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American Samoa Sprinter Isaac Silafau (2nd from left #116)​ competing in the 60m sprint category at the 5th Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Isaac's time of 7.4 seconds in the preliminary round did not qualify him for the first round. (Photo: Terry Custodio Auvaa)
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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...
Team American Samoa’s Press Attache for the 2017 -  5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, Terry Custodio Auva’a, Team AS Chef de Mission Herrietta Molesi, and Team American Samoa Wrestler, Athlete Zena Iese smile for the camera while waiting their turn to represent American Samoa at the First Team welcoming Ceremony Friday Sept. 15.  (Photo:ASNOC\TCA)
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan — Three members of Team American Samoa to the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games were on hand to attend the first Team Welcoming Ceremony held Friday Sept. 15. The rest of the team, training in California, is expected to arrive Sunday September 17 in time to participate...
Despite tough competition in Apia, the American Samoa Amateur Boxing Association team that represented the territory during the Teuila International Boxing Championships  returned home victorious, winning the Samoa Championship Trophy. [photo: AF]
The American Samoa boxing team returned home with the Teuila International Boxing Championship title that they won in Apia last week. Samoa came in as the defending champs, holding the Samoa Championship Cup. But this time around, it would be American Samoa's turn to have bragging rights, after...
Iafeta "Jeff" Vou [courtesy photo]
One of the six local wrestlers who are now in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan to represent the territory for the first time ever at the 5th Asian Martial Arts and Indoor Games is Iafeta "Jeff" Vou. The 19-year-old student who attended Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, MIssouri is one of seven local...
[Courtesy photo]
American Samoa's first ever delegation to the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games includes Nolan Puletasi, a 20-year-old valet, who studied computer science at the University of Hawaii, Manoa. Coverage of the Games is being sponsored by Carl's Jr. Puletasi is one of seven local athletes - 6...

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