Carmel High mock trial team placed 8th in state championship

For the second year in a row,  Carmel High mock trial team earned a spot at the state level, earning 8th place overall during the 35th annual California Mock Trial Finals held March 18-20 in Sacramento.

At the Califonia Mock Trial Finals, the winning teams from 34 counties presented People v. Hayes, a criminal case involving murder and a pre-trial argument on the Fifth Amendment.

Carmel's pretrial attorney, Alex Poletti, won the J. Skelly Wright award for excellence in pre-trial advocacy on the prosecution.

Carmel's team has been doing great since their coach, government and politics teacher Bill Schrier, sign them up for the Empire mock trial competition two years ago. Congratulations, team!

Carmel mock trial team outdoes itself in San Francisco

Last year, in their debut participation in Empire Mock trial in San Francisco, Carmel High students took fourth place.

This year, they snatched silver.

The team, composed of Mindy Morgan, Yuan Tao, Savannah Foster, Anna Gumberg, Madeleine Fontenay, Sara Phillips, Teejan Saddy, Becca Goren, Julia Sudol, Madi Brothers, Ian Geertsen, Alex Poletti, and Sarah Morgan, was undefeated in the preliminary rounds, reports team coach Bill Schrier. After earning a spot in the final, they finished second out of 22 teams from 6 countries.

That's not all. Teejan Saddy won best witness, while Anna Gumberg won best attorney.

Congratulations, gals and guys. Maybe you'll climb in state mock trial too? ;)