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Football: Boron trails at half, 21-14

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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After running onto the field before the game holding the outstretched jersey of their fallen teammate, Boron got off to a fast start tonight against host Kern Valley.

The Bobcats recovered a game-opening onside kick and scored shortly thereafter on a 45-yard run by Lucas Israel, but the Bobcats trailed at halftime, 21-14, in the first game since sophomore Vinnie Rodriguez died from head injuries sustained in a game last week.

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Kern Valley’s Mark Eisenhauer had an 85-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and a seven-yard run for another score that gave the Broncs a 21-14 lead.

The Bobcats drove to Kern Valley five-yard line at the end of the half but had run out of timeouts and couldn’t get off another play.

--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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