Campbell football

Blaine Hipa keeps working in silence. The Campbell quarterback’s actions are doing all the talking. The 6-foot-3, 190-pound junior received an invitation to the Elite 11 Regional, which will be on Oct. 25 in Portland, Ore. “I’m glad I got the opportunity to learn from the coaches,” Hipa said on Saturday. Campbell was 6-6 in the Open Division last season, losing to Kahuku in the state semifinals, 21-19. Hipa passed for 2,582 yards and 31 touchdowns as a sophomore. Another […]

The quiet summer has been a blessing for Campbell’s Titus Mokiao-Atimalala. The 6-foot-1, 170-pound senior pared his list of 20 football scholarship offers to 10 on Friday afternoon. Final 10 9/4/20 Hawaii Maryland Michigan Nebraska Notre Dame UCF UCLA Utah USC Virginia Older brother Tamatoa Mokiao-Atimalala is a freshman playing for Hawaii. Maryland has an x-factor: quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa. The former Kapolei slinger transferred from Alabama to Maryland after last season. UCF’s starting quarterback is former Star-Advertiser all-state quarterback Dillon […]

Virginia has been on the heels of rival Clemson, closing the gap year by year with some help from the islands. The Cavaliers have tapped into their Hawaii pipeline again, via assistant coach and former Kahuku standout Mark Atuaia, to catch the attention of elite Campbell wide receiver/defensive back Titus Mokiao-Atimalala. Virginia offered him a scholarship on Wednesday, the 21st for the Campbell senior-to-be. “Virginia is a big school. They went to the ACC championship and they fell short to […]

This call came out of nowhere, almost. When Blaine Hipa picked up his phone on Wednesday, he knew it might be a truly long-distance connection. What he didn’t expect was to have a scholarship offer from Tennessee. “Amazing. It’s crazy. It kind of motivates me to want to do more,” said Hipa, a sophomore quarterback who helped Campbell reach the Open Division state tournament last season. “It was a big surprise. I heard from Coach (Nanumi) Lolohea by phone two […]