The 2020 GMAA All-Star Meet showcased the best high school talent in the Greater Montreal’s Athletic Association at Howard S. Billings High School on Thursday February 6th in Chateauguay Quebec. The GMAA as it’s more commonly known as holds an annual All Star Meet which pits the defending champions from the previous year against a team comprising of the best wrestlers from the rest of the league. The defending Champs from Loyola took on a strong All-Star Team of boys from the league while for the Girl’s side, athletes were split up and formed into Team Red versus Team Blue for the competition.
Team Loyola warming up
Boy’s Roster:
All-Stars | Loyola | Winner |
76 lbs: Jeremy Prefontaine ESPGO | 76 lbs: VOID | ESPGO |
92 lbs: Lucas Styres HSB | 92 lbs: Bryce Rooney LOY | LOY |
100 lbs: VOID | 100 lbs: Kyan Sabathy LOY | LOY |
108 lbs: Lestat Germain ESPGO | 108 lbs: Logan Suh LOY | LOY |
116 lbs: John Gunnip JRHS | 116 lbs: Alec Oltaci LOY | JRHS |
123 lbs: Maxence Blanchard MVHS | 123 lbs: Julien Tasca LOY | MVHS |
129 lbs: Adrian Collins JRHS | 129 lbs: Michael Lanni LOY | JRHS |
135 lbs: Charles Blanchard MVHS | 135 lbs: Joshua Roberts LOY | MVHS |
142 lbs: Nathan Germain ESPGO | 142 lbs: Connor Rooney LOY | ESPGO |
150 lbs: Jeremy Vieira VMC | 150 lbs: David Ballard LOY | VMC |
162 lbs: Faison Ahmed BA | 162 lbs: Aiden Cheema LOY | BA |
172 lbs: Owen Diabo HSB | 172 lbs: Duncan Lessard LOY | HSB |
186 lbs: Emiles Forgues ESPGO | 186 lbs: Thomas Ballard LOY | ESPGO |
207 lbs: Mathis Rainville ESPGO | 207 lbs: VOID | ESPGO |
Final score:
All-Stars | Loyola |
50 | 16 |
The traditional handshake
For the Girls All-Stars, we have the following athletes:
Team Red | Team Blue | Winner |
100 lbs: Georgia Agapitos VMC | 100 lbs: Charlie Dalpe ESPGO | ESPGO |
108 lbs: Kathleen Jones-Sargent HSBHS | 108 lbs: Naika Desrocgers ESPGO | ESPGO |
123 lbs: Jade Gaudreau MVHS | 123 lbs: Rose Forgues ESPGO | ESPGO |
142 lbs: Giuliana Iannuzzi VMC | 142 lbs: VOID | VMC |
160 lbs: Cierra Monacco JRHS | 160 lbs: Camille Dubuc ESPGO | ESPGO |
Final score:
Team Red | Team Blue |
7 | 13 |
Some action from the Girls meet
Congratulations to all our All-Stars on a well fought meet and congratulations to the defending champions Loyola and Team Red and Team Blue for an equally well-fought meet. A special thanks also has to go to Howard S. Billings and Coach Peter Montour for hosting this great event. Now, on to the finals!
School Abreviations: | |
Beurling Academy | BA |
Howard S. Billings | HSBHS |
John Rennie High School | JRHS |
Loyola High School | LOY |
Massey Vanier High School | MVHS |
École Secondaire Paul-Germain-Ostiguy | ESPGO |
Vincent Massey Collegiate | VMC |
Owen Diabo gets Howard S. Billings the win!
For the complete list of the All-Stars and the Alternates, click here.
For the complete list of Team Loyola and the Alternates, click here.