The Knoxville eighth grade Mock Trial Team has qualified for State. State competition will be Wednesday, November 30th through Friday, December 2nd at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines.

Regional action for the teams was held in Marshalltown November 12th. The Knoxville 8th grade team was third out of 12 teams. The top three teams qualified for State. The Knoxville seventh grade team finished fifth in the team standings.

A few of the seventh grade members were called up to go to state with the eighth grade team.