketball, Boys' 72001, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022
Basketball, Girls' 241978, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Bowling, boys' 12007
Swimming and Diving, Boys' 12014
Spring Baseball 21996, 2021
Golf, Boys' 22001, 2022
Soccer, Girls' 82003, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Softball 12002
Swimming and Diving, Girls' 12017
Tennis, Boys' 21986, 1991
Tennis, Girls' 21991, 1992
Track and Field, Boys' 12016
Track and Field, Girls' 21990, 2005
Total126

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