Campbell football

There is no beat other than upbeat for Darren Johnson. The first-year Campbell football coach has long-term hopes for the program, a dream of unifying the football community to maximum strength. For Johnson, that means keeping the district’s football talent right there at Campbell. He and his staff are giving future Sabers plenty to enjoy. Campbell (7-4) lost in the Oahu Interscholastic Association Division I football semifinals at Kahuku, but the two-week swing until Saturday’s third-place matchup with Waianae (at […]

Darren Johnson played quarterback at Kahuku High School. He also played point guard. He also played baseball. He can also play a pretty good ukulele, in all likelihood, coming from a musical family. But what Johnson does now, decades into his life as a coach, isn’t something he would’ve imagined 35 years ago. This afternoon at Aloha Stadium, he’ll be coaching against his alma mater. Campbell is in the semifinal round of the Oahu Interscholastic Association Division I football playoffs […]

For all of the offensive-juggernaut highlights provided by Campbell and Leilehua over the years, Friday night’s OIA 10-6 quarterfinal win by Campbell came down to grit and defense. “We felt it would come down to a one-score game. We felt we needed to be up 4 (points) because they’ve got a kicker,” Campbell coach Darren Johnson said, referring to talented Leilehua placekicker Akoni Tom-Makue, who made two first-half field goals. For Tyrese Tafai, Campbell’s standout sophomore linebacker/running back, it was […]