Battle Ground High School

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Battle Ground High School
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Address
Battle Ground High School
300 West Main Street

Battle Ground
,
Washington
98604

United States
Coordinates 45°46′58″N122°32′27″W / 45.78278°N 122.54083°W / 45.78278; -122.54083
Information
Other nameBGHS
Type Public high school
MottoUnity, Toughness, Class
School district Battle Ground Public Schools
NCES School ID 530038000049 [1]
PrincipalHeather Ichimura
Teaching staff92.65 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment1,752 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio18.91 [1]
Color(s)Orange and black    [2]
Athletics conference WIAA District 4
Greater St. Helens 4A [2]
Mascot Tiger
Nickname Tigers
PublicationThe Tiger Times
Website bghs.battlegroundps.org

Battle Ground High School (BGHS) is a public high school in Battle Ground, Washington, United States. It is part of the Battle Ground Public Schools district.

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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 runners-up

Arts

Jazz Band

Battle Ground High School usually has enough students involved in jazz band to create three before-school jazz bands; Intermediate Jazz 2, Intermediate Jazz 1, and Advanced Jazz Bands. All three bands compete; the Intermediate Jazz 2 competes at the 2A level, the Intermediate Jazz 1 competes at the 3A level, and the Advanced Jazz Band competes 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, and first place at the Portland Rose Festival Jazz Band Classic. In 2002 the band 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.[ citation needed ] In 2023, the Advanced Jazz Band took first place in the Basically Basie Competition, part of the Kansas City Jazz Summit, held on the campus of Kansas City Kansas Community College.

Marching Band

The Battle Ground High School Marching Band placed first in the Out of State Division A (99 members or less) on 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.[ citation needed ]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public Schools - Battle Ground High School (530038000049)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "WIAA Member School Directory". Washington Interscholastic Activities Association. Archived from the original on October 29, 2007. Retrieved October 21, 2008.
  3. ↑ WIAA official website Archived November 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ WIAA official website Archived November 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ WIAA official website Archived December 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ WIAA official website Archived November 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ WIAA official website Archived December 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "GSHL Football". Archived from the original on September 25, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  9. 1 2 Washington Interscholastic Athletics Association. Bowling State Championship Past Results.
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