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Feb 20, 2024

Glenwood Springs High mock trial teams advance to state tournament

Students from Glenwood Springs High School demonstrated their legal acumen and prowess at the Colorado Bar Association’s 2024 Mock Trial Program held last weekend at the Garfield County Courthouse, earning top honors among five teams from three high schools across the state...

Glenwood Springs High mock trial teams advance to state tournament

Mar 12, 2023

Glenwood High School’s mock trial team places third at state competition

The Glenwood Springs High School Mock Trial team carried on its tradition of success, with the school’s top team earning third place at the Colorado High School Mock Trial Championship Tournament March 4-5 at the Jefferson County Courthouse...

Glenwood High School’s mock trial team places third at state competition

Aug 29, 2022

Judge Metzger reflects on 20 years on Garfield County Court bench

From presiding over mock trials with local high school students to many a real trial in the Garfield County Courthouse, County Judge Paul Metzger has heard and seen a lot in 20 years on the bench...

Judge Metzger reflects on 20 years on Garfield County Court bench

Mar 9, 2022

Glenwood Springs High mock trial team preps for state competition after regional win

Glenwood Springs High School mock trial participants are getting ready for the March 18 state competition after winning the seven-team regional tournament in Grand Junction the weekend of Feb. 26....

Glenwood Springs High mock trial team preps for state competition after regional win

Nov 29, 2021

Community profile: Glenwood Springs High standout stitches together National Merit Scholarship bid

A scholar with a long track record of excelling in whatever she pursues, Feeney has established herself in Glenwood Springs High School’s theater, mock trial and pride groups...

Community profile: Glenwood Springs High standout stitches together National Merit Scholarship bid

Mar 17, 2021

‘May it please the court’: seniors on Glenwood Springs High School mock trial team close out season with state competition

“Mock trial is weird. … The amount of different things you have to understand and the different relationships that you have with the judge, jury or your witness is very complex. I like to play pretend lawyer, that’s my description,” Bucchin said...

‘May it please the court’: seniors on Glenwood Springs High School mock trial team close out season with state competition

Mar 26, 2020

School activities shutdown hit GSHS mock trial team hard

On March 13, Glenwood Springs High School was supposed to send off two of its mock trial teams to the state championship in Denver. Unfortunately. the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak...

School activities shutdown hit GSHS mock trial team hard

Mar 12, 2020

Two Glenwood High School teams headed to state mock trial competition

Glenwood’s top two teams claimed the first and third positions at the Western Slope Mock Trial Tournament in Glenwood Springs Feb. 29 and March 1, earning the right to advance to the State Mock Trial Tournament sponsored by the Colorado Bar Association...

Two Glenwood High School teams headed to state mock trial competition

Jul 15, 2019

Glenwood prosecutor wins award for welfare fraud trial

“Parsons is an integral member of the District Attorney’s Office and a valuable member of our local community as a volunteer coach for the Glenwood Spring High School’s Mock Trial Team, and a local rafter,” according to the release...

Glenwood prosecutor wins award for welfare fraud trial

Mar 14, 2019

Glenwood High students grab state mock trial honors

Two Glenwood Springs High School students won individual awards as two of the three Glenwood mock trial teams competed in the Colorado state mock trial championship over the weekend. Glenwood’s first team, comprised of junior and senior students coached by Charlie Willman, took third place overall...

Glenwood High students grab state mock trial honors

Feb 28, 2019

Glenwood Springs teams sweep regional mock trial tournament

Two Glenwood Springs High School mock trial teams will be heading to state championship next month after sweeping regionals on Saturday and Sunday, but after a strong third place finish Rifle High...

Glenwood Springs teams sweep regional mock trial tournament

Feb 27, 2019

Charlie Willman: Candidate for Glenwood Springs City Council Ward 3

I am the head coach of the GSHS Mock Trial Program — recognized as one of the best mock trial programs in the nation. I am an attorney, now focusing my work in mediation, with my office in downtown Glenwood Springs...

Charlie Willman: Candidate for Glenwood Springs City Council Ward 3

Feb 25, 2019

Glenwood Springs teams sweep regional mock trial tournament

Glenwood Springs High School mock trial teams swept the top two spots at the regional championships Saturday and Sunday, with the sophomore team beating the older students for the win...

Glenwood Springs teams sweep regional mock trial tournament

Feb 21, 2019

Glenwood Springs to host high school mock trial

Glenwood Springs will host the Western Slope regional mock trial tournament this weekend at the Garfield County Courthouse. Locally, students from Rifle, New Castle and Glenwood Springs schools will be competing...

Glenwood Springs to host high school mock trial

Mar 2, 2018

Glenwood mock trial teams successful at regional meet

Glenwood Springs High School’s mock trial Team 1 is headed to the state competition March 9 and 10 in Greeley, after finishing as the top team at the Western Slope Regional Mock Trial tournament in Grand Junction last weekend...

