The 2023 GMAA/RSEQ Wrestling Finals were held on Thursday February 16th at Howard S. Billings High School. Twelve schools for the boys side and eight schools for the girls side, in total converged on the finals, making it the largest finals, as far a school participation, in a long time.
The league was split into two conferences which was a first in a long time as six on-island schools and six off-island schools were in attendance. The on-island schools consisted of the following:
All the athletes gathered for a clinic run by 2001 World Champion Gia Sissaouri
Beurling Academy (BA)
John Rennie High School (JRHS)
Loyola High School (LOY)
Selwyn House School (SHS)
Royal Vale High School (RVHS)
Royal West Academy (RWA)
The medal winners at 119 lbs
The the off-island conference consisted of the following schools:
École Secondaire P.G. Ostiguy (ESPGO)
Heritage Regional High School (HRHS)
Howard S. Billings High School (HSBHS)
Kahnawake Survival School (KSS)
Massey Vanier High School (MVHS)
Westwood High School (WWHS)
The medal winners at 138 lbs
The tournament featured some great matches, with athletes who have medalled and participated at National Championships and Canada Games in attendance.
The final results for the boys were as follows:
| Weight | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 79 lbs | Ethan Grimard WWHS | Tyler Deshaies WWHS | Thomas Deer KSS |
| 95 lbs | Oscar Ricketts LOY | Justin Messier ESPGO | Wally Huang BA |
| 103 lbs | Bilal Muhammad BA | Landen Walker MVHS | |
| 111 lbs | Harry Ma SHS | Devin Hubbard BA | Kallen Stacey LOY |
| 119 lbs | Jake Bencherrit SHS | David Anastasiasdes RVHS | Ryan Tyndall JRHS |
| 126 lbs | Jacob Jutras ESPGO | Kenneth Dickson WWHS | Matthew Dennis SHS |
| 132 lbs | Tristan Sears HSBHS | Adriano Arcaro LOY | Miguel Zecius MVHS |
| 138 lbs | Cruz Lewis HRHS | Ethan Rooney LOY | Josué Daigneault-Aguilar ESPGO |
| 145 lbs | Justin Khairy LOY | Micheal Deer HSBHS | Asa Voshurgh MVHS |
| 153 lbs | Bryce Rooney LOY | Gabriel Ouellette-Whell HSBHS | Thomas Vinh SHS |
| 163 lbs | Charles Seitz SHS | Nicholas Elliott HSBHS | Alessandro Giordano LOY |
| 175 lbs | Brent Suter RWA | Andrew Blais ESPGO | Drake Ahmad Gray HSBHS |
| 189 lbs | Preston Gibb BA | Rocco Ramadori LOY | Charlie Divita HSBHS |
| 210 lbs | Tiago Alvez JRHS | Anthony Campione LOY | Ianni Kalliabetsos SHS |
| HWT | Matisse Brosseau SHS | Noah Mccallum MVHS | Deyogawehe Horne KSS |
Beurling Academy vs. KSS
The results for the girls were the following:
| Weight | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 95 lbs | Jade Clement HSBHS | ||
| 111 lbs | Layla Phillbert BA | Laurie Bourgault ESPGO | Lia Bear KSS |
| 126 lbs | Tiohahison Splicer KSS | Mariah Senkerik MVHS | Meaghan Clement HSBS |
| 132 lbs | Chloe Morton HSBHS | Ayesha Sayed RWA | Carmen Stacey HSBHS |
| 138 lbs |
Anisha Dickson WWHS | Roseanna Mccallum MVHS | |
| 145 lbs | Rose Forgues ESPGO | ||
| 163 lbs | Beatrice Turner-Galaise HRHS | Mirja Brunk MVHS | Charm Goodleaf KSS |
| 189 lbs | Alexandra Gendron MVHS | ||
| HWT | Elina Garon MVHS |
The Outstanding Wrestler for the Boys was Cruz Lewis from Heritage Regional High School while for the Girls, Beatrice Galaise, also from Heritage Regional High School won the award for the Girls. For the Team Championships, Loyola was crowned the champions for the Boys while Massey Vanier High School were named as champions for the Girls. Congratulations to both schools on their victory!
The medal winners at 153 lbs
Here are the final Team Results:
| Place | Boys | Points | Place | Girls | Points |
| 1 | Loyola High School | 63 | 1 | Massey Vanier High School | 20 |
| 2 | Selwyn House School | 56 | 2 | Howard S. Billings High School | 13 |
| 3 | Howard S. Billings High School | 44 | 3 | Kahnawake Survival School | 11 |
| 4 | Beurling Academy | 26 | 4 | Heritage Regional High School | 9 |
| 5 | Westwood High School | 19 | 5 | Beurling Academy | 5 |
| 6 | École Secondaire P.G. Ostiguy | 18 | 6 | Westwood High School | 4 |
| 6 | Massey Vanier High School | 18 | 7 | École Secondaire P.G. Ostiguy | 3 |
| 6 | Royal West Academy | 18 | 7 | Royal West Academy | 3 |
| 7 | John Rennie High School | 13 | |||
| 8 | Royal Vale High School | 11 | |||
| 9 | Heritage Regional High School | 10 | |||
| 9 | Kahnawake Survival School | 10 |
The medal winners at 175 lbs
All in all, the tournament was a success as the quality of wrestling slowly returns to its previous state. Hopefully, after this championships, the sport will continue to grow and the finals will be even bigger than it was before the pandemic. A special thanks has to go to Howard S. Billings along with Coach Peter Montour for hosting a fantastic event. Now, on to the Provincials!