Highlights from a tri-scrimmage between Campbell, Damien and Kaimuki. Campbell’s Titus Mokiao-Atimalala and Bubbah Aina-Chaves scored two touchdowns each. Damien quarterback/linebacker Duke Ho‘ohuli sparked the Monarchs to two early TDs. Kaimuki’s Naomas Asuega-Fualaau and Jayden Maiava also scored TDs.
There could have been some rough going for the Campbell Sabers in chapter one of their 2019 football season. Instead, the Sabers excelled precisely where questions about inexperience were looming. Sophomore quarterback Blaine Hipa rifled three touchdown passes and the young offensive line did not allow a sack during a tri-scrimmage with Damien and Kaimuki on Thursday night in Ewa Beach. It was an especially memorable night for first-year Sabers offensive coordinator Jaymason Lee. He got his first taste of […]
FIRST IN A SERIES This summer, head coaches from all 28 Oahu high school varsity football teams are being asked to recount their football playing days. One coach who has already been interviewed for this multi-part series pointed out what he thinks may be the value of this endeavor: “A lot of times, you only hear about coaches when they’re getting released or are having a special season. It’s super hard to have a special season, so this should shed […]
Blaze Soares, who was Kalaheo’s defensive coordinator last year, is the DC under Darren Johnson at Campbell now. Soares is a former Castle and University of Hawaii standout linebacker. “I coached against him when I was at Kailua,” Campbell head coach Darren Johnson said. “Picking him up was a great thing.” Soares had not planned on being a coach until his uncle, Kalaheo assistant Wendell Domingo, asked him to come back and help out. “That lit the (coaching) fire for […]
Blaine Hipa is better today than he was yesterday, that’s for sure. Hipa showed flashes of brilliance as a freshman last fall at Campbell. In the eight months since, the lanky southpaw has filled out his frame with some muscle. More so, he has become efficient with his progression from the pocket. It showed on Saturday when he tossed five touchdown passes in a 30-20 win over talented Mililani in the final of the Los Angeles Rams 7v7 tournament at […]
Campbell will be hosting a Phoenix team this fall in the finale of a home-and-home series. Last season, the Sabers went to Phoenix, where they beat the Sandra Day O’Connor High 37-20. “They’ve got some good, D-I caliber kids and a really good coaching staff,” Campbell coach Darren Johnson said about the Eagles. Steve Casey, a former Virginia Tech quarterback who coaches O’Connor, is a longtime friend of Johnson. When Johnson was a player at Arizona Western, Casey was the […]
Campbell’s Peter Manuma received an offer from the University of Hawaii, according to Sabers coach Darren Johnson. Manuma, who is 6 feet and 190 pounds, can play multiple positions and Johnson expects the junior-to-be will get a lot more offers before his high school career is done. “He’s exciting to watch and can pretty much play anywhere on the field,” Johnson said. “In college, I think they’re looking at him as a strong safety or outside linebacker.” Manuma is a […]
Tamatoa Mokiao-Atimalala has a plan. Pylon tournament in Las Vegas, late February. Adidas tournament, late March. Polynesian Hall of Fame combine at Bishop Gorman, summer. Campbell senior season in the fall. Enroll at the University Hawaii in 2020. The 5-foot-11, 175-point two-way player made an oral commitment to Hawaii on Sunday, though he cannot sign his letter of intent until, at the earliest, December. “UH offered me as a sophomore during the summer time. Me and my family sat down […]