Glenwood mock trial teams successful at regional meet

Mar 1, 2017

Glenwood, Rifle mock trial teams off to state

Mock trial teams from Glenwood Springs and Rifle high schools will be competing at the state championship tournament in Brighton next weekend...

Glenwood, Rifle mock trial teams off to state

Jun 20, 2016

Evan Mandl Carrington (June 25, 1997 — June 20, 2016)

For the past three years, Evan was part of the GSHS Mock Trial Program, of which he was extremely proud. While gaining self-confidence was a great benefit, an even greater reward for Evan was the many wonderful friendships he made and treasured. Evan was a joy to be around and will remain in our hearts always...

Evan Mandl Carrington (June 25, 1997 — June 20, 2016)

Mar 3, 2016

Glenwood mock trial teams headed to state

Glenwood Springs High School will once again be sending not one, but two mock trial teams to the state tournament next month after hosting the regional competition over the weekend at the Garfield County Courthouse...

Glenwood mock trial teams headed to state

Mar 23, 2015

GSHS mock trial wins second consecutive state title

Glenwood High School’s top mock trial team once again came out on top at the state tournament, defeating a team from Pueblo in the finals on Saturday evening...

GSHS mock trial wins second consecutive state title

Mar 20, 2015

GSHS mock trial as strong as ever

After dominating the regional tournament, two Glenwood teams will travel to Colorado Springs at the end of the week to defend last year’s state title...

GSHS mock trial as strong as ever

Feb 27, 2015

Glenwood hosts mock trial regionals

Most of last year’s state championship mock trial team is back representing Glenwood Springs this year, and members won’t have far to travel for the Western Slope Regional Tournament this weekend...

Glenwood hosts mock trial regionals

May 14, 2014

Glenwood Mock Trial 19th in nation

It may not be the finish for which Glenwood Springs High School’s mock trial team had hoped, but 19th out of 46 state champions in the competition is still an impressive feat...

Glenwood Mock Trial 19th in nation

May 5, 2014

Glenwood mock trial team departs for nationals

This is the sixth time in 11 years Glenwood Springs High School has taken the mock trial state title and headed to nationals, but when the team departs for Madison, Wis., on Tuesday, it will be a new experience for most of the current members...

Glenwood mock trial team departs for nationals

Mar 19, 2014

Mock Trial team wins state

The Glenwood Springs Mock Trial team defeated Colorado Academy in the state finals in Golden on Saturday to clinch their sixth time as State Champions. They will go on to compete in the National Tournament...

Mock Trial team wins state

Feb 25, 2014

Glenwood sends top mock trial team on to state

Glenwood Springs High School will send its Mock Trial Team 1 to the state mock trial tournament in Golden next month, after the seven-member team emerged Sunday from the Western Slope Regional tournament as the top competitor...

Glenwood sends top mock trial team on to state

Feb 21, 2014

Mock trial regional meet returns to Glenwood

Glenwood Springs High School plays host to the Western Slope Regional Mock Trial Tournament for the first time in more than a decade, beginning today and continuing through Sunday at the Garfield County Courthouse...

Mock trial regional meet returns to Glenwood

May 6, 2012

News Brief Glenwood Heads to State

Glenwood Springs Mock Trial had four teams this year. Missing from the March 3 article about the Mock Trial’s success at the regional tournament was mention of its fourth team, according to Mock Trial head coach Charlie Willman...

News Brief Glenwood Heads to State

Mar 3, 2012

Glenwood Mock Trial teams sweep regional tourney

Following in their nearly unbroken tradition, the Glenwood Springs High School Mock Trial Program claimed the top three spots at the regional tournament held Feb. 17 and 18 in Grand Junction...

Glenwood Mock Trial teams sweep regional tourney

May 10, 2011

GSHS mock trial team places third at nationals

Glenwood Springs High School’s mock trial team took third place at the National High School Mock Trials Championship in Phoenix over the weekend...

GSHS mock trial team places third at nationals

May 9, 2011

Glenwood takes 3rd at national mock trials

Students from Glenwood Springs High School took third place out of 48 teams earlier this month at the National High School Mock Trial Championship in Phoenix. Charlie Willman was their coach...

Glenwood takes 3rd at national mock trials

May 2, 2011

Mock trial team prepped for national success

Don’t think of the Glenwood Springs High School mock trial team members as a bunch of lawyer wannabes, although there might be some pretty good future lawyers in the making here...

Mock trial team prepped for national success

Mar 15, 2011

Glenwood’s mock trial team headed to nationals

The Glenwood Springs Team A won the Colorado State Mock Trial Championship at the Adams County Justice Center in Brighton on Saturday, beating out Lakewood High School’s A Team in the final round...

Glenwood’s mock trial team headed to nationals

Mar 1, 2011

Glenwood Springs sweeps mock trial regional tourney

Glenwood Springs High School’s mock trial teams swept the top three positions at the regional mock trial tournament in Grand Junction over the weekend. Two of those teams will now represent the school at the state competition later this month...

