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![Nu’uuli Wildcats offensive unit facing the Warriors ‘D’ at the line of scrimmage during their JV match. Tafuna lost – their first loss of the season against the lowest seed of the division, Nu’uuli Wildcats 14 - 12. [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/JV5_6849.jpg?itok=ZZEKuJ-1 "Nu’uuli Wildcats offensive unit facing the Warriors ‘D’ at the line of scrimmage during their JV match. Tafuna lost – their first loss of the season against the lowest seed of the division, Nu’uuli Wildcats 14 - 12. [photo: TG]")
This past weekend at the Veterans Memorial Stadium, the American Samoa High School Athletic Association (ASHSAA) fifth week of high school football action, which started Friday evening, saw a shocking win from the lowest seed in the division, who stunned the No.1 seed in Junior Varsity competition...
![Tafuna’s middle linebacker – Penei Pavihi, causing a fumble in the first half of their varsity battle last Saturday, hits Nu’uuli Voc-Tech’s Hans Misa hard. Tafuna defeated Nu’uuli 36 - 6. [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fbwk5_7000.jpg?itok=JqUU2oSj "Tafuna’s middle linebacker – Penei Pavihi, causing a fumble in the first half of their varsity battle last Saturday, hits Nu’uuli Voc-Tech’s Hans Misa hard. Tafuna defeated Nu’uuli 36 - 6. [photo: TG]")
This past weekend marked the fifth week of the American Samoa High School Athletic Association (ASHSAA) Football regular season – both the Vikings and Tafuna Warriors varsity teams collected wins for their seasonal records.
Returning from a scoreless loss two weeks ago was Head Coach Kolose Ili of...
![Eric Felise, left, of Black Roses in action against PanSa’s Jacob Scanlan in a men’s game on Match Day 5 of the 2016 FFAS National League on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium.
[FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/5BR%20PanSa_6648.jpg?itok=d0VzKFbl "Eric Felise, left, of Black Roses in action against PanSa’s Jacob Scanlan in a men’s game on Match Day 5 of the 2016 FFAS National League on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium.
[FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio]")
Pago Youth increased their hold on the No. 1 spot in the standings with a 10-0 win over Royal Puma during Match Day 5 of the men’s 2016 FFAS National League on Saturday, Sept. 17 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium.
One of the three teams going into the weekend with a share of the top spot in terms of...
![Tafuna Jets captain Beulah Oney (middle) defends against PanSa’s Titiula Manuma (left) during the women’s Cup challenge game on Match Day 5 of the 2016 FFAS National League on Saturday, Sept. 17, at Pago Park Soccer Stadium.
[FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/W5%20Jets%20PanSa_6605.jpg?itok=kASx3UTi "Tafuna Jets captain Beulah Oney (middle) defends against PanSa’s Titiula Manuma (left) during the women’s Cup challenge game on Match Day 5 of the 2016 FFAS National League on Saturday, Sept. 17, at Pago Park Soccer Stadium.
[FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio]")
The Tafuna Jets took the women’s National Cup away from PanSa with a 1-0 win on Match Day 5 of the 2016 FFAS National League.
Besides taking the cup away, they are now the sole, No. 1 team in the standings after the games at Pago Park Soccer Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016. In other games, it...
![Panama Filoiali’i, top scorer for the Tafuna Warriors in their match against the Lions – trying to balance out as he is pushed by a Leone defender during their JV showdown this past Saturday. The Warriors won by 50 - 18. [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/JV4_6444.jpg?itok=RkPlBZ8I "Panama Filoiali’i, top scorer for the Tafuna Warriors in their match against the Lions – trying to balance out as he is pushed by a Leone defender during their JV showdown this past Saturday. The Warriors won by 50 - 18. [photo: TG]")
In Junior Varsity competition, the Warriors JV program remains undefeated in their divisional round ups after crushing the Lions last Saturday as the undercard match to the main event of the day, in a 50 - 18 win over Iverson Ta’ase and the Leone Lions who’ve just marked their second loss of the...
![Tuaoloina ‘Stein’ Solofa (left) of the Tafuna Jets in an attacking run against Faiai Ioapo of PanSa during a men’s game on Match Day 4 of the 2016 FFAS National League on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Pago Park Soccer Stadium.
[FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Jets%20M%20action_6383.jpg?itok=DOJYhW8x "Tuaoloina ‘Stein’ Solofa (left) of the Tafuna Jets in an attacking run against Faiai Ioapo of PanSa during a men’s game on Match Day 4 of the 2016 FFAS National League on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Pago Park Soccer Stadium.
[FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio]")
Utulei Youth and Pago Youth, the top two teams in the National League, played to a thrilling, 1-1 draw on Match Day 4 of the 2016 FFAS National League.
In other games played on Saturday, Sept. 10, it was Tafuna Jets 2, PanSa 0; Ilaoa & To’omata 2, Green Bay 0; Lion Heart 3, Vaiala Tongan 0 and...
![Head football coaches from all the high school football teams on island, as well as some of their players bombarded the Port of Pago Pago last week Monday afternoon in the effort to collect their donated football gear from the University of Michigan’s Tony Tuioti, Head Coach Jim Harbaugh, along with the family of Wolverines Football Team at U of M. [photo: THA]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/football%20equip5975.jpg?itok=kwBOQFS1 "Head football coaches from all the high school football teams on island, as well as some of their players bombarded the Port of Pago Pago last week Monday afternoon in the effort to collect their donated football gear from the University of Michigan’s Tony Tuioti, Head Coach Jim Harbaugh, along with the family of Wolverines Football Team at U of M. [photo: THA]")
The Samoa Bowl Committee in conjunction with Tony Feist and his ICS Cargo Shipping Company helped Head Coach Jim Harbaugh and coach Tony Tuioti from the University of Michigan bring a full size container of football apparel for all the football student athletes of American Samoa, who continue to...
The Pacific Islands Athletic Alliance (PIAA) is opening more opportunities for the student athletes of American Samoa — an opportunity for those football players who may NOT have a Division I college scholarship shot after high school.
PIAA President and Director Doris Sullivan sent a notification...
![Nu’uuli Wildcats Head Coach Tupa’i Rod Atafua encouraging his players – during the hardest part of any football team’s practice — conditioning. [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Wildcats_6151.jpg?itok=uov_CDGs "Nu’uuli Wildcats Head Coach Tupa’i Rod Atafua encouraging his players – during the hardest part of any football team’s practice — conditioning. [photo: TG]")
Inside Tafuna Industrial Park, resides the Home of the “Wildcats” – Nu’uuli Vocational Technical High School, the only trade school in American Samoa, whose principal Tupa’i Rod Atafua is also the head of the Wildcats football program. Tupai’i is in his third term as principal for NVTHS and this is...
The Polynesian Football Hall of Fame is inaugurating a high school Polynesian Bowl, a high school all-star football game that will feature the world’s elite players of Polynesian heritage and other ancestries.
The Polynesian Bowl will be played Saturday, January 21, 2017, 6:00 pm HST at Aloha...