Welcome to 16th and final Season 6 episode of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of high school football in Connecticut, brought to you by GameTimeCT and CT Insider. After six great championship bouts ad CCSU and UConn’s Rentschler Field, we’ve crowned our 2023 champions and voted in the final GameTimeCT Top 10 poll and the STAPLES WRECKERS are No.…

Welcome to another thrilling edition of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of high school football in Connecticut with GameTimeCT's Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga, and the weekly GameTimeCT Pick'ems Podcas: CIAC quarterfinal edition. And what a Thanksgiving week it was as we completed the CIAC state playoff field. There were upsets galore in …

Welcome back to another thrilling episode of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of High School Football in Connecticut and because we live in Connecticut, and we're fast approaching the last Thursday in November, everybody should know what that means. Yes, turkeys, it's Thanksgiving Football Week in Connecticut, the final regular season game of the…

The GameTimeCT Pick'Em podcast and board has returned for Week 11 of the 2023 football season. THE RUNDOWN 0:00 - 2:34 — Opener 2:35 - 4:15 — Conard (1-8) at Hall (6-3) 4:16 - 5:20 — ATI (7-1) at Bullard Havens (7-2) 5:20 - 6:07 — Waterford (2-6) at Weaver (1-7) 6:08 - 7:19 — Granby/Canton (8-1) at SMSA co-op (8-1) 7:20 - 8:47 — Fairfield Prep (2-6…

We’ve reached the penultimate week of the 2023 regular season, the week where we set the Thanksgiving table and learn, definitively, who is in and who needs what to qualify for the CIAC playoffs. And, yes, your crack staff at GameTimeCT hunkered down with our slide rules and abacuses this weekend so that we may give you our best estimates on the la…

Welcome to back to another episode of the Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of high school football in Connecticut. Do not adjust your YouTube or Spotify. It is Friday and it is a very special episode of the Meat Grinder. Last week’s drop of the Alliance playoff proposal got our gears going, we discussed it amongst ourselves, and then had a lengthy di…

The GameTimeCT Pick'Em podcast and board has returned for Week 10 of the 2023 football season. THE RUNDOWN 0:00 - 2:54 — Intro 2:55 - 4:17 — Windsor (7-1) at Berlin (6-2) 4:18 - 5:02 — Wilcox Tech (3-4) at Platt Tech (5-3) 5:03 - 6:42 — Killingly (5-3) at New London (5-3) 6:43 - 7:44 — Ludlowe (6-2) at Wilton (6-2) 7:45 - 9:07 — Oxford (8-0) at Ans…

We knew it was coming and here it is. The Alliance brass has interrupted the season with their latest call to remove Thanksgiving Day as Connecticut's crown jewel of sporting events. The idea: Dump a century's worth tradition in favor of a balanaced schedule based on class, 50% more (whyyy??) playoff teams, the ending the season before the wrestlin…

GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 9 of the staff pick'ems for the 2023 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. THE RUNDOWN 0:00 - 4:10 — Intro 4:10 - 6:02 — CCC: Maloney (6-1) at Southington (5-2) 6:03 - 7:05 — Bullard Havens (5-2) at Wilcox Tech (3-3) 7:06 - 8…

It was a weekend of firsts across the state as October drew to a close. Notre Dame-Fairfield is 7-0 after beating Masuk for the first time since 2005. Coming off its first loss of the season, No. 7 West Haven handed No. 4 Newtown its first loss. Shelton, meanwhile, handed No. 6 North Haven its first on-field loss of the season while returning to th…

GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 8 of the staff pick'ems for the 2023 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. THE RUNDOWN 0:00 - 3:07 — Intro 3:08 - 4:46 — Maloney at Hall 4:47 - 5:41 — Thames River at Cheney Tech 5:42 - 7:34 — Stonington at Windham 7:35 - 9:4…

Triumph and sadness ruled yet another rainy week of football. First, at the opening of the new Ken Strong Stadium turf, North Haven — ranked in the preseason, but dropped following its forfeit to Darien Week 1 — completed its march back to the top 10 with a near-perfect 21-13 upset victory over No. 2 West Haven. The following night, Windsor, in its…

GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 7 of the staff pick'ems for the 2023 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. The Rundown 0:00 - 2:21 — Intro 2:22 - 3:45 — Enfield at Berlin 3:46 - 5:03 — Wilcox Tech/Kaynor Tech at ATI 5:04 - 6:35 — Fitch at Killingly 6:36 - 8…

Welcome back to another edition of The Meat Grinder, Connecticut's award-winning high school podcast brought to you by GameTimeCT. We've reached the midpoint of the 2023 season, and what better way to celebrate than diving into a very special Meat Grinder midseason double album. Yes, like the rock legends of old — The Beatles, Floyd, The Stones, Ze…

GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 6 of the staff pick'ems for the 2023 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. The Rundown 0:00 - 4:11 — Intro 4:12 - 6:18 — Waterford at Ledyard 6:19 - 9:09 — Staples at Wilton 9:10 - 10:33 — Windsor Locks co-op at Haddam-Killin…

Welcome to another edition of The Meat Grinder, Connecticut's only award winning high school football podcast, brought to you by GameTimeCT and CT Insider. It was a bye week for half the state, yet somehow we have jam-packed show because plenty happened. With everybody focused on Camren Kemp's Hamden homecoming on his birthday, it was junior quarte…

GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 5 of the staff pick'ems for the 2023 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. The Rundown 0:00 - 2:51 — Intro 2:52 - 4:38 — Maloney at Glastonbury 4:39 - 6:31 — O'Brien Tech at VGW Tech 6:32 - 8:49 — New Canaan at St. Joseph 8:5…

Thanks to another round of nasty weather — this time a wave of torrential rain that drenched much of Connecticut and made playing football a slippery endeavor — it was a chaotic Week 4 of high school football. For those who played Friday night, the rain disrupted just about every football team's delicate offensive choreography, which scripted some …

GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 4 of the staff pick'ems for the 2023 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. THE RUNDOWN 0:00 - 4:01 — Intro 4:02 - 6:14 — Wethersfield at Berlin 6:15 - 9:25 — Bullard Havens/Kolbe at Northwest United 9:26 - 11:50 — ATI at Tham…

After a rough showing in the Alliance’s first week, the FCIAC roared back with three Top 10 Alliance victories in Week 3, including No. 1 Greenwich’s thrilling 30-28 win over No. 3 Maloney, unranked Staples' 34-27 takedown of No. 2 Southington, and New Canaan’s reaffirming 33-12 win over No. 10 Windsor. Though Newtown dampened league spirits when i…

GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 3 of the staff pick'ems for the 2023 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. THE RUNDOWN 0:00 - 5:00 — Intro 5:01 - 7:22 — Oxford at Seymour 7:23 - 8:46 — Bullard Havens/Kolbe at Cheney Tech 8:47 - 12:11 — Capital Prep/First Ac…

Welcome to another edition of The Meat Grinder, Connecticut's only award winning high school football podcast, brought to you by GameTimeCT and CT Insider. A supposed off-week was anything but as several big results rocked the early 2023 season — Cheshire topped Shelton in overtime, Darien rallied to beat McMahon and Hand bested Fairfield Prep in o…

GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 2 of the staff pick'ems for the 2023 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. The Rundown 0:00 - 3:41 — Intro 3:42 - 4:57 — Avon at East Catholic 4:58 - 6:23 — Prince Tech/Innovation at ATI 6:24 - 8:25 — Fitch at New London 8:26…

GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for the staff pick'ems for the 2023 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. The Rundown 0:00 - 0:53 — Intro 0:54 - 2:47 — Woodland at Holy Cross 2:48 - 3:58 — Trumbull at Hamden 3:59 - 5:13 — Wilton at Berlin 5:14 - 6:48 — Rockville at …

The SCC’s big dogs, West Haven, Shelton, Hamden and Cheshire knocked off the FCIAC’s big dogs in a stormy (figurative and literal) start to the 2023 Connecticut High School Football season. Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley return to break down the Top 10 carnage and hit on some of the big performances of Week 1. While Masuk’s coaching situation…

Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga return with a full hour of 2023 Connecticut High School football season previews in the Season SIX premiere episode of the Meat Grinder. The guys look over what's new, who's who and what's what; go on some rants, run down the GameTimeCT preseason Top 10 football poll and, finally, make their state championship p…

GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Scott Ericson are back with the ninth and final episode of the High and Tight high school baseball podcast for the 2023 season. The champions were crowned this weekend at Palmer Field and all four champions joined the show this week. Class S champion: Haddam-Killingworth coach Mark Brookes joined the show with Joseph G…

GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Scott Ericson are back with the eighth episode of the High and Tight high school baseball podcast for the 2023 season. The duo is alone this week because the state championship matchups are set. The two break down the last two weeks of the tournaments and select which team they think will be celebrating on Palmer Field…

GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Scott Ericson are back with the seventh episode of the High and Tight high school baseball podcast for the 2023 season. The duo is alone this week because the state tournament pairings have dropped. The two break down each class and select their final fours and champions for each class. Rundown 0:00 - 1:24 — Introducti…

GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Scott Ericson are back with the sixth episode of the High and Tight high school baseball podcast for the 2023 season. The duo is joined by St. Bernard baseball coach Grant Livingston. Livingston helped lead St. Bernard to the 2007 Class S state title as a player and is now leading the program as the head coach. He has …

GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Scott Ericson are back with the fifth episode of the High and Tight high school baseball podcast for the 2023 season. The duo is joined by Trumbull baseball coach Phil Pacelli. The longtime Trumbull coach has led his team to an 12-4 record this season. Pacelli is a Trumbull guy through and through, playing for the Eagl…

GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Scott Ericson are back with the fourth episode of the High and Tight high school baseball podcast for the 2023 season. The duo is joined by Hamden baseball coach Mike Dwyer. The second year coach has led his team to an 8-2 start. Dwyer played at Hamden before playing at Newbury College and has been coaching in the Gree…

GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Scott Ericson are back with the third episode of the High and Tight high school baseball podcast for the 2023 season. The duo is joined by Abbott Tech baseball coach Dave Simone. The Abbott Tech coach has been leading the Wolverine program for 10 years. He played at Immaculate before going on to play at UConn-Avery Poi…

GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Scott Ericson are back with the second episode of the High and Tight high school baseball podcast for the 2023 season. The duo is joined by Southington baseball coach Stan Switala. The Southington coach joined the Blue Knights coaching staff last season after 18 years coaching in California. The trio talks about the bi…

GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Scott Ericson are back for the fifth season of the High and Tight high school baseball podcast. The duo is thrilled to be back behind the microphone to talk all things Connecticut High School baseball. In the first episode of the season, the two talk the preseason top 10 poll, top players to keep an eye this season and…

In this episode hosts Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley look back at six state championship games, examine what happened and what worked and what didn't during the games at Central Connecticut State's Arute Field and UConn's Rentschler Field. They also look at all of the state's final rankings — the GameTimeCT Top 10 Poll, The Day of New London'…

It's State Championship Weekend and we have a special guest to help preview the state finals. UConn coach Jim Mora joins hosts Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley to talk about the football state championships being held at Rentschler Field, UConn and Arute Field, CCSU. Mora also talks about the taking the job at UConn, the season the team has had…

It's State Championship Weekend! The matchups are set. The annual CIAC championship has been conducted and the title venues —— Central Connecticut State's Arute Field and University of Connecticut's Rentschler Field —— are ready to host Saturday's six championship games.Join hosts Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley has they talk about the weekend…

After a competitive and ofen surprising round of 24 state quarterfinal games, we've reached the final four of the 2022 Connecticut high school football season. That is, it's the final four in six state championship divisions, or the final 12.Welcome to yet another very special Meat Grinder / Pick'ems Podcast crossover show, in which hosts Pete Pagu…

Welcome to the Annual Turkey Wrap Episode of the Meat Grinder, our look back at all the thrills, chills and spills and clean up after the Thanksgiving Week regular season finale. Despite the CIAC's best efforts to dilute the playoffs to the point where only 11 of 48 playoff spots were up-for-grabs heading into the week (and a mere seven on Thanksgi…

It’s Thanksgiving Week! The end of the regular season is upon us, so welcome to a very special episode of BOTH the Meat Grinder AND the Petey Pageviews Pick ‘em Podcast.That’s right, it’s the WEEK 12 CROSSOVER EPISODE. Like when Family Guy met the Simpsons, or when Phineas and Ferb met the Avengers or Family Matters met Full House (ugh).In the Meat…

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It's a jam-packed, albeit delayed, special episode in which Pete and Sean look back at the thriller at Ken Strong Stadium where unbeaten West Haven survived a spirited comeback against rival Hamden to stay unbeaten, not to mention a number of other wild results from a weatherbeaten Week 10 schedule.No. 1 Maloney's reign lasts all of one week, thank…

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Welcome back to another episode of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of high school football in Connecticut with GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley.Now that Maloney has snatched the No. 1 banner away from Southington with its thrilling, 31-28, double overtime victory won on the foot of Josh Scaramuzzo, we turn our attention to Week …

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Welcome back to another thrilling episode of the Meat Grinder, your weekly look at high school football in Connecticut with GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley.And it was indeed a thriller on Halloween Weekend, especially up at Pierson Park in Cromwell where Cole Brisson and the Cromwell/Portland football team rallied and then hung on…

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This week’s special guest star is 5-1 North Haven football coach Tony Sagnella who returns for a re-do of last year’s interview that went unheard because Sean forgot to hit the record button.Coach Sags talk’s about this year’s resurgent team, which plays Cheshire this week as it fights for a Class MM playoff spot. The guys also talk to Sagnella abo…

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