The American Youth Football of Samoa league under the management of President Shiloh Pritchard concluded their annual league competition this past Saturday with a new champion registering in history books of the league.

The AYFS Bears from Pago Pago under the management of Head Coach Sa Suluai, clinched the Championship title after defeating Head Coach Shawn Togia and his army of Steelers.

Throughout previous years, the AYFS Bears had shown a lot of potential in making it to the championship game, but were never able to pull through the playoffs – this year, they were the No.1 seed of the league, sitting comfortably with an undefeated record, and taking the championship trophy last Saturday, after a 20 - 16 victory against the Steelers.

The first half of their game started out with the Steelers attacking the Bears’ offensive unit vigorously, who in turn had a hard time driving against Luzonric Norman Heather and his defensive unit.  It wasn't until the offensive player of the game, Malala Jr. "Beastmode" dove into the end zone for the first touchdown of the game that the Bears’ momentum became rock steady.

Into halftime, the Bears were at a comfortable 20 - 0 lead. But not long after the start of the third quarter, offensive player of the game AJ Talafu powered his way into the end zone for a quarterback sneak to score the Steelers first touchdown of the game. Their two-point conversion in the hands of Talafu again brought hope back to the steel curtain.

The remainder of the second half had the Bears nervously at the edge of their seats, as they watched the Steelers coming back in the second half of the match to trail them only by 4 points —  20 - 16. However, in the final quarter of the game a call from Head Official Mike White stating a fumble from the Steelers offense inside Bears territory stopped the Steelers hope of  a winning comeback.

That call threw off the Steelers momentum, gave the ball to the Bears offensive unit, who were already knowledgeable on the time situation for the match, and ended the game quickly with a knee to all four downs of their final series to officially win themselves the 2015 AYFS Championship title.