WELCOME to another edition of THE MEAT GRINGER, your weekly dose of high school football in Connecticut with hosts Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga, and — welp — guess we can no longer ignore New Britain.

The Hurricanes, who have been screaming all year long for our love and attention as they racked up win after win, week after week, finally got to mug for the GameTimeCT cameras when they took on Maloney in a pivotal Week 7 game at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

And, after surviving an early onslaught courtesy of Maloney receiver Jesus Martell, the 'Canes turned to junior back Jayden Allen to rally them to 20-17 victory and a 6-0 record, their best start since 2003. Then they turned to us, unleashing their disappointment in being unranked, for us failing to pick them to win among other slights, perceived or otherwise.

This, of course, was after they got into an acrimonious "discussion" with Maloney during the post-game handshakes over some apparent pregame social media shenanigans, which is currently being investigated by both school districts.

Pete and Sean discuss all of this, take a look at the latest top 10 review some of the other big results from Week 7 — Hello, Woodland! — and dive back into the ever-developing state playoff picture heading into the final month of the season. And let's not forget our weekly SHOUT OUTS!

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