Jimmy Belleville leapt to his feet and crossed his forearms above his head, banging them together four times.

One thump for each wrestling state championship.

“Four for four,” said the Black Hills senior, who became the fifth wrestler in state history to win four state titles.

Belleville won his final title in dramatic fashion, recovering from an early mistake to pin Burlington-Edison’s Corey Kleppe in 47 seconds in the 160-pound final at Mat Classic XXI on Saturday at the Tacoma Dome.

Belleville (39-2) slipped while going for a head-and-arm, a move he admitted was risky, and Kleppe capitalized, scoring a two-point takedown of the University of Wyoming-bound wrestler just 28 seconds into the match.

It didn’t take long for Belleville to regain control of the match. Moments later he scored a reversal and in the same motion pinned Kleppe, ending the match in 47 seconds.

“He did a quick little thing to pin me,” Kleppe said. “I’d love to wrestle him again. I haven’t wrestled many guys of his caliber.”

Belleville is the first wrestler to win a fourth title since Kelso’s Brandon Sitch accomplished the feat in 2006. Belleville won his previous titles at 103 pounds, 125 and 145. At Mat Classic XXI, he was positively dominant. Belleville recorded three first-round pins and a technical fall in the quarterfinals.

“He wrestled really well,” Wolves coach Mark Grindstaff said.

Belleville wasn’t the only Black Hills wrestling looking to add to a state title collection. Senior Nick Burnham was going for his third crown, but he was upset by Quinn Gannon of Spokane West Valley, 7-3, in the 130-pound final.

Deer Park ran away with the team title. The Stags won six individual titles and scored a 2A-record 184.5 points. W.F. West was second with 95.5 points.

Five 2A wrestlers repeated as champions. Deer Park junior Drew Acorn won at 119 pounds, Washougal senior Daniel McElhaney was first at 135, Stag senior Cody Miller won at 152 and Bellingham senior Reid Chivers won his third straight 189-pound crown.

Elma sophomore Brad Watson beat Grandview’s Santos Guillen, 10-4, in the 103-pound final. Fife’s John Rhodes (285), River Ridge’s Cameron Smith (189) and Elma’s Nick Watson (171) reached their respective title matches but lost.

Taylor Meeks didn’t seek approval from his Orting wrestling teammates before he spoke for them, but it’s doubtful any of the Cardinals would take issue with his words.

“I’m sick and tired,” Meeks said, “of finishing in second place.”

After three seasons of being the runner-up, Orting finally broke through and won its first team state championship in school history. The Cardinals walloped the rest of the field in Class 1A at Mat Classic XXI at the Tacoma Dome. Orting sent five wrestlers to the finals on Saturday night and four won titles, helping the Cardinals total 201 points. Warden was second with 127.

“This is the best feeling in the whole, entire world,” said senior John Thompson, who won the 145-pound crown. “It wasn’t just me winning, it was the entire team.”

Freshman Drew Templeman claimed the first, beating Vashon’s Sam Chapman, 5-1, at 112 pounds. After wrestling each other at postseason tournaments the last two weeks, there was little either wrestler could hide.

“The difference this time was the crowd,” Templeman said, referring to about 100 screaming Orting fans in the southeast stands. “No doubt about it.”

Junior Garrett Mann followed with technical fall, 17-2, victory over Castle Rock’s Matthew Payne in the 130-pound finals.

Thompson picked up the next title when he beat Cashmere’s Josh Mason, 6-3, at 145 pounds.

Meeks (35-0) capped Orting’s title matches by pinning Omak’s Robert Miller in 4 minutes, 21 seconds, at 171 pounds to complete an undefeated season. The state’s top-ranked wrestler at his weight in any classification, Meeks won his first match of the tournament by technical fall and pinned his next three opponents.

“He’s just solid,” Cardinals coach Mike Sowards said. “He just gets better and better. He’s going to make a heck of a college wrestler.”

When the Cardinals clear room for the state title in the school trophy case, they might want to make extra room for potential hardware from 2010. Of the 16 wrestlers Orting brought to Mat Classic, 13 were underclassmen, including four finalists.

“Hopefully we do this all over again next year,” Templeman said. “That would be pretty cool.”

In other 1A finals, Jacob Lauderdale of Lakeside won his second championship, defeating Orting’s Antonio Brown, 5-1, at 125 pounds. Vashon senior Rogen Lopez beat Chelan’s Gage Schmidt, 4-2, in the 140-pound finals.

Zillah sophomore Chris Castillo is on track to join the elite five-man group of four-time state champions. The 152-pounder edged Omak’s Andrew Miller, 10-8, in overtime.

In the B team title race, Republic held off Kittitas for the second straight season, winning, 113.5-107. Republic senior J.J. Gubler won his third title, beating Ray Tennehill of Liberty Bell by technical fall, 16-0. In a meeting of two 2008 champions, Republic’s Ryn Rollins beat Mary Walker’s Conan Kalugin, 4-3, at 125 pounds for his third state championship.