4A GSHL football: Battle Ground 33, Heritage 7

Gunnar Talkington threw for 269 yards and two scores and Curtis Stradley added 205 yards on the ground and two touchdowns as Battle Ground registered a big win over Heritage in a 4A Greater St. Helens league game at District Stadium in Battle Ground.

The Tigers (2-2 in league, 6-2 overall), who had their hearts broken in a last-minute loss to Skyview last week, had their hearts broken again by the Storm this week.

Battle Ground’s playoff hopes rested on Union beating Skyview but the Storm’s 43-28 win over the Titans gives Skyview the league’s No. 2 playoff seed.

Battle Ground scored all of its 33 points in the first half, finding the end zone on five straight first-half possessions.

The Tigers end their regular season with a road matchup against Davis High School of Yakima.

Heritage quarterback Michael Taras rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown for the Timberwolves (2-2, 4-4) who close out their season against Skyview next Friday at Kiggins Bowl.

BATTLE GROUND 33, HERITAGE 7

Heritage 7 0 0 0 — 7

Battle Ground 12 21 0 0 — 33

First quarter

BG – Gunnar Talkington 70 yard pass to Max Randle (kick no good) 8:37 1st

H – Michael Taras 78 yard run (Kyle Hood kick) 6:53 1st

BG – Curtis Stradley 22 yard run (pass failed) 3:48 1st

Second quarter

BG – Talkington 16 yard pass to Bailey Buckner (Stradley run) 11:53 2nd

BG – Stradley 30 yard run (pass failed) 7:03 2nd

BG – Talkington 19 yard run (Riley Phillips kick) :53 2nd

Individual statistics

RUSHING — BG – Stradley 20-205, Talkington 7 – 32, Prince Grote 6 – 42, Buckner 2 – 10, Tommy Renfroe 1 – 6, Phillips 1 – 3, Seth Workman 1 – (-2). Heritage – Oscar Gonzalez 10 – 40, Tashiem Hurse 6 – 44, Cisco Orozco 5 – 20, Gavin Lee 4 -17, Taras 3 – 124, Hood 2 – 8, Matt Rivera 1 – 1

PASSING — BG – Talkington 16-23-269-2-1, Stradley 1-1-16-0-0, 0-0-0-0. Heritage – Taras 4-16-27-0- 2, Lee 0-0-0-0

RECEIVING — BG – Randle 6-168, Buckner 5-46, Kalau Higgins 3-42, Stradley 1- 7, Izak Brundage 1 – 6. Heritage – Orozco 3-11, Ammon Garrison 1 – 16