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Football: Boron player remains in critical condition

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Boron Principal Paul Kostopoulos said the condition of gravely injured football player Vinnie Rodriguez remained unchanged as of Tuesday afternoon.

Rodriguez was in critical condition after suffering seizures as the result of an apparent head injury Friday during the Bobcats’ game against Riverside California School for the Deaf.

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Boron is holding a $6-a-plate spaghetti dinner in the school cafeteria from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday to raise funds for Rodriguez’s grandmother, who is the guardian of the Boron player and his three younger brothers.

Information about a relief fund set up at the AltaOne Credit Union can be obtained by calling (760) 762-5492. Contributions will go to help the family with medical, rehabilitation and travel costs.

-- 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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