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Football: Edison players rally around teammate

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Edison is holding an event Saturday at DG Salon in Huntington Beach to benefit junior lineman Luke Gane, who was recently diagnosed with aplastic anemia.

The disorder occurs when bone marrow does not produce sufficient new cells to replenish blood cells and often requires a bone marrow transplant. Luke is scheduled to receive marrow harvested from his brother Jacob early next month.

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Luke’s teammates will gather Saturday for a ‘Locks for Luke’ event in which they will shave their heads to help raise funds for the Gane family. One player’s mother has offered to cut off hair that stretches to her waist if she can net a $1,000 donation.

Anyone interested in contributing is asked to bring $20 to the salon located at 22015 Bushard St. The salon’s phone number is (714) 964-5202.

--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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