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Greenwich Eastern Middle School wins field hockey title 8-1

By Greenwich Beacon staff · November 7, 2026 · 1 min read

Two field hockey players and a goalkeeper compete near a goal on artificial turf. — Players battle near the goal during a field hockey match. Western Middle School's run to the GPS Middle School championship final ended a seven-year winless drought for the program. Unknown authorUnknown author (CC BY 2.5 ar) via Wikimedia Commons

Eastern Middle School beat Western Middle School 8-1 in the GPS Middle School field hockey championship game, according to EMS daily announcements.

The result capped a dominant fall for Eastern's Gators, who took GPS Middle School titles in all four sports: boys' soccer, girls' soccer, field hockey and volleyball. Coach Chapman led the EMS field hockey squad.

For Western, reaching the championship marked a breakthrough. The program had gone seven years without a victory before this season, the Greenwich Sentinel reported. Western tied its opponent 2-2 in regulation before winning in overtime to advance to the final.

Andrea Sinkin, the mother of seventh-grader Aria Jaffe, told the Sentinel that some players had considered quitting over the years but kept returning.

Eastern's boys' soccer team beat Central 3-1 in its championship, and the girls' soccer team finished 7-0, scoring 38 goals and allowing three all season.

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