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![Nu’uuli Wildcats quarterback, Daniel Maea scrambling out with the ball and opting to keep it on a play-action pass play against the Vikings last Friday evening at the Veterans Memorial Stadium. [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk%203_6208.jpg?itok=_eT9PFml "Nu’uuli Wildcats quarterback, Daniel Maea scrambling out with the ball and opting to keep it on a play-action pass play against the Vikings last Friday evening at the Veterans Memorial Stadium. [photo: TG]")
During the third week of the American Samoa High School Athletics Association’s (ASHSAA) football season, head coach Sua’ese Pooch Ta’ase and his Faga’itua Vikings claimed their second win of the season in both divisional battles against the Nu’uuli Wildcats.
The Vikings' varsity squad shut out the...
![Tafuna’s kick off returner was immediately apprehended in the backfield by a Samoana Shark, during the opening quarter of a Junior Varsity match up last Saturday morning. [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk3_6684.jpg?itok=ZXMh2uTn "Tafuna’s kick off returner was immediately apprehended in the backfield by a Samoana Shark, during the opening quarter of a Junior Varsity match up last Saturday morning. [photo: TG]")
Last Saturday, the American Samoa High School Athletics Association (ASHSAA) kicked off week 3 of high school football at the Veterans Memorial Stadium – fielding one of the long awaited battles between the Sharks and the Warriors, where Tafuna’s defensive coordinator Kevin Magalei and the Warriors...
![Gymnastics Australia Oceania development manager Brooke Kneebush (far right) with some of the local youngsters she worked with during a recent trip to the territory. [photo: courtesy]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/gymnastics.jpg?itok=IsOLzlHG "Gymnastics Australia Oceania development manager Brooke Kneebush (far right) with some of the local youngsters she worked with during a recent trip to the territory. [photo: courtesy]")
If your child likes to run, tumble, jump, or flip, it may be an indication that gymnastics is their calling. But the sport is not limited to youngsters. Even adults who want to maintain their strength and flexibility are encouraged to look at gymnastics as a way to be physically fit, strong, and in...
Ashgabat, TURKMENISTAN — The Ambassador of the United States of America Allen Mustard and his lovely wife Ann, here in Ashgabat Turkmenistan, hosted a reception for the athletes and delegation members from American Samoa at their residence on Thursday, September 21, 2017.
Samoa News coverage of...
![Tafuna Warriors' John Allen getting forced out of bounds during their JV game against the Wildcats last Friday. Allen helped the Warriors to a 42-14 victory. [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk2_5167.jpg?itok=HtxPdpsy "Tafuna Warriors' John Allen getting forced out of bounds during their JV game against the Wildcats last Friday. Allen helped the Warriors to a 42-14 victory. [photo: TG]")
The last time this pair met was during last year's Senior Game for the Warriors where they lost to the Wildcats for the first time ever in the history of ASHSAA football.
Last Saturday, Tafuna faced Nu’uuli for the first time this year, and gave them a whooping, a 54-12 victory in the varsity...
![Daniel Heleta Misaalefua [SN photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/w_banner%20Daniel.jpg?itok=FNziemi2 "Daniel Heleta Misaalefua [SN photo]")
The 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games being hosted in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan is in full swing, with Team American Samoa participating for the first time ever.
Twenty-one-year-old Daniel Heleta Misaalefua is one of six local wrestlers who took part in the opening ceremony this past Sunday,...
American Samoa Sprinter Isaac Silafau is done with his competition here at the 5th Asian indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat Turkmenistan.
His time of 7.4 seconds in the preliminary rounds, did not qualify him for the 1st round.
Coverage of the Games is being sponsored by Carl's Jr.
“The...
![Local wrestler Zena Noah Iese. [SN photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/FP%20Banner%20-%20Zena%20Iese.jpg?itok=CeO02Z5M "Local wrestler Zena Noah Iese. [SN photo]")
At 36, local wrestler Zena Noah Iese of Amanave and Afao is the oldest of the 6-member delegation of local athletes currently in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan representing the territory - for the first time ever - in the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.
Samoa News coverage of the Games is...
![[photos: Ashgabat 2017]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/original_20170918100326976%20copy.jpg?itok=Xmt9Pp-5 "[photos: Ashgabat 2017]")
Ashgabat, TURKMENISTAN — For two and a half hours team American Samoa sat totally enthralled by the music, lights, costumes, 7,500 performers on stage and in the air, 65 horses, 34 camels, and one dog as the telling of Turkmenistans story opened the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in the...
![Pitonu’u Ah Sue securing the two-point conversion catch in the end zone during the opening half of a varsity game between Faga'itua and Leone last Saturday. Ah Sue helped the Vikings win 50-20 [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk%202_5751.jpg?itok=YrMRhuXz "Pitonu’u Ah Sue securing the two-point conversion catch in the end zone during the opening half of a varsity game between Faga'itua and Leone last Saturday. Ah Sue helped the Vikings win 50-20 [photo: TG]")
Last Saturday morning, the American Samoa High School Athletics Association (ASHSAA) kicked off Week #2 of football action, where fans and supporters witnessed the Vikings get into an unstoppable rhythm in their running game, essentially giving Faga'itua their first victory of the season.
This year...