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Football: Playing for Vinnie

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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The Boron High football team met Wednesday afternoon and decided to honor Vinnie Rodriguez the best way it knows how: by playing on.

The Bobcats opted to proceed with Friday’s road game against Lake Isabella Kern Valley in the wake of the death of Rodriguez, the sophomore running back and safety who succumbed Tuesday night to head injuries suffered last Friday during a game against California Riverside School for the Deaf.

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‘The kids want to play for Vinnie,’ Boron Athletic Director Jim Boghosian said. ‘That’s what he would want.’

--Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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