Marlboro High School Students Win Monmouth County Consumer Bowl

MARLBORO, NJ — A team of students from Marlboro High School have been crowned the winners of this year’s Monmouth County Consumer Bowl, a game-show-style competition that tests students’ knowledge of consumer-related information.

The County Consumer Bowl, which is sponsored by the NJ Division of Consumer Affairs, was held on Feb. 4 at the Monmouth County Fire Academy, officials said.

Participating students included those from Freehold Township High School, Manalapan High School, Marlboro High School, Middletown North High School and Raritan High School.

First introduced by the NJ Division of Consumer Affairs in 1997, the NJ High School Consumer Bowl aims to educate young adults on various consumer topics so students can spot scams and protect themselves from fraud and dishonest business practices, according to the Freehold Regional High School District.

The County Consumer Bowl is the first of three rounds for the overall competition.

“During the Consumer Bowl, students are tested on their understanding of the Consumer Fraud Act,” said Commissioner Erik Anderson, liaison to the Monmouth County Division of Consumer Affairs. “The questions addressed topics like home improvement contractors, gift cards, cryptocurrency, identity theft, internet issues, and amusement games."

This year is the fourth consecutive year Marlboro High School students have won the Monmouth County Consumer Bowl, officials said.

The members of the 2025 winning team include Captain Summer Adler, Chase Sussman, David Tabak, Sara Kachhia-Patel, Kayla Newman and Valerie Mylnarsky as the alternate. The team’s teachers/advisers include Patrick Scinto and Nicole Bendik, as well as Marlboro High School Principal David Bleakley.

“Congratulations to the Marlboro team on their fourth consecutive victory and to all the participating high schools for their hard work,” Anderson said.

The Consumer Bowl consists of three levels of competition:

1. County (which was held on Feb. 4)
2. Central Regional (which will be held on April 8 at the Middlesex County Fire Academy in Sayreville)
3. State (which will be held on May 21 at the NJ Attorney General’s Office in Trenton)

With this win, the Marlboro High School team will now move on to the Central Regional Consumer Bowl in April.

“On behalf of the Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners, I want to congratulate the Marlboro High School students for winning the 2025 Monmouth County Consumer Bowl,” said Commissioner Director Thomas Arnone.

“Marlboro has now won the County Consumer Bowl four years in a row and won the State championship in 2024 - an incredible accomplishment," Arnone continued. "We look forward to supporting them as they move on to the next round.”

To learn more, you can visit the Monmouth County website.