WELCOME back to another edition of THE MEAT GRINDER podcast, your weekly dose of High School Football in Connecticut with hosts Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga.

We've reached the last three weeks of the 2024 season and, after eight long weeks, the focus at last shifts back to West Haven, where Nick Conlan, Kadear Dembele and the Blue Devils, who started out ranked, but lost their season opener to Greenwich, returned to the state's consciousness with by avenging last year's loss to rival North Haven with a sixth-straight victory.

The win virtually assured the Westies would take their place among the elite teams of the Class LL race, but would voters reward them with a spot in the Top 10?

Elsewhere, Sean and Pete review some of the big results and break down all six of the CIAC playoff races, including Cromwell/Portland's comeback victory over Haddam-Killingworth -- won by two haymakers in the second half -- to claim the inside track on the Class S playoff race.

They also look at Killingly's big win over Barlow, Windham's loss to Fitch and what those results mean for the Class SS race; Class M's big weekend with Brookfield (vs. Barlow) and St. Joseph (vs. Staples) taking center stage; And, of course, the remaining races in Class MM, L and LL. ... Could Kennedy (??) have a realistic shot?

Join us for this, shoutouts and much, much more!

RUNDOWN

0:00 — Introduction: West Haven turns tables

1:05 — It’s Week 9 Already!?

5:47 — West Haven wins 6th straight, 32-7 over North Haven

16:12 — The Latest GameTimeCT Top 10 Poll

20:45 — Latest Top 10: No. 2 Hand survives Hamden on crazy Hail Mary

25:52 — Cromwell/Portland’s two haymakers rallies Panthers past H-K

31:03 — CLASS S Playoff Outlook: Woodland goes down

33:43 — CLASS SS Playoff Outlook: Killingly rolls past Barlow, Fitch knocks off Windham

37:35 — CLASS M Playoff Outlook: Big tests for Brookfield, Law

39:49 — CLASS MM Playoff Outlook: Xavier knocks off Hillhouse, Torrington OK

44:15 — CLASS L Playoff Outlook: Newtown’s time arrives; Which NDWH shows up?

50:03 — CLASS LL: Who gets the final two spots? Kennedy??

57:52 — SHOUT OUTS!

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