Glenwood Springs sweeps mock trial regional tourney

Feb 25, 2011

Glenwood team heavy on success, but has fun, too

"We've just got to go into it with the mindset it's our year. It doesn't matter what teams have done in the past; that doesn't impact us," he said as he joined a handful of others to practice opening and closing arguments in a Garfield County courtroom on a recent evening...

Glenwood team heavy on success, but has fun, too

Feb 23, 2010

Glenwood Springs High School mock trial teams sweep podium

It was a return to dominance for Glenwood Springs High School’s legal eagles at the regional mock trial competition in Grand Junction last weekend...

Glenwood Springs High School mock trial teams sweep podium

Mar 18, 2009

Glenwood High School’s mock trial team takes 12th at state

A group of Glenwood Springs High School sophomores and juniors did battle in court with the best mock trial teams in the state last weekend, finishing 12th out 21 teams at the Colorado Bar Association’s State High School Mock Trial Competition...

Glenwood High School’s mock trial team takes 12th at state

Feb 20, 2009

Glenwood Springs High School sends four teams to mock trial regionals

Thirty-seven students will represent Glenwood Springs High School at the regional mock trial competition in Grand Junction today and Saturday...

Glenwood Springs High School sends four teams to mock trial regionals

Mar 18, 2008

Glenwood Springs High School mock trial teams fall short at state competition

There’s a saying that any mock trial team going to the national competition from Colorado must go through Glenwood Springs...

Glenwood Springs High School mock trial teams fall short at state competition

Feb 16, 2008

Glenwood High’s mock trial teams heading to state

On the witness stand under a barrage of questions, Anna Triebel plans to convince the courtroom that she didn’t kill the street musician during a robbery seven years ago...

Glenwood High’s mock trial teams heading to state

Mar 6, 2007

Demons ninth at mock trial state competition

Glenwood Springs High School’s mock trial team didn’t manage to regain its winning status at the state competition last weekend.GSHS placed ninth out of twenty teams. They had hoped for a win at state again, as last year they were dethroned after a five-year winning streak. But the team did win its first three rounds against Doherty High School of Colorado Springs, Kent and Regis...

Demons ninth at mock trial state competition

Feb 12, 2007

GSHS mock trial team wins regionals, heading to state

Glenwood Springs High School senior Brendan Cochran will get an opportunity for payback against Saint Mary’s Academy at the state mock trial competition this year.GSHS had been on a four-year winning streak at state, but the win by Saint Mary’s ended the streak...

GSHS mock trial team wins regionals, heading to state

Nov 21, 2006

Glenwood has a Rhodes Scholar

Making friends with Taufer in Mr. Benson’s fourth-grade class or prepping for a mock trial with coach Vic Zerbi are memories of Glenwood Salmen cherishes. He spoke of his respect for his public-school education in the mountains as the Rhodes Scholars committee members made notes during Saturday’s interviews...

Glenwood has a Rhodes Scholar

Feb 7, 2006

Students working at mock speed

The Glenwood Springs High School Mock Trial team is not one to be mocked.With four consecutive state titles securely filed away, the team heads to the Western Slope regional tournament this weekend with the confidence of Perry Mason and the charisma of Johnnie Cochran...

Students working at mock speed

May 31, 2005

Mock trial is no joke for students

To hear students tell the story, not a shred of doubt loomed over Glenwood Springs High School’s showing at the National Mock Trial Championship last month...

Mock trial is no joke for students

May 1, 2005

Trial with no errors

That’s why the GSHS team has practiced every day for the last month.The group of eight students is the fourth mock trial team in a row GSHS has sent to compete for the National High School Mock Trial Championship. After GSHS won the state championship in March, the team got a new case to study and prepare for the national competition this week in Charlotte, N.C...

Trial with no errors

Mar 13, 2005

School building mock trial dynasty

When a small Western Slope team heads to the Front Range, it’s tempting to call the team an underdog.Glenwood Springs High School’s mock trial team is no exception. After all, it has to compete against the Front Range’s big and private schools.But the truth is that Glenwood mock trial teams are anything but underdogs. “We’re state champs again,” Glenwood senior Scott Straus said Sunday...

School building mock trial dynasty

Mar 4, 2005

Mock trial teams continue run

The Glenwood Springs High School mock trial teams have set themselves up for a fourth consecutive state mock trial championship with a one-two finish at regionals in Grand Junction last week...

Mock trial teams continue run

May 11, 2004

‘The Gift of Gab’

One thing is crystal clear: the kids of the Glenwood Springs High School Mock Trial Team know how to string sentences together...

‘The Gift of Gab’

Mar 15, 2004

GSHS Mock Trial team flexed mental muscles to win state

The Glenwood Springs High School mock trial team members have been learning how to deal with the problems they will likely face in their adult lives and, thanks in part to the generous support of the Glenwood Springs legal community, have excelled in competition...

GSHS Mock Trial team flexed mental muscles to win state

Mar 8, 2004

Mock trial team makes winning a practice

In a third-year sweep, the Glenwood Springs High School Mock Trial Team took top honors at the state championships this weekend at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Golden...

Mock trial team makes winning a practice
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