How can I join Mock Trial or Debate?

I am a freshmen in high school with a strong desire to join a rigorous debate team to practice my skills and attend
national/ state competitions, but our school debate team sucks pretty bad and we only have a class “RANT” in a sense about a topic. I don’t know how to join any other debate team that is not linked to my school as all the statewide/ national competitions require you to be affiliated with a team. Can I join individually to any other team? I live in Glendale, CA very close to LA. Also, what about mock trial? We do not have any mock trial team/ club in our school? How can I still participate? What do you recommend?

amirachow, this forum is for high school students to post about pre-med/ med school issues. You might have better luck posting under “Pre College Issues --> High School Life”