Kern County Superintendent of Schools News Release
Competing high schools reversed defense and prosecution roles each round and provided witnesses and courtroom officials in the fictitious case of People v. Franks, the trial of Jordan Franks, a young actor who finished a run of performances of the Shakespeare-adaptation Macbeth at Sea on the cruise ship Heart of the Ocean.
Franks was charged with robbery and battery of Franks’ fellow actor, Billie Scher.
Franks was charged with robbery and battery of Franks’ fellow actor, Billie Scher.
In the end, Centennial claimed victory in a close showdown round to win and will go on to represent
Kern County in the California Mock Trial in March. The Kern County Bar Association Foundation
awarded the winning team with $2,500 to cover state competition fees.
Rounding out the top 5 teams were:
Second - Liberty High School
Third - Garces Memorial High School
Fourth - Stockdale High School
Fifth - Highland High School B Team
The top two students from each team who consistently performed the best throughout the course of the
two-month competition were named to the Honor Court. They were:
two-month competition were named to the Honor Court. They were:
BHS - Arianna Ibanez Ruelas and Parker Lambie
Centennial - Vaishvi Joshi and Mia Rojas
Centennial B Team - Shelene Bellamy and Hayliee Tat
Delano - Gabby Mendez Alonso and Kaeleigh Chanel Cezar
East - Noah Straub and Denali Gonzalez
Garces Memorial - Veronique Curutchague and Alyssa Hurtado
Golden Valley - Eduardo Chew and Celeste Alfaro
Highland - Logan Jarret and Anthony Renteria
Highland B - Team Arianna Enriquez and Rachel Camarena
Liberty - Cristian Arellano and Maria Robison
Ridgeview - Jiya Sharma and Valeria Ojeda Barroza
RFK - Sharae Brown and Andrea Bravo
South - Karrigan Weldin and Sereen Evans
Stockdale - Lilliana Brownlee and Robbie Achury
West - Adamariz Escobedo and Elijah Harvey
Wonderful Prep - Angelica Haro and Enrique Gatica
Kern County Mock Trial is funded with a grant from the Harry and Ethel West Foundation and is
sponsored by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools, Kern County Bar Association, Kern County
Superior Courts of California, Kern County Sheriff's Department and Sheriff's Reserves.
sponsored by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools, Kern County Bar Association, Kern County
Superior Courts of California, Kern County Sheriff's Department and Sheriff's Reserves.