There wasn’t much scarier going on Halloween night than what happened at Maloney Stadium

In a mismatch of a “game” that should never been allowed to happen, Phillipsburg destroyed Newark Central 55-14 Friday night in a NJSIAA North 2 Group 4 football quarterfinal.

With the ludicrously easy triumph, the No. 1 seeded Stateliners (8-1) advance to a N2 G4 semifinal next week against No. 5 seed Colonia Friday night at Maloney Stadium. The Colonials (7-3) defeated No. 4 seed Ridge 20-19 in another quarterfinal Friday night.

No. 8 seed Newark Central (6-4) was never competitive and no hope to be. The Blue Devils turned the ball over four times in the first half, couldn’t execute the simplest of plays and were absolutely no match for Phillipsburg’s physicality and intensity.

If the NJSIAA ever

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