Kaiser Elementary’s third and fourth-grade C division...

Kaiser Elementary’s third and fourth-grade C division basketball team

ended its season 10-0, capping it with a run through the Southern

California Municipal Athletic Federation Orange County Tournament.

Kaiser faced California, also from Costa Mesa, in the final game.

The game featured several lead changes and was tied with one final

possession for Kaiser.

Christopher Whitelegge broke free to make a basket to seal the

33-31 win.

Kaiser defeated Buena Park, 30-9, in its second game but faced

stiff competition from a team from Newport Beach in the first game.

The game went to the final seconds of overtime before Kaiser

pulled it out, 31-30.

California (8-1-1) began the tournament beating Cypress, 41-33,

and followed that up with a 26-16 triumph over Garden Grove.

California and Kaiser were the only two teams from Costa Mesa’s

Recreation Division to make the tournament, held March 15-16.