Saints Hire Lemmerman to Call Scouting Signals

Bruce Lemmerman, quarterback for Cal State Northridge from 1965-67, has been hired as director of college scouting for the New Orleans Saints.

Lemmerman, 48, is the Matadors’ career passing leader with 4,473 yards, 37 touchdowns, 880 attempts and 369 completions. Lemmerman also holds the school record for touchdown passes in a season, 27 in 1966, and shares the record for touchdown passes in a game, five in 1967.

Lemmerman played for the Atlanta Falcons from 1968-70. He also played nine seasons for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League.

Lemmerman was Edmonton’s director of operations the past five years.

Field Hockey

The 23rd annual California Cup field hockey tournament, which attracted about 1,000 players from around the world, concluded Monday with the championship matches for the nine competing divisions at Moorpark College.

“It went real well,” said Tom Harris, who founded the California Cup in 1971. “It’s a lot better than it used to be. It’s larger and a lot better organized.”

Six teams participated in the inaugural tournament, but Harris has seen interest in the sport skyrocket, especially locally. This year, 78 teams participated in the three-day event.

“It’s a little different because there’s so few playing it’s like a brotherhood,” he said. “It’s growing and people are positive about it.”

The West Van Millionaires from West Vancouver, B.C., won the gold in the super men’s division, defeating Greenwich FHC from Stamford, Conn.

In the men’s competitive division, the Cougars from Camarillo, won the gold medal, defeating the L.A. Tigers from Northridge in the championship match.

In the women’s competitive division, the University of British Columbia won the gold, defeating Rigormortis of Oakland. Endangered Species from Davis, Calif., won the under-19 division, beating out the Hawks from Vancouver, B.C.

Taiwan entered three teams in the tournament and they all emerged with gold medals in the social, under-15 boys and under-12 mixed divisions. Two local teams got silver medals after losing to Taiwan--the L.A. Tigers from Northridge in the social division and the Coyotes Green from Moorpark for the under-12 mixed division.

In the under-15 girls’ division, the Bulldogs of Thousand Oaks won the gold, beating out the Cougars of Camarillo. The Bulldogs also won bronze medals in the under-15 boys’ and under-12 mixed divisions.