Battle Ground High School (BGHS) is a public high school in Battle Ground, Washington

Battle Ground, Washington

Battle Ground is a city in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 17,571 at the 2010 census. According to the Washington State Office of Financial Management, Battle Ground ranked 4th of 279 eligible incorporated communities in population growth between 2000 and 2005.-Origin of...

. It is part of the Battle Ground School District

Battle Ground School District

Battle Ground School District No. 119 is a public school district in Clark County, Washington, USA and serves the communities of Amboy, Battle Ground, Brush Prairie and Yacolt.As of October 2006, the district has an enrollment of 13,103 students....

 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

Battle Ground School District No. 119 is a public school district in Clark County, Washington, USA and serves the communities of Amboy, Battle Ground, Brush Prairie and Yacolt.As of October 2006, the district has an enrollment of 13,103 students....

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

Wrestling

In 2006 The Battle Ground Tigers won the WIAA State Wrestling Team Championship. 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.), sophomore Eric Starks (135 lbs) and senior Anthony Hayes (119 lbs.) who all won individual State Championships. Junior Andrew Buck (171 lbs.) added a second place finish as well.

Jazz Band

Battle Ground High School usually has enough students involved in jazz band to create three before school jazz bands, the Intermediate and Advanced Jazz Band. 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. Have been to Swing Central, in Georgia, ever since.

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.

External links

• The Official Battle Ground High School Website
• GSHL Football - Battle Ground High School