NEWARK - Pemberton Township High School today beat out five schools to win first place in the New Jersey High School Consumer Bowl Burlington County competition, New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Director Kimberly Ricketts announced today.

The Burlington County competition held today at the Palmyra Cove Nature Park and Environmental Center in Palmyra was conducted as part of the 10th annual New Jersey High School Consumer Bowl, a statewide quiz show-style competition created in 1997 to teach young adults about consumer issues. The competition matches teams of high school students against each other, first in county events, then in regional competitions and ultimately in the state finals held in Trenton. The finals will be held in May.

"Through this competition, we are teaching young adults, in a fun way, how to be savvy consumers who know how to detect and avoid fraud," Director Ricketts said.

Pemberton Township High School won the county competition with a score of 110 and will go on to compete in the Southern Regional Competition on March 30 at Burlington County College, Mount Holly Campus. The other schools that participated in the county competition included: Riverside High School, Florence Township High School, Lenape High School, Burlington County Technical High School, and Delran High School.

The next round of competition is scheduled to take place in Hunterdon County on Wednesday.

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