Jake Flores

3 weeks ago | ksbw.com | Jake Flores

Salinas native and one the best featherweight boxers in the world, Ruben “Drac” Villa, is stepping out of the ring and onto the greens - at least for a day.He'll be hosting the "Ruben Villa IV Open" a charity golf event at The Club at Pasadera on April 11. His goal is to raise money for young amateur boxers.“We want to be able to send them without their parents having to pay or just help them pay a little bit. I know how hard it is and how expensive it can be to be an amateur boxer.

1 month ago | ksbw.com | Jake Flores

Monterey Bay FC is less than two weeks away from their first game of the 2025 regular season, and the team is buzzing with excitement. The team has new players, new uniforms, and most importantly, a new energy.Monterey Bay FC heads into the 2025 season with a roster that is almost completely different from last season.

2 months ago | ksbw.com | Jake Flores

Soquel High School's head football coach Dwight Lowery has been awarded the Golden Whistle Award for his exceptional contributions to the football program and his players' lives. "Every year we give out a Golden Whistle Award, and you have exemplified what this award is all about, so on behalf of KSBW, we want to award you the Golden Whistle Award," said sports reporter Jake Flores.

2 months ago | ksbw.com | Jake Flores

Santa Cruz hosted its inaugural girls flag football all-star game, highlighting the best local high school athletes in the sport."I'm like, what can I do to kinda honor these girls in this sport and this is how we came up with this new flag football all-star game with Joel and the GO Foundation so it's just amazing to see it come to fruition," said founder of the Reggie Stephens Foundation, Reggie Stephens.

Nov 29, 2024 | ksbw.com | Jake Flores

Aptos Mariners and Carmel Padres will compete in the CCS Division III championship game tonight at Rabobank Stadium in Salinas. "I felt like we just really came up, we just really wanted to play this year, it's our senior year," said Felix Valencia, an Aptos player. "We got Logan at center, we got Nate, a lot of people that just want to play. It's our last year, we want to make a full run for it."Head Coach Zach Hewett, in his first season, expressed his surprise at the team's success.