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Kansas Top Stories of 2016: #20 2016 Team Preview: Bishop Miege Stags



Shon Plack
Kansas Scouting Director

As the 2016 calendar year winds down, we will countdown the top twenty stories read in Kansas in 2016.  The 2016 Team Preview of the Bishop Miege Stags starts the countdown at number twenty:

The Stags finished 13-10 in 2016, earning the seventh seed in the Kansas 4A Div I State Championship. Miege fell in the first round to #2 Rose Hill 5-0.  Senior right-handed pitcher Garrett McNally earned Second Team All-State Honors.  Here is the re-post of the story that ran on February 24.

#20 2016 Team Preview: Bishop Miege Stags

As  we  prepare  for  the  upcoming  2016  high  school  season,  we  will  be  taking  a
preseason glimpse at programs from around the state.

Team: Bishop Miege HS
Nickname: Stags
Class: Class 4A
Conference: EKL
Head Coach: Dan Meara
Years as head coach at school: 1
2015 Overall Record:  10­-13
2015 Conference Finish: 5­-9
2015 Post­ Season Finish: Regional Champions

Number of Returning Starters/Pitchers: 2
Number of Returning Starters/Position Players: 6

PLAYERS WITH 2015 POST SEASON HONORS
Sam Duncan, LHP, 2016, 2nd Team All­-EKL (Washburn)
Carter Putz, INF, 2018, 2nd Team All­-EKL (Notre Dame)
Sam Burdolski, INF, 2016, Honorable Mention All­-EKL

Players to Watch
Daniel Harper, RHP, 2017 (Kansas State)
Adam White, LHP, 2017

Season Outlook
Head Coach Dan Meara will enter his first season as skipper of the Bishop Miege baseball program.  He will have a talented group in 2016 and will look to repeat as the regional champions and make a run for the state title.  A trio of players earned All-Conference honors last season.  Senior LHP Sam Duncan will be at the top of the rotation, with a pair of talented all-conference infielders behind him.  Sophomore Carter Putz, a Notre Dame commit, and senior Sam Burdolski will anchor down the defense and be a big part of the offensive line-up as well.  The Stags also feature a pair of top-notch pitchers in the 2017 class, Kansas State commit Daniel Harper and LHP Adam White. The Stags will look to build on the success from a season ago and start a new era of Miege baseball under Coach Meara. 


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