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

The Union County competition held today in Linden was conducted as part of the tenth 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.

Linden High School won the county competition with a score of 130. Linden was the 2005 overall winner. The other schools that participated in the county competition included: Governor Livingston High School; Plainfield High School; Arthur L. Johnson High School; and Johnathon Dayton High School.

The next round of competition is scheduled to take place in Burlington County on February 6.

To date, 75 schools from 18 counties are slated to participate in the program this year.

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