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![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...
![Local wrestler Sealiitu Mauga [courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Sialeiitu.jpg?itok=fpxvup8g "Local wrestler Sealiitu Mauga [courtesy photo]")
Team American Samoa has arrived in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan for the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games - a first for the territory.
Samoa News is providing coverage of the Games, sponsored by Carl's Jr.
Local wrestler Sealiitu Mauga, 19, is one of six local wrestlers who will be competing in...
![A Vaiala Tongan player, left, and PanSa opponent battle for possession of the ball during a women’s Match Day 2 game of the 2017 National League on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium. Vaiala Tongan won 2-1.
[FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/VT%20PS%20W%20action_5641.jpg?itok=RsS3HxwH "A Vaiala Tongan player, left, and PanSa opponent battle for possession of the ball during a women’s Match Day 2 game of the 2017 National League on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium. Vaiala Tongan won 2-1.
[FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio]")
WOMEN'S DIVISION
The women’s FFAS National Cup has changed hands for the second week in-a-row with the Tafuna Jets taking it away from Taputimu Youth in a 1-0 win on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium.
It was only Match Day 2 of the women’s 2017 FFAS National League but the Cup has...