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2011 Middle School Mock Trial Tournament Results

2011 JUSTICE IREDELL MIDDLE SCHOOL MOCK TRIAL TOURNAMENT RESULTS

The winning school and Middle School Mock Trial State Champions is awarded to
Cullowhee Valley Middle School of Cullowhee, N.C.

Teacher's Deb Gedaro and Bevans Robbs will be presented a State Champion award at their school by attorneys Jeff Goss and Mary Holliday

The three regional winning schools:
Western Region - Ridge Road Middle School of Charlotte N.C.
Central Region - McDougle Middle School of Chapel Hill, N.C.
Eastern Region - E.B. Frink Middle School of La Grange, N.C.
*The state champion is not included in regions winner selection.

Regions: 5 teams in the Western Region (Mountains, Northwest, Central Piedmont); 4 teams in the Central Region (Triad, Triangle, Sandhills); 5 teams in the Eastern Region (Northeast,Central & SoutheastCoasts)

Read more details in the Article.

View PHOTOS from the TOURNAMENT.

We want to acknowledge all the teams that competed in Catawba, Haywood, Pender, Pitt, and Randolph for their outstanding achievements and extend a very special thanks to the volunteer attorneys who offered their time and commitment to help coach and judge.

Catawba County Courthouse (Metrolina, Millenium, and Ridge Road Middle Schools)
Click here to see the Catawba County Courthouse tournament photos.

Volunteers: Mike Barnett, Debra Bechtel, Arnita Dula, Susan Matthews, Shannon Hoff

Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy, Charlotte
Teachers:  Anthony Yodice and Kathy Moschel
Students
Macy Adams
Emma Barnes
Megan Brickner
Apolinaire Brown
Nadia Ekezue
Lawson Gage
Auston Li
Alice Liu
Nicholas Lowell - Most Effective Witness
Sidney Metcalf
Kyle Mitchell
Alec Probst
Charles Rodgers
Ernison Saavedra
Rajan Tayal
Sofia Triana - Most Effective Attorney
Ian Watkins

Millennium Charter Academy, Mt. Airy
Teacher: Matthew Elder
Students
Laura Browne
Miriam Bullins
Andrew Burciu
Monica Burciu - Most Effective Witness
Elizabeth Campbell
Alicia Epperson
Dana Erickson
Ashleigh Gilbert
Laken Gwyn
Scott Kearns
Delaney Luke
Elizabeth Overfelt - Most Effective Attorney
Abby Shepherd
Brenan Simmons
Alayna Speer
Gentry Williamson

Ridge Road Middle School, Charlotte
Teachers:
Kendall Hallingse, Katelyn Collishaw, and Kevin McKenna
Students
Donovan Alexander
Shanelle Burroughs
Toni Carr
April Carte
Jazmyn McConnell
Jayvon Craig
Jadan Desmore
Francisco Espinoza
Olivia Fernelius
MacKenzie Hall
Damaris Jaimes
Jayla Joyner - Most Effective Witness
Dalin Perry
Maya Pighet
Zahra Rangwala
Kaila Sanders - Most Effective Attorney
Lamont Tucker
Kelsey Vincent

Haywood County Courthouse (Cullowhee Valley and Waynesville Middle Schools)
Click here to see the Haywood County Courthouse tournament photos.

Volunteers: Karissa Davan, Vicky Gribble, Nikki Beyer, Kristy Parton, Jeffrey Goss, Mary Holliday, Nikki Beyer and Chase Wells

Cullowhee Valley Middle School, Cullowhee
Teachers: Deb Gedaro and Bevans Robbs
Students
Calley Anthony
Alex Baker
Cameron Cabe
Jeriah Caplinger
Brittney Collins
Tessa Davis
Abigail Fox - Most Effective Witness
Wyatt Gibson
Evan Grant
Shannon Grant
Holly Gunter
AJ Hawkins
Chris Henson
Christine Massingale - Most Effective Attorney
Annalyse Nichols
Averi Norris
Niki Sutton - Most Effective Witness
Braden Tholkes
Ally Vickery - Most Effective Attorney

Waynesville Middle School, Waynesville - Team 1
Teacher: Jared Bullock
Students
Joseph Carrick
Maureen Cole
Josh Davis
Nathan Garrison
Sophia Jackson
Shane Jenkins
Jacob Mashburn
Peyton May - Most Effective Witness
Morgan McCracken
Matthew Miller
Michael Parrott
Kolby Osterhelt
Anthony Westusing - Most Effective Attorney

Waynesville
Middle School, Waynesville - Team 2 
Teacher: Rhonda Haney
Students
Nathaniel Carver
Haley Cook
Sydney Czaja
Tonia Daniels
Jordan Davis
Joshua Davis
Anna Dietz
Cameron Dujat
Jackson Dyson
Jacob Ezell
Jacob Franklin
Hunter Holcombe
Michael Horner
Angela Howe
Veronica Huerta
Jackson Montgomery
Nick Owens
Jacob Penland
Blake Riggs
Samuel Ross
Zachary Ross

Pender County Courthouse (Charles P. Murray and E.B. Frink Middle Schools)
Click here to see the Pender County Courthouse tournament photos.

