NOTEBOOK / KIRBY LEE : Back McCullough to Play at Pasadena City College

Former Muir High running back Saladin McCullough will play for Pasadena City College in the fall.

McCullough signed a letter of intent to enroll at USC after gaining 2,142 yards and scoring 36 touchdowns in his senior season in 1992.

But the prep All-American was never admitted to USC because his Scholastic Aptitude Test score of about 1,200 was challenged by the Educational Testing Service, the Princeton, N.J. group that oversees the test.

The dispute went to arbitration, but the challenge was upheld. Last fall, McCullough took the American College Testing exam but scored a non-qualifying 14.

McCullough, who attended summer school classes at Pasadena, could transfer to USC after two seasons at the community college level.

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The Cal State Los Angeles women’s volleyball team will open the season Sept. 2 at the Concordia University tournament in Irvine.

The Golden Eagles (22-9), who were second to Cal State Bakersfield in the California Collegiate Athletic Assn. standings last season, return seven players, led by All-Americans Korina Kemp and Andrea Ferchaw.

Kemp, a 6-foot senior outside hitter, had 382 kills and 61 aces. Ferchaw, a 5-10 junior outside hitter, had 184 kills. Other returning starters are Wendy Derher, Adriana Huerta and Lisa Henderson.

Cal State L.A. will also play in the UC Davis and Cal State Dominguez Hills tournaments before opening its home season Sept. 27 against Cal Poly Pomona.

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Sylvia Mosqueda, the 1983 Southern Section 3-A Division cross-country champion for San Gabriel High, has been named an assistant track and cross-country coach at East L.A. College.

Mosqueda, 28, set community college national records in the 1,500 and 5,000 meters while competing for East L.A. College in 1985 and was the 1988 NCAA 10,000-meter champion at Cal State L.A.

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A barbecue to benefit the Cal State L.A. men’s basketball team is scheduled from noon to 7 p.m. on Sept. 24 at 523 Warren Lane in Inglewood. Tickets are $10.

Information: (213) 343-3080.

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A golf tournament sponsored by the San Gabriel Chamber of Commerce is scheduled for Sept. 14 at Brookside Golf Course in Pasadena.

The $100 fee includes golf, a cart and a barbecue dinner.

Information: (818) 576-2525.

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A slow-pitch softball league for players age 50 and older is being organized by the West Covina Senior Center.

Games will be played Wednesday evenings and there is no fee for participation.

Information: (818) 331-5366.