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St.
Mary’s Ryken High School Mock Trial Team Wins Regional
Championship
The photo array is, from left to right:
Samuel C.P. Baldwin, Jr., attorney/coach; Kristina
Mooney, attorney; Alexa Woods, attorney; Tara Hamilton,
witness; the Honorable William D. Missouri, Circuit
Administrative Judge, Seventh Judicial Circuit Courts;
the Honorable Peter B. Krauser, Chief Judge, Court of
Special Appeals, the Honorable Krystal D. Alves,
Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland; Ryan
Fleming, attorney; Imani Henderson, witness; John
Houser, witness; Leeanne Carr, teacher/coach. Absent:
Jonathan Booz, Sarah Duff and St. Mary’s Ryken
Principal, Rick Wood.
LEONARDTOWN (March
14, 2008) On Thursday evening, the St. Mary’s
Ryken Mock Trial Team won the finals of the Southern
Maryland Regional High School Mock Trial Competition
held at the Circuit Court in Upper Marlboro. St. Mary’s
Ryken emerged from a field of 33 public and private
Southern Maryland schools in order to reach the finals
of this competition.
Ryken won in the
first round of the playoffs, and went on to the second
round of the playoffs to beat the 2nd ranked
team from Duval High School by a single point. In the
semifinals, Ryken defeated the top ranked team and last
year’s regional winner and state finalist, Bowie High
School, by 3 points.
In the championship
round, Ryken competed against CH Flowers High School.
At the conclusion of approximately two hours of
testimony, examination, cross examination, and argument,
the Judges awarded Ryken the win with an impressive 10
point margin of victory.
Ryken now advances
to the state finals to compete against the seven other
regional finalists.
This is the 25th
year for Mock Trial – over 38,000 students have
participated in this competition since its inception.
The purpose of Mock Trial is to provide students with
opportunities to learn –through case preparation with
the attorney advisor, teacher coach and teammates, the
competition with other schools, and various
interpretations and perspectives of our law and legal
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