Volunteers: Judge Jay Corpening, Cindy Baldwin, Ken Shanklin, Pam Craig, Joseph Bowman, Lindsey Luther, Leah Kane and Melissa Lewis

Charles P. Murray Middle School, Wilmington
Teacher: Nicole Denise Summerlin
Students (2 teams)
Preston Blackenecker
Amanda Bourne
Jordan Cahill
Eric Diaz
Brittany Dumire
Daryn Freeman
Lucas Golonka
Michael Hall
Sarah Harben
Trystan Heck
Tionna Henley
Austin Hines
Isaiah Hobbs
Amber Kennedy
McKenzie Longnecker
Nicholas Martin - Most Effective Attorney
Kelsea Meadows
Riley Ogdon
Scarlett Randall
Maxwell Reibachs
Emilee Troutwine
Casey Turlington
Makyla Vance
Ethan Walker

E.B. Frink Middle School, La Grange
Teacher:
Jesse Pittard
Students
Talia Anderson
Marjorie Bramblet
William Dunn
Jesus Gonzalez - Most Effective Witness
Cheyenne Massat
Leontre Roberson
Nelson Rojas
Ted Suggs - Most Effective Attorney
Haley Weaver
Connor White - Most Effective Witness

Pitt County Courthouse (Elizabeth City and East Millbrook Middle Schools)
Click here to see the Pitt County Courthouse tournament photos.

Volunteers: Lucy Austin, Yolonda Harrison, Brad Piner, Jason DeHoog, Shannon Penland and Christopher Rahilly

East Millbrook Middle School, Raleigh
Teacher:
April Grybosky
Students
Victoria Anderson
Emily Ballard
Marrisa Dellinger
Derrick Drier - Most Effective Attorney
Loren DuPont
Emma Hadley - Most Effective Witness
Kaylie Hinkley
K.C. Hollifield
Kaylee Jacobs
Kat Jusko
Vy Le
Lityra Matthews
Amani McKenzi
Kelsey Nguyen
Cameron Ogle
Hope Rennells
Nicole Rheinhardt
Sydney Ross
Hope Shaw
Mitch Sielaty - Most Effective Attorney
Chole Starr
Kendall Terashima
Samantha Thomas
Zhaya Tully
Alexandria Vaughen

Elizabeth City Middle School, Elizabeth City
Teachers:
Terri Oatman and Carol Griffin
Students (2 teams)
Kristen Atkins
Savannah Ballard - Most Effective Attorney
Gabriella Bernhardt
Nyisha Crenshaw
Bayron Diaz - Most Effective Witness
Kyle Doleski
Alexis Gibbs
Quayshawn Griffin
Caron James
Alexis Martin
Shawn Moore
Jamond Oatman
Shelby Scott
Jasmine Stokes
Wesley Temple - Most Effective Witness
Deon Vann
Chris Ward
Jacoya Williams
Alexis Winslow

Randolph County Courthouse (McDougle and Sherwood Githens Middle Schools)
Click here to see the Randolph County Courthouse tournament photos.

Volunteers: Ryan Blackledge, Charlisa Powell, Sarah Neely Lanier, Darren Clark Allen, Frank Albetta, R. Hayes Hofler andSaiyani Mukombe

McDougle Middle School, Chapel Hill
Teachers: Jami Burns, Cissy O'Neal, and Warren Martin
Students
Morgan Adams - Most Effective Witness
Rohan Arora
Kamrin Dean
Lopaz Evans
Erica Johnson
Noah Johnson
Claire Kern
Emily Molina - Most Effective Attorney
Mokie Rooker - Most Effective Witness
Margaret Sanfilippo
Hanna Siekierski
Celeste Spector
Joy Stouffer
Sarah Taekman
Gabi Walata
Wenbo Wang
Thilini Weerakody - Most Effective Attorney

Sherwood Githens Middle School, Durham
Teacher:
Joel Wuliger
Students
Samantha Armistead
Judy Cheng
Marie Cox-McMahon
Evan Gadow
Camryn Grissom
Quentin Grissom
Kainyain Jahamaliah
Emma Jaynes
Cameron Packer
Courtney Packer
Antonique Pizzaro
Katie Rabon
Sofie Roskin
Joseph Scott
Saqer Zubaidi