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Stockdale High wins Kern County Mock Trial Championship
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Anonymous user Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:29:12 PST
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0 responses 0 comments After months of preparation and six grueling rounds of courtroom debate between 18 county high schools teams, Stockdale High School is the champion of the 2006-07 Kern County Mock Trial Super Saturday competition held Jan. 27 in Bakersfield’s Kern County Superior Courts of California.

Stockdale will represent the county at the California Mock Trial, March 23-25, in Oakland, Calif. (for the 11th consecutive year).

Finishing second was Centennial High, and the third-place team was Garces Memorial High. Other teams finishing in the top 10 were:
Fourth — Liberty High
Fifth — Bakersfield High
Sixth — Highland High
Seventh  –– Ridgeview High
Eighth — Shafter High
Ninth — West High
10th — Delano High
 
The top two students from each team who consistently performed the best throughout the course of the four-month competition were named to the Honor Court. They are:
 
 Arvin High — Yesenia Martinez and Marilyn Lopez
 Bakersfield High — Kirstan Kavanagh and Sean Panick
 Centennial High — Alyx Darensbourg and Lyne Mugema
 Delano High — Edgar Mati and Christian Hernandez
 Desert High — Whitney Washington and Tenina Pezzini
 East High — Sebastian Bauge and Ana Gonzalez
 Foothill High — Val Saldana and Lizeth Rojo
Frontier High — Aleigh Sampson and Zachary Witherow
 Garces Memorial High — Lorena Martinez and Carolyne Vu
 Golden Valley High — Johnny Cuestas and Rachel Pori
 Highland High — Chelsea Dunlap and Kristen Perez
 Liberty High — James Creech and West Cohan
 Mojave High — Cesar Bermudez and Shalena VanderGalien
 North High — Nick Saffle and Cassie Ansolabehere
 Ridgeview High — Steven Brewster and Mona Gupta
 Shafter High —David Velasquez and Jennifer Montenegro
 Stockdale High — Stephanie Labou and Katie Denari
 West High — Charles Irvin and Christina Hang

Team members from the competing high schools acted as defense and prosecution and provided witnesses and courtroom officials in the fictitious case of People v. Campbell, in which a student is charged with placing a bomb on school grounds and attempting to explode it. A pretrial issue involves First Amendment provisions governing freedom of speech and expression. The case was prepared by the Constitutional Rights Foundation and used in each round.
 
In the annual competition, students have the opportunity to address serious and timely issues young people face today. Under the guidance of teachers and coaches, students use critical thinking and interpersonal skills to prepare and argue the case. An objective of Mock Trial is to give students a better understanding of the link between the Constitution, the courts and the legal system.

The event is sponsored by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools, Kern County Bar Association, Kern High School District, Kern County Superior Courts of California and Kern County Sheriff’s Department and Kern County Sheriff’s Reserves with a grant from the Harry and Ethel West Foundation.
 
Stockdale High 2006-07 Kern County Mock Trial Champions

Stockdale High School
Teacher Coach: Roni Cline; Attorney Coaches: John Szewczyk
Khrystal Aguilar
Byron Alexander
Kseniya Astakhora
Alisha Atherly
Moury Bidgoli
Brant Bonetti
Katie Denari
Candyce Feer
Deepa Kannappan
Justin Koh
Stephanie Labou
Natalie Lacey
Courtney Lakroix
Johnathon Oh
Chandni Patel
Danielle Pereyra
Rebecca Struzyna
Bhavana Venkataram

 

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