Battle Ground High School


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

Sports

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

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, sophomore Eric Starks and senior Anthony Hayes who all won individual State Championships. Junior Andrew Buck added a second-place finish as well.

Football

League Championships
Teams that started 5-0

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 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 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.

Notable alumni