In the opening rounds of the Santa Barbara County Mock Trial Competition, DP Mock began their quest to repeat as SB County champs. They went 4-0 on the day to move into the semifinals, where they will meet Cate in their two semifinal matches. San Marcos and Santa Ynez also advanced and will face off in the other semifinal.

The semifinals will take place Saturday morning, February 27^th at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse. The semifinal winners will square off that afternoon in the finals, setting up a potential rematch of last year’s epic showdown between DPHS and SMHS.

The DP Mock Trial Varsity team is coached by Mr. Bill Woodard. The members of the team 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.

Way to go DP Mock!