NEWARK - Oakcrest High School today won first place in the New Jersey High School Consumer Bowl Atlantic County competition, New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Director Kimberly Ricketts announced today.

The Atlantic County competition held today in Mays Landing 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.

Oakcrest High School won the county competition with a score of 130. Absegami High School came in second with a score of 90.

The next round of competition is scheduled to take place in Union County on Thursday, February 2, 2006 at Linden High School.

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

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