Campbell football

The kid has closing speed. He also packs a punch. Safety is where he was meant to play. His name is Pokii Adkins-Kupukaa and he’s only a junior. He’s been making plays for two seasons, and now he is starting to do the same ol’ thing this year. He wears jersey No. 3 for the Campbell Sabers. If you go to a game, check him out. He holds an offer from the University of Hawaii and could get more from […]

No. 5 Campbell 54, Hilo 14, FINAL Here’s Campbell’s roster. 8:19: Game over. 8:16: Aguiar hits Ogata on a fade in the right corner of the end zone for a 9-yard TD. Aguiar then runs home the 2-point conversion. CAMPBELL 54, HILO 14, 1:03 left in game. 8:14: A 14-yard Aguiar run and a few Campbell penalties helps the Vikings deep into Sabers territory. 8:04: Manuma’s 17-yard run and Kaipo’s 17-yard pass to Zavier Ceruti leads to Sky Lactaoen’s 5-yard […]

10TH IN A SERIES Campbell football coach Darren Johnson said two striking things in a recent interview. 1. “The new OIA-ILH alliance’s Open Division might be the toughest league in America.” 2. Campbell has “zero players on academic probation for the second year in a row.” The first one is possible, but hard to prove. The second one is an great accomplishment. “It’s a tribute to our whole school,” said Johnson, who is starting his second season as the Sabers’ […]

Campbell is taking a trip to the mainland for football this fall, according to head coach Darren Johnson. The Sabers will play O’Connor High in Phoenix on Aug. 31. The game came about due to Johnson’s connections with Eagles head coach Steve Casey. Johnson played wide receiver for Casey at Arizona Western and then was an assistant under Casey at Arizona Western. The Eagles, who are a 6A team in Arizona, went 3-7 a year ago. “We talked about it […]

On paper, Waianae had the girth, the skill, the will. In fact, before the Seariders pulled out a 29-21 overtime thriller over Campbell on Saturday night, it could’ve been argued that Waianae was too seasoned, and the Sabers are a team of the future. A roster full of immense talent among their juniors and sophomores. That won’t do much to console Campbell, which missed a chance to play in the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships. In 2016, a fourth-place […]