St. John Vianney Wins Monmouth County Consumer Bowl

Homdel, NJ - St. John Vianney High School came up winners of the 2016 Monmouth County Consumer Bowl, a game-show-style competition for teams of high school students. Team members are Megan Furch, Matt Langdon, Lauren Sabol, Austin Schlessinger and Andrew Stevens. Their advisor is Michele Langdon.

The contest was held Feb. 17 at the Monmouth County Fire Academy. Students from seven Monmouth County high schools answered questions to test their knowledge of consumer issues, such as Internet fraud and buying and leasing automobiles.

The five-member team from St. John Vianney successfully earned its 2016 Monmouth County Consumer Bowl title against students from Colts Neck, Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Howell, Manalapan and Raritan High School.

“It’s important that teens understand consumer and business concepts, like credit and identity theft, banking and fraud, marketing and advertising,” said Freeholder Lillian G. Burry, liaison to the County’s Division of Consumer Affairs.

The St. John Vianney team will move on to the regional competition in April. The winner of the regional competition will go on to compete in the 2016 New Jersey State Consumer Bowl scheduled for May in Trenton.