The Blue and Green flag waved victoriously at the Rensselaer County Courthouse on Tuesday, April 15. Our intrepid Mock Trialites continued their undefeated 2014-15 campaign at the Rensselaer County Tournament with victories over #4 seed Emma Willard in the semi-final and then #3 seed LaSalle in the county final. A special congratulations to lawyer Eliza Henneberry ’15 of Canaan for a particularly strong performance in the final.
Next up, Doane Stuart moves on to the Region III tournament to be held at the Albany County Courthouse (30 Clinton Avenue Albany. NY 12207) on April 25, 2015. The Region III tournament is open to all so come on out and support our amazing students! DS will compete as the defense in round one against Canajoharie High School, who are the Montgomery County champions.
The schools participating in the Region III Tournament are:
Warren/Washington Counties – Salem Central SD
Montgomery County – Canajoharie Central SD
St. Lawrence/Franklin Counties – Potsdam Central SD
Saratoga County – Saratoga Central Catholic High School
Albany County – Hudson Valley Consortium
Schenectady County – Notre Dame Bishop Gibbons
Rensselaer County – Doane Stuart School
Greene/Columbia Counties – TBD
Congratulations to our team members on their success and go Mock Trialites!
Defense
Matt Maguire ’15 of East Greenbush, Trip Polito ’15 of Slingerlands, Abby Bemis ’16 of Guilderland, Emma Schillinger ’16 of Loudonville, Jack Ross-Pilkington ’17 of Stuyvesant, and Jackson Eddy ’18 of Glenmont.
Prosecution
Eliza Henneberry ’15 of Canaan, Kat Novko ’15 of Selkirk, Caitlin Smith ’15 of Delmar, Lauren Nelson ’16 of Hollowville, Renee Ricci ’16 of Schenectady and Jacquelyn Leblanc ’17 of Albany.
Student Advisors
Dylan Boyd ’15 of Belfast, Eli Fraser ’15 of Mechanicville, Sami Ahmad ’16 of Latham and Sophia Maitino ’16 of Wynantskill.
Special thanks to the Mock Trial Team advisors: Mr. James E. Hacker, Esq. of E. Stewart