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Release: Country Day Wins 2025 Mock Trial Competition

Natomas Pacific Pathways Places Second in 46th Annual Competition

SCOE Press Release
Posted February 12, 2025

Contact: Xanthi Soriano, Executive Communications Director
Cell (916) -6219 • Email: xsoriano@scoe.net

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Sacramento, CA—The Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) has announced that Sacramento County Day School is the champion of the 2025 Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Mock Trial Competition. Contender Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep High School placed second after several days of intense courtroom competition and careful deliberations by esteemed judges.

Twenty-four high school teams took part in the county competition. Sacramento Country Day School advances to the California Mock Trial Competition, held March 14–16 in Los Angeles.

Mock Trial Results

Sacramento County

  • 1st Place: Sacramento Country Day School
  • 2nd Place: Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep High School (Natomas USD)
  • 3rd Place: St. Francis High School (Diocese of Sacramento)
  • 4th Place: Elk Grove High School (Elk Grove USD)
  • 5th Place: Pleasant Grove High School (Elk Grove USD)
  • 6th Place: Rio Americano High School (San Juan USD)
  • 7th Place: Jesuit High School (Diocese of Sacramento)
  • 8th Place: Christian Brothers High School (Diocese of Sacramento)

El Dorado County

  • 1st Place: Ponderosa High School

Yolo County

  • 1st Place: Davis Senior High School

Yuba County

  • 1st Place: Lindhurst High School

About the County Competition

Mock Trial simulates a trial-level proceeding in which students portray the roles of pre-trial counsel, prosecuting and defense attorneys, witnesses, court clerks, bailiffs, and jurors before a single presiding judge and two scoring judges. Volunteers from local law firms and other legal organizations serve as scoring and presiding judges for the five-day competition, which culminates in final and consolation rounds followed by an awards ceremony.

About the Sacramento County Office of Education

The Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE), plays a leadership role in the delivery of quality education to the students in Sacramento County, which is home to the California state capital comprising 1.4 million residents and seven cities. SCOE directly educates more than 30,000 children and adults each year—including thousands of district teachers who attend training sessions and workshops. It provides support services to more than 247,000 students in 13 school districts, four of which are some of the state’s largest. SCOE provides technical assistance, curriculum and instructional support, staff development, legal and financial advice, and oversight to Sacramento County school districts. Its programs and services are available to schools, districts, and other county offices of education across the region.

Considered a leader of the Capital Service Region—a 10-county area consisting of Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba Counties—SCOE is one of 58 county offices of education in California. SCOE staff work year-round providing services which complement and supplement those offered by public school districts in Sacramento County.

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