Family Christian Academy Red team takes state title
Family Christian Academy's Red team claimed the title at this year's annual Tennessee State High School Mock Trial Competition in Nashville, defeating classmates from the school's Blue team Saturday afternoon in the finals.
The two Chattanooga teams emerged from competition involving 18 teams that began Friday afternoon at the Metro Davidson County Courthouse. The Hon. Patsy Cottrell presided over the finals.
The event, now in its 22nd year, involves more than 1,000 high school students and is sponsored by the TBA’s Young Lawyer Division.
Qualifying teams for the 2002 finals included: St. Mary’s School, Westminster Academy and White Station High School, all of Memphis; Haywood High School, Brownsville; Columbia Central High School, Columbia; Franklin High School, Franklin; Harpeth Hall’s Green and Silver teams, Nashville; Gallatin High School, Gallatin; Family Christian Academy’s Red and Blue teams, Chattanooga; Cookeville High School, Cookeville; Maryville High School, Maryville; West High School, Knoxville; South Greene County High School, Greeneville; West Greene High School, Mosheim; Cherokee High School, Rogersville; and Clinton High School, Clinton, which had won the state title five of the past six, including the last three in a row.
Family Christian Academy Red will now go on to compete in the National High School Mock Trial Championship in St. Paul, Minn., May 9-11.
Below are some scenes from the competition:
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