Although Circleville’s six objections were overruled in a mock trial competition Jan. 21, the team did not object to the final verdict. 
 The mock trial team took one victory of the four in which they competed, and five students won individual awards.
 Josh Rogols and Tim McVey swept the awards in the team’s only victory. “Outstanding witness” Rogols and “outstanding attorney” McVey led Nate Reeser and Tiffany Speakman to defeat Marysville High School.
 One attorney and one witness from each trial was given the award.
 “Whatever the other team threw at us, the lawyers... could rebut everything they said to our advantage,” Rogols said.
 He was shocked at how well-organized they were because of the “random and chaotic” weekly practice sessions.
 McVey is the new face of mock trial, Reeser said.
 McVey’s five-minute cross-examination won him the outstanding attorney award, said Andy Sedlack, a real-life attorney and judge for the competition.
 Sedlack said McVey was successful in “discrediting or at least minimizing the testimony of the adversarial witness.”
 “I think they did really good,” said Calli Crowder, a mock trial attorney from Marysville. “I heard no leading questions or anything, and their witnesses were extremely good. I mean, they didn’t back down to anything.”
 Four teams from Circleville of two attorneys and two witnesses each competed.
 Freshman Hannah Utt was another “outstanding attorney,” and junior Kelly Cain and senior Felicia Speakman were also named best witnesses.