The 2017 G.M.A.A. Championships

The G.M.A.A. held their annual championships this Thursday Februrary 16th at the Kanawhake Survival School. Schools from around the island of Montreal competed against each other in tournament in order to see who would become this year's champion. The local highschools function as a feeder system for the various clubs around Quebec and have produced many national medalists throughout the years.

VMC vs. Loyola at the finals

The tournament features a Boys and Girls division and uses the points accumulated from the regular season plus the points from medals won to determine a champion. In the boys division, the defending champions Loyola High School finished off the regular season undefeated with a 7-0 record for a total of 14 points. In a three way tie for second with 10 points was Selwyn House school, Kanawhake Survival School and Vincent Massey Collegiate. On the Girls side, the Kanawhake Survival School continued their strong perfomance from last year by finishing off the season undefeated with a record of 5-0, followed by Beurling Academy (4-1) and Vincent Massey Collegiate (3-2).

For the complete G.M.A.A. league standings, click here.

The individual medal winners for each category were the following:

Boys

79 lbs

1st Peter Griffin LOY

87 lbs

1st Nicholas Saldanha LOY

95 lbs

1st Elio Cariglia LOY

2nd Connor Rooney LOY

3rd Matthew Vandystadt-Aguiar LOY

103 lbs

1st Devon Glover BEUR

2nd Gabriele Cirillo LOY

3rd Kyer Lazare KSS

111 lbs

1st Alex Johnson SHS

2nd George Stovkis LOY

3rd Shem Livingstone MVHS

119 lbs

1st Charles Blanchard MVHS

2nd Jonathan Chevrier LOY

126 lbs

1st Patrick Greiss LOY

2nd Nicholas Kaufman SHS

3rd Kevin Griffin LOY

132 lbs

1st David Wilkie BEUR

2nd Adam Fania LOY

3rd Ioronhiakere Paul KSS

138 lbs

1st Tristan Rubbo LOY

2nd David Mancini LOY

3rd Karont:a Regis KSS

145 lbs

1st Amine Bellal VMC

2nd Angus Scott SHS

3rd Anthony Manna VMC

153 lbs

1st Samuel Rainville HRHS

2nd Fabiano Alfieri LOY

3rd Luke Kalaydjian SHS

163 lbs

1st William Matthews LOY

2nd Lucas Ruvo LOY

3rd Paris Thomas LOY

175 lbs

1st Luca Di Battista SHS

2nd Juliano Lepore LOY

3rd Kraig McGowan KSS

189 lbs

1st Kobe Archer LOY

2nd Landon Glassgow KSS

3rd Nicholas Franco LOY

210 lbs

1st Henri Lajeunesse SHS

2nd Dean Brascoup KSS

3rd Nicholas Cross LOY

HWT

1st Tehatokentha Mc Comber KSS

2nd Kanatsohare Montour KSS

3rd Matthew Parthimos LOY

The medal winners for 145 lbs

Girls

95 lbs

1st Jorden Goodleaf KSS

2nd Faatimah Douglas BEUR

3rd Alexa Grimaldi VMC

111 lbs

1st Makesha Walker BEUR

2nd Alexandra Macdonald-Neves VMC

119 lbs

1st Teitsatohnteh Diabo KSS

2nd Silvia Verbich VMC

3rd Stephanie Guervin HRHS

126 lbs

1st Erin Rainville HRHS

2nd Trinity Jacobs KSS

3rd Sarah Black BEUR

132 lbs

1st Tiakotierohnton Diabo KSS

2nd Kaitlin Roberts VMC

3rd Alessandra Laurieri VMC

145 lbs

1st Kennikahontesha Montour KSS

2nd Marilou Boulanger BEUR

3rd Lakota Glenn-Norton KSS

153 lbs

1st Stella McComber KSS

2nd Alicia Sayers BEUR

175 lbs

1st Wenhnisertiiostha Goodleaf KSS

2nd Tekahnekake Stacey KSS

210 lbs

1st Kawennitha Kirby KSS

2nd Victoria Rocheleau MVHS

The medal winners for 132 lbs Girls

For a detailed list of the G.M.A.A. Championships, click here.

For the Outstanding Wrestlers, Samuel Rainville from Heritage Regional Highschool won for the boys while Erin Rainville also from Heritage Regional Highschool won on the girls side. The overall G.M.A.A. Champions for the boys were Loyola Highschool and the G.M.A.A. Champions for the girls was KSS. The G.M.A.A. Finals was a good tournament considering that many schools that competed this year were not present last year due to the "Work to Rule" that was in effect last year. Congratulations must go to the overall league champions, Loyola Highschool and KSS as well as the Outstanding wrestlers and individual medal winners.