St. Louis Catholic's Luke Caballero locks up Sulphur's Elza Demary IV during a match at the Jesse James Southwest Shootout on Jan. 28. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press file photo)

The final day of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association state wrestling championships in Bossier City ended with six gold medalist from Southwest La., while Basile’s quest for a fifth consecutive state championship fell just short.

Basile as edged by Archbishop Shaw 215.5-213 for the Division III team title.

The Bearcats had 11 wrestlers place in the top six, including two state champions in Luc Johnson at 145 pounds and Christian Bergeron at 182 pounds.

Johnson, the top seed in his weight class, won his first three matches by pin before beating No. 2 Liam O’Connor (DeLaSalle) 12-2 in the finals.

In the 182-pound final, two-seed Bergeron edged No. 1 Jason Krail (DeLaSalle) 5-3, scoring all of his points in the second period.

Sam Houston finished sixth in Division II led by a pair of state champions in Pollex Coleman (120-pounds) and Tyson Roach (126-pounds).

No. 1 Coleman pinned No. 3 Brennan Romero (Teurlings Catholic) in 1:11 in the 120 finals.

Roach, the top seed at 126, trailed No. 3 Brennan Boyer (Teurlings Catholic) 6-2 heading into the third period but scored five points in the final 20 seconds to win 7-6, going ahead on a 3-point near fall in the closing seconds.

No. 1 seed Camden Gautreaux became DeQuincy’s first individual wrestling state champion after beating Carson Dalton (Archbishop Shaw) 8-1 in the Division III 138-pound final.

Sulphur’s Blayden Laidlaw won his first state championship as the No. 3 seed in Division I 220-pounds. He upset No. 2 Griffin Ellis (Jesuit) with a 51-second pin in the semifinals and beat No. 5 Gage Kelly (Live Oak) in the finals, pinning him with 39 seconds left in the second period. Laidlaw won 4 of his 5 matches by pin.

Sam Houston’s Tyson Roach and Basile’s Luc Johnson and Christian Bergeron repeated as state champions.

Southwest La. top six finishers

State champion

Pollex Coleman, Sam Houston Div. II 120-pounds

Tyson Roach, Sam Houston Div. II 126-pounds

Camden Gautreaux, DeQuincy Div. III 138-pounds

Luc Johnson, Basile Div. III 145-pounds

Christian Bergeron, Basile Div. III 182-pounds

Blayden Laidlaw, Sulphur Div. I 220-pounds

Runner-up

Patrick Fontenot, Basile Div. III 106-pounds

Luke Caballero, St. Louis Div. III 120-pounds

Hank Milligan, St. Louis Div. III 220-pounds

3rd place

Kye Smith, Basile Div. III 113-pounds

Jay Guillory, Basile Div. III 126-pounds

Caleb Lavine, Sam Houston Div. II 145-pounds

Patrick Fontenot, Basile Div. III 152-pounds

Peyton Miller, Sam Houston Div. II 152-pounds

Luke Fontenot, Basile Div. III 160-pounds

Graham Montet, St. Louis Div. III 182-pounds

Ethan Goss, St. Louis Div. III 195-pounds

5th place

Chevy Coleman, Sam Houston Div. II 106-pounds

Grant Habetz, St. Louis Div. III 126-pounds

Landon Thibodaux, Basile Div. III 132-pounds

Noah Williamson, St. Louis Div. III 152-pounds

Jackson Courville, Basile Div. III 170-pounds

Colt Fisher, Sam Houston Div. II. 220-pounds

Scott Berzas, Basile Div. III 285-pounds

6th place

Landon Royer, DeQuincy Div. III 113-pounds

Craig Miller, S. Beauregard Div. III 120-pounds

Jacob Rogers, Vinton Div. III 132 pounds

Nolan McMichael, St. Louis Div. III 145-pounds

Tucker LeBlanc, Basile Div. III 138-pounds

Jordan Rogers, Vinton Div. III 170-pounds