KALAMAZOO, MI -- For the fourth year in a row, Kalamazoo Central High School's mock trial team placed second at the state mock trial tournament.

The state title was won Saturday by Clarkston High School. Forest Hills placed third.

Saturday's competition was held at the Veterans Memorial Courthouse in Lansing.

The Kalamazoo Central

Kalamazoo Central High School

team is comprised of seniors Jane Fisher and Sabrina Hirsch; juniors Amanda Sidwell, Olivia Hodge, Alana Labelle-Hahn and Karanjit Sohi; sophomores Isaac Bertman, Sarah Ghazal, Abujit Rai and Katherine McKibbon, and freshman Zjalyn Carter.

Francis Bilancio was head coach; Becket Jones, lead attorney coach; James Liggins Jr., attorney adviser coach, and assistant coaches are Gavin Thole and Maggie Teutsch. Liggins, Thole and Teutsch are both former K-Central mock trial members.

The team has won 17 state titles since it was formed in 1986, and the most recent state title was in 2009. The team won the national championship in 1996 and placed second in the nation for three consecutive years, 2006-08.

