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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Dos Pueblos and San Marcos Mock Trial teams headed for the semifinals

Mock Trial teams from Dos Pueblos High School and San Marcos High School went 4-0 in the opening rounds of the first level of Mock Trial competition earlier this month. Both schools will participate in the county semifinals this Saturday, February 27, at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse. Dos Pueblos will go against Cate School and San Marcos will go against Santa Ynez High School. The finals will take place that same afternoon. Depending on the outcome of the semifinals, it is possible that Dos Pueblos and San Marcos will square off in a rematch of last year’s finals.

The Dos Pueblos team is coached by Bill Woodard. The team members are:

• Pretrial Attorneys: Connie Wang and Noah Connally
• Prosecution Attorneys: Philip Bildner, Nathanial Block, and Megha Manjunath
• Defense Attorneys: Jeff Campbell, Cheryl Wilson, Richard Cheng
• Prosecution Witnesses: Sean Guthrie, Juhi Khemani, Morgan Lunt, and Alix de Gramont
• Defense Witnesses: Corinne Ruth, Christina Li, Emma Steinkellner, Collin Clark
• Clerk: Patrick Holmes / Bailiff: Michael Baik
• Understudies: Rashi Singh, Paige Brenner, Jackie McGuan, Olivia Campbell, Chloe Hunt, Chloe Warriner.

The San Marcos team is coached by Luke Ohrn and Eric Burrows. The team members are:

• Prosecution Witnesses: Gabe Bastomski, Spencer Taylor, Mayela Rodriguez, Elias Rodriguez
• Court Clerk: Adrienne Simes
• Attorneys: Jenna Fikes,  Clare Moore,  Ellen Gleason, Gaby Wildfeuer
• Bailiff: Whitney Caldwell
• Witnesses: Evan Lincoln, Camran Hussain, Emily Knuutinen, Shannon Sweeney, Chloe Hughes, Shirin Makaremi
• Attorneys: Samantha Flattery, Eva Wiedmann, Eva Roodenrijs, Kevin Griffith, 
• Pre-Trial: Michael Feldman, Jenise Fretz, Katie Mellon, Niqui O’Neill, Sarah Pinner, John Redfield