The Meat Grinder (S6 E5): Reigning in the Rain | Plus! North Branford coach Anthony Salvati

The Meat Grinder

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 eye-popping results.

The one constant, however, was No. 2 West Haven's 31-21 victory over rival and No, 6-ranked Shelton at Finn Stadium. Now, the Westies are making a serious run at the state's top ranking as they head to face rival Hamden in a homecoming for RB Camren Kemp, who transferred a week before the season.

Join SPB and Pete Paguaga as they break down that matchup and everything else that happened over the four-day Week 4 weekend: St. Joseph's narrow FCIAC win over Stamford on Saturday, Cromwell/Portland's Pequot rout of the new MSW co-op on Sunday.

This week's special guest is first-year North Branford coach ANTHONY SALVATI, a T-Bird alum whose team is 3-0 going into a showdown with unbeaten Granby/Canton. Salvati talks about his squad, why he returned to his alma mater after spending four years at Guilford, and why he hopes the T-Birds will never have to co-op, as so many other Pequot programs have.

So join us, won't you?

RUNDOWN

0:00 — Opening Montage

1:43 — Surviving and drying from Friday night’s monsoon

8:40 — The Latest GameTimeCT Top 10

10:35 — Reid, No. 2 Westies make their case v. Shelton

17:02 — Hamden-West Haven outlook: Kemp comes home

21:36 — SCC: No. 3 Cheshire shuts out Prep

24:29 — CCC: Hall upsets No. 9 Southington

27:48 — SWC: Masuk gets defensive to beat Bunnell

36:03 — SPB’s Saturday NVL Tour (HC, Ansonia win big)

39:05 — FCIAC: St. Joseph holds off Stamford

49:02 — Pequot: Cromwell/Portland routs MSW

51:12 — INTERVIEW with North Branford coach Anthony Salvati

1:08:30 — Wrapping up

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