Battle Ground High School

Battle Ground High School
Location
300 West Main Street
Battle Ground, Washington
United States
Coordinates 45°46′58″N 122°32′27″W / 45.78278°N 122.54083°WCoordinates: 45°46′58″N 122°32′27″W / 45.78278°N 122.54083°W
Information
Type Public
School district Battle Ground School District
Principal Tim Lexow
Faculty 101.9 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9 to 12
Enrollment 2,151[1] (2005-06)
Student to teacher ratio 21.1[1]
Color(s) Orange and Black[2]         
Athletics conference WIAA District 4
Greater St. Helens 4A[2]
Mascot Tigers
Nickname BGHS
Team name Battle Ground Tigers
Website BGHS Website

Battle Ground High School (BGHS) is a public high school in Battle Ground, Washington. It is part of the Battle Ground School District in Clark County, located in the southwest region of the state of Washington. Prairie High School is also a high school in the Battle Ground School District.

Battle Ground School District No. 119 is a public school district in Clark County, Washington, USA.

Sports

Battle Ground is a member of the Washington Interscholastic Athletics Association (WIAA) and competes in the Greater St. Helens 4A league.

Wrestling

In 2006 The Battle Ground Tigers won the WIAA State Wrestling Team Championship.[3] The Tigers finished with 110 total points 7.5 points ahead of second place Auburn High School. The Tigers effort was led by junior Trevor Hall (145 lbs.),[4] sophomore Eric Starks (135 lbs)[5] and senior Anthony Hayes (119 lbs.)[6] who all won individual State Championships. Junior Andrew Buck (171 lbs.)[7] added a second place finish as well.

Football

League Championships

Teams that started 5-0

State championships

State runner-ups

Arts

Jazz Band

Battle Ground High School usually has enough students involved in jazz band to create three before school jazz bands; Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Jazz Bands. Both bands compete, the Intermediate Jazz Band competing at the 3A level and the Advanced Jazz Band competing at the 4A level. The Battle Ground Advanced Jazz Band has won sweepstakes multiple times at the Clackamas Community College Jazz Festival, first place at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Idaho, first place at the Portland Rose Festival Jazz Band Classic, and in 2002 recorded a CD entitled "How Sweet It Is" featuring nine jazz classics. They have also taken 2nd place at the Essentially Ellington festival in New York, New York in 2006, and 3rd place at Swing Central in Savannah, Georgia in 2009.

Marching Band

The Battle Ground High School Marching Band placed first in the Out of State Division A (99 members or less) on Saturday, June 11, 2011, in the Grand Floral Parade in Portland, Oregon, part of the Portland Rose Festival, beating the previous year's winner, Columbia River High School and their rival, Prairie High School. The Tiger Marching Band also placed second in the same parade the previous year.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Battle Ground High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2008-10-21. "Students: 2,151 (2005-2006)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "WIAA Member School Directory". Washington Interscholastic Activities Association. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  3. ↑ WIAA Official Web Site
  4. ↑ WIAA Official Web Site
  5. ↑ WIAA Official Web Site
  6. ↑ WIAA Official Web Site
  7. ↑ WIAA Official Web Site
  8. ↑ GSHL Football
  9. ↑ GSHL Football
  10. ↑ GSHL Football
  11. ↑ GSHL Football
  12. ↑ GSHL Football
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Washington Interscholastic Athletics Association. Bowling State Championship Past Results.

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