Niko Iliescu didn’t have any time after school on Halloween to go trick-or-treating. He had a football game to play that evening, and his plan was to take over. At least, that’s what was written across the black tape stretched across the bridge of his nose.
“Yeah, I wanted to be scary tonight,” the sophomore running back and linebacker said with a laugh after the Southern Regional football team smashed Williamstown, 36-3, during the opening round of the NJSIAA South Jersey Group 5 playoffs on…
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