Local High School Teams Participate in 2010 Mock Trial Competition

On Friday, February 5, 2010, six teams of high school students from Buckeye and Cloverleaf Senior High Schools participated in the 2010 Ohio High School Mock Trial District Competition at the Medina County Courthouse. Judge Kimbler participated as a presiding judge in two of the trials. This year's competition took up the issue of whether a school district could suspend a student for criticizing a teacher on a blog that was accessed by other students during school hours.

Buckeye and Cloverleaf each fielded three teams. The mock trials took place in Judge Kimbler's courtroom; Judge Collier's courtroom; and Judge Lohn's courtroom. The winners of the competition appear below. In order to advance to the regional competition, a team had to win both rounds. In one round the mock trial team represented the student and in the other round the same team would represent the school board. This means that each team had to have enough students to play two attorneys and two witnesses per side, or at least eight students. All teams also had to provide a bailiff for each round.

Congratulations to all those students who participated and good luck to the two Buckeye teams and the Cloverleaf team at the regional competitions!

Based on the results below, Buckeye Team Orange and Buckeye Team Brown advanced to the regional competition as did Cloverleaf Team Cloverleaf. The Buckeye High School Teams also won five out of six awards for Outstanding Attorney and all six rewards for Outstanding Witness.

Trial 1 – Buckeye Team Orange wins over Cloverleaf Team Oberholtzer
Outstanding Attorney – Daniella Chambers – Buckeye High
Outstanding Witness – Brent Wilken – Buckeye High
Trial 1 – Buckeye Team Brown wins over Cloverleaf Team Green
Outstanding Attorney – Jordan Canedy – Buckeye High
Outstanding Witness - Mary Oglesbee – Buckeye High
Trial 1 – Cloverleaf Team Cloverleaf wins over Buckeye Team White
Outstanding Attorney – Alexis Gillies – Cloverleaf High
Outstanding Witness – Callaway Berry – Buckeye High
Trial 2 – Cloverleaf Team Cloverleaf wins over Buckeye Team White
Outstanding Attorney – Kendra Huspaska – Buckeye High
Outstanding Witness – Sabrina McDonald – Buckeye High
Trial 2 – Buckeye Team Brown wins over Cloverleaf Team Oberholtzer
Outstanding Attorney – Brad Shook – Buckeye High
Outstanding Witness – Amanda Oswald – Buckeye High
Trial 2 – Buckeye Team Orange wins over Cloverleaf Team Green
Outstanding Attorney – Lenae` Horvath – Buckeye High
Outstanding Witness – Zachary Miller – Buckeye High