Marlboro High School Students Win County Consumer Bowl For 5th Year

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

The 2026 Monmouth County Consumer Bowl, which is sponsored by the NJ Division of Consumer Affairs, was held on Feb. 26 at the Monmouth County Fire Academy in Howell.

Participating students for this year’s event included those from Freehold Township High School, Manalapan High School, Marlboro High School, Middletown South High School and Raritan High School.

It is the fifth year in a row that Marlboro High School students have been crowned winners of the event.

“On behalf of my fellow commissioners, I want to congratulate the Marlboro High School students for winning the 2026 Monmouth County Consumer Bowl,” Commissioner Director Thomas Arnone said.

“Marlboro has now won the County Consumer Bowl five years in a row and won the State championship in 2024 and 2025, which is an incredible accomplishment!” he continued. “We look forward to cheering them on as they move on to the next round.”

During the Consumer Bowl, students are testing on their understanding of the Consumer Fraud Act and how it’s applied to certain consumer-related topics, said Commissioner Erik Anderson, liaison to the Monmouth County Division of Consumer Affairs.

According to Anderson, the questions addressed topics such as home improvement contractors, the Lemon Law and the grandparent scam, along with tips to avoid scams associated with telemarketing, gift cards, cryptocurrency, identity theft, internet issues, amusement games and purchasing a pet.

Now that the team from Marlboro High School has won the Consumer Bowl, they’ll advance to compete in the Central Regional Consumer Bowl on April 28.

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

Marlboro High School students previously won the Monmouth County Consumer Bowl in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The members of this year’s winning team are:

• (Captain) Summer Adler
• Chase Sussman
• David Tabak
• Sara Kachhia-Patel
• (Alternate) Valerie Mylnarsky

The team’s teachers/advisers are Patrick Scinto and Nicole Bendik, and Marlboro High School’s principal is David Bleakley.

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

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