Down Goes Frazier!!!

This post is a little off topic, but I have to give a shout out to my wonderful and talented students on the Mooresville High School Mock Trial Team, who just won the Charlotte regional competition to earn a spot in next month's state finals!!!

I started the mock trial team in 2006 as a way to get involved with young people in Mooresville. I was a mock trial competitor in law school, and its one of the most exhilarating experiences available to a young student interested in the law.

My students made the state finals in 2008 after placing 2nd in the Charlotte region to Victory Christian Center High School. Victory Christian is a stalwart of high school mock trial in North Carolina. Last year, the VC Mock Trial team placed 2nd in the nation among high school mock trial teams. The sustained excellence of their program is something I aspire to, and I know my students look up to Victory Christian as a model for success.

Yesterday, my students took down Victory Christian in one of the closest, most gripping mock trial rounds I have ever attended. VC was led by a proud group of seniors, much like MHS, and as much as my heart goes out to our opponents who came up inches short, I am filled with gratitude having seen the looks on my students faces when we were announced the regional winner.

I apologize for somewhat welshing on my pledge to make every post on this blog useful for the husband or wife facing the prospect of divorce, but in this instance I was simply overwhelmed by the need to share my excitement over a remarkable and hard-earned victory by the students of the Mooresville High Mock Trial Team.