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Oakie Salave’a with his parents
Oakie Salave’a, an upcoming senior at Tafuna High School, committed last week on his official visit to San Diego State University. He is The first Quarterback to ever be recruited out of American Samoa. He also has ranked at the top 10 at the Elite 11 Camp. He is a 3-Star QB and has offers from San...
Jonah Savaiinaea
Jonah Savaiinaea, a 6-foot-3-inch, 330-pound three-star offensive lineman from St. Louis High School in Hawaii verbally committed to the Arizona Wildcats on his Instagram page Tuesday afternoon. He selected the UA over Arizona State, San Diego State, Central Florida and Hawaii, among others....
Student-players at Lupelele Elementary School
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Handball Association held a final Physical Education session for the 2021 school year with two full days of handball at Lupelele Elementary School May 27 and 28. Over 100 students from levels 3, 6 and 7 joined in and took advantage of the fine weather...
Manu Samoa vs Ireland
Monte Carlo, MONACO — Pacific Island teams have fallen short at the Final Olympic Sevens Qualifying Tournament in Monaco, with France, Russia and Ireland securing the final tickets to Tokyo. 2016 repechage runners up Samoa had started with a hiss and a roar on day one of the men's competition,...
The Manu Samoa Sevens
Monte Carlo, MONACO — Hong Kong, Ireland and Samoa will join France in the men’s play-offs, of the Olympic Repechage tournament taking place this weekend in Monaco,. Meanwhile Argentina, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan and Russia also have 100 per cent records in the women’s pool stage. Samoa toped the pool...
Jr Iosefo
Salt Lake City, UTAH — Jr Iosefo, from the village of Nua and Seetaga, is the 2021 Mr. Utah Salt Lake City Championship- Men’s Physique Division winner. He won the division on June 12, 2021. He is a 2012 graduate of Tafuna High School and is the son of Lusia Maulolo Iosefo. He started his...
J.T. Tuimoloau has been selected as the 2020-21 Polynesian High School Football Player of the Year.
Honolulu, HAWAII — J.T. Tuimoloau has been selected as the 2020-21 Polynesian High School Football Player of the Year. The Award is presented annually to the most outstanding senior high school football player of Polynesian Ancestry. Current San Francisco 49ers Safety Talanoa Hufanga was selected...
Joe Perez
Honolulu, HAWAII — Word from knowledgeable folks in Apia and USA Rugby are indicating that Manu Samoa may still have kept their Olympic Dreams alive. But what team, from where, and can they return home… be their home Samoa or New Zealand? Greatest input in the past 24 hours is that the World is...
Losi Filipo
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Samoa News is proudly committed to covering Manu Samoa at an extraordinary level worldwide. We even have assigned a photographer to cover Manu Samoa at the Olympic repechage in Monaco, in their last opportunity to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. Today while completing our...
Offensive lineman Penei Sewel
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions opened the NFL draft by bolstering a strength and closed it by addressing some of their many weaknesses on both sides of the ball. General manager Brad Holmes seemed to make sensible selections, starting with Oregon offensive tackle Penei Sewell at No. 7 overall, in...

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