Trinity Pacific Christian School. Courtesy photos.
Trinity Pacific Christian School.
VENTURA COUNTY — Trinity Pacific Christian School and Oak Park High School took the top two spots in the high school division of the 2026 Ventura County Mock Trial competition, which was held over two weekends at the Ventura County Government Center’s Hall of Justice. This marks the fourth year in a row that Trinity Pacific has come in first.
Twenty-four high schools from throughout Ventura County participated in Mock Trial this year. The winning teams were announced at an awards ceremony this evening at the Ventura County Office of Education in Camarillo. Here’s how the eight highest-scoring high school teams ranked:
- Trinity Pacific Christian School (Team 1)
- Oak Park High School (Team 1)
- Saint Bonaventure High School
- Royal High School
- Santa Susana High School (Team 1)
- Adolfo Camarillo High School (Team 1)
- Santa Susana High School (Team 2)
- Oak Park High School (Team 2)
The complete list of results in all the various judging categories is available at this link, and a video of the awards ceremony can be viewed here.
Trinity Pacific will now go on to represent Ventura County in the California Mock Trial contest, which will take place in Oakland in March. Trinity Pacific took first place in the state competition in 2025, 2024, and 2021. Teams from Ventura County have also placed first at the state level in 2013, 2012, 2011, and 2008. A list of past Ventura County Mock Trial winners is available here.
More about the 2026 Ventura County Mock Trial
The Mock Trial competition is coordinated annually by the Ventura County Office of Education. The event brings courtroom drama to life as students take on the roles of participants in a criminal case, including attorneys, witnesses, bailiffs, and journalists. The students present their cases in real courtrooms before actual judges. Local attorneys volunteer to serve as scorers. This year’s fictitious case is People v. Fromholz, which is about the death of a celebrity judge on a TV cooking show.
The 24 high schools participating in this year’s Mock Trial are:
- Adolfo Camarillo High School
- Buena High School
- Channel Islands High School
- Fillmore High School
- High School at Moorpark College
- Hueneme High School
- Newbury Park High School
- Nordhoff High School
- Oak Park High School
- Oaks Christian School
- Oxnard High School
- Rancho Campana High School
- Rio Mesa High School
- Royal High School
- Saint Augustine Academy
- Saint Bonaventure High School
- Santa Paula High School
- Santa Susana High School
- Simi Valley High School
- Thousand Oaks High School
- Trinity Pacific Christian School
- Ventura High School
- Villanova Preparatory High School
- Westlake High School
Additional information about the Ventura County Mock Trial is available at vcoe.org/mocktrial
About the Ventura County Office of Education
The Ventura County Office of Education provides a broad array of fiscal, training, and technology support services to local school districts, helping to maintain and improve lifelong educational opportunities for children, educators, and community members. VCOE also operates schools that serve students with severe disabilities and behavioral issues, provides career education courses, and coordinates countywide academic competitions, including Mock Trial and the Ventura County Science Fair. Learn more at: www.vcoe.org