Mock Trial Attends Regionals

On March 5 and 7, members of the FHN Mock Trial went to a regional competition at the St Louis County Circuit Court, where they faced off against other schools as they argued a fictional court case.

“We’ve been practicing twice a week and calling outside of school to get everything ready,” junior Sophia Arnold said.

To prepare for this event, the members of Mock Trial had been meeting multiple times a week to practice both the prosecution and defense in a thrilling trial involving self- driving semi trucks and an arsonist hitchhiker.

“The entire state gets one court case and I think everyone who is going is prepared,” freshman Bella Ingrassia said.

Last year, the Mock Trial team won the state competition where they beat runner-up Clayton High School in the final round, and FHN is hoping for back-to-back wins at state. Senior Natasha Haverly has been on Mock Trial for three years.

“I think we are going to do really well, we’ve done well in the past and everyone knows their parts,” Haverly said.

The Mock Trial team is confident that they will do very well because of the hard work they’ve been putting in to prepare for the event.

“I think we all have good work put in and are all prepared for the trials,” Arnold said.