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![Vito Kitiona near the end zone looks back just before scoring his second touchdown of the game on a quarterback keep – in the opening quarter of the match against Nuuuli. The Vikings scored three touchdowns in the first quarter in a huge 54-14 win over Nu’uuli last Friday evening. [photo: TG]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk8_1149.jpg?itok=BM_BRDsd "Vito Kitiona near the end zone looks back just before scoring his second touchdown of the game on a quarterback keep – in the opening quarter of the match against Nuuuli. The Vikings scored three touchdowns in the first quarter in a huge 54-14 win over Nu’uuli last Friday evening. [photo: TG]")
Officially opening the 8th week of the American Samoa High School Athletics Association (ASHSAA) Football Season was the battle between the Faga’itua Vikings and the Nu’uuli Wildcats, where the Vikings claimed victory in the varsity division, by a huge margin that hasn’t been accomplished before...
![Francisco Mauigoa tucked and ran this one in for six -Tafuna’s first touchdown of the game – during their JV match up against the Sharks last Saturday morning. Samoana defeated the Warriors 8-6. [photo: TG]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk8_1270.jpg?itok=VnxNGyfN "Francisco Mauigoa tucked and ran this one in for six -Tafuna’s first touchdown of the game – during their JV match up against the Sharks last Saturday morning. Samoana defeated the Warriors 8-6. [photo: TG]")
For everyone who's been praying for a post-season — your prayers have been answered, thanks to principal Tupa’i Rod Atafua, head coach Pati Pati and the mighty Samoana Sharks who sent the Warriors packing in both divisional match-ups during the 8th week of the 2017-18 American Samoa High School...
![Eleven sailors from Apia traveled to American Samoa this past weekend to compete in the Pago Pago Harbor Optimist Sailing Regatta on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017 out of Sadie’s By the Sea. This is the first junior sailing regatta Pago Pago has hosted since 2008. [Courtesy photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/jr%20sailors_0320.jpg?itok=Yi_QtQ0n "Eleven sailors from Apia traveled to American Samoa this past weekend to compete in the Pago Pago Harbor Optimist Sailing Regatta on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017 out of Sadie’s By the Sea. This is the first junior sailing regatta Pago Pago has hosted since 2008. [Courtesy photo]")
Eleven sailors from Apia traveled to American Samoa earlier this month to compete in the Pago Pago Harbor Optimist Sailing Regatta on Saturday, October 14th out of Sadie’s By the Sea Beach Resort. This is the first junior sailing regatta Pago Pago has hosted since 2008. The Apia sailors faced off...
![Start of the Open Mixed race of the 2017 Aunu’u Iron Challenge in American Samoa that saw nine teams with 54 paddlers from 5 different countries compete; it’s the first international outrigger race of the year in American Samoa. [Courtesy photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ironman_0365.jpg?itok=g8M1F9kb "Start of the Open Mixed race of the 2017 Aunu’u Iron Challenge in American Samoa that saw nine teams with 54 paddlers from 5 different countries compete; it’s the first international outrigger race of the year in American Samoa. [Courtesy photo]")
(BASED ON A PRESS RELEASE) — Nine teams with 54 paddlers from 5 different countries competed in the 2017 Aunu’u Iron Challenge, the first international outrigger race of the year in American Samoa.
The race, organized by Alo O Samoa Outrigger Canoe Club (OCC) and sponsored by GHC Reid &Co.,...
![Halloween Alosio of the Wildcats running out to the sidelines, trying to evade a tackle from a Warrior defender during the first quarter of a junior varsity game last Friday evening – Tafuna defeated Nu’uuli 24-8. [photo: TG]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk7_0020.jpg?itok=kxULa6i_ "Halloween Alosio of the Wildcats running out to the sidelines, trying to evade a tackle from a Warrior defender during the first quarter of a junior varsity game last Friday evening – Tafuna defeated Nu’uuli 24-8. [photo: TG]")
This is by far the best team the Warrior Nation has fielded in a couple of years.
They remain the only undefeated team in the ASHSAA football 2017-18 varsity division after sending the Nu’uuli Wildcats home with a 12-38 loss, and a 8-24 defeat in the JV division last weekend.
Coverage of ASHSAA's...
![Yes, it’s Pinktober every Saturday at the Veterans Memorial Stadium, as coaches and players come out with their pink uniforms in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Pictured is the Faga’itua Vikings coaching staff with their pinktober uniforms. [photo: TG]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk7_0482.jpg?itok=xUukTPnC "Yes, it’s Pinktober every Saturday at the Veterans Memorial Stadium, as coaches and players come out with their pink uniforms in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Pictured is the Faga’itua Vikings coaching staff with their pinktober uniforms. [photo: TG]")
The 7th week of the regular season for the American Samoa High School Athletics Association's 2017-18 football season, last weekend, featured the mighty Lions taking on the Big Red Machine, the Faga’itua Vikings, who made a stunning comeback and won 32-26, their second victory over the Lions this...
![The Samoa players will earn a paltry £650 per Test compared to England's £22,000 per match [Getty Images via The Mail]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/458E3AE100000578-0-image-m-67_1508620461054.jpg?itok=2yCEojXm "The Samoa players will earn a paltry £650 per Test compared to England's £22,000 per match [Getty Images via The Mail]")
Samoa Rugby Union is close to filing for bankruptcy ahead of next month’s Test against England.
CEO Vincent Fepuleai told the Mail on Sunday that the national team’s future is under serious threat from mounting debts.
The Pacific Island nation have issued a plea for help from the rugby world and...
![Sam Mikaele of Samoana securing a catch and heading towards the end zone to score the opening touchdown of the game against the Lions last Saturday morning. Mikaele helped the Sharks to a 34- 6 victory over Leone. [photo: TG]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk%206_9228.jpg?itok=ZrPSaBmr "Sam Mikaele of Samoana securing a catch and heading towards the end zone to score the opening touchdown of the game against the Lions last Saturday morning. Mikaele helped the Sharks to a 34- 6 victory over Leone. [photo: TG]")
Last Thursday kicked off week No.6 for the American Samoa High School Athletics Association's (ASHSAA) football season; and despite the the buckets of rain, Samoana's Blue Empire came out strong to collect their third victory of the season in the varsity division, after sending the Lions home...
![Koison Ozu (1) for the Warriors returning this punt during the second half of a Junior Varsity game against the Faga’itua Vikings last Saturday morning at the Veterans Memorial Stadium. Ozu led the Warriors to a 24-0 victory. [photo: TG]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk%206_9325.jpg?itok=hbZIqb5K "Koison Ozu (1) for the Warriors returning this punt during the second half of a Junior Varsity game against the Faga’itua Vikings last Saturday morning at the Veterans Memorial Stadium. Ozu led the Warriors to a 24-0 victory. [photo: TG]")
ASHSAA's sixth week of high school football action at the Veterans Memorial Stadium this past weekend was also the opening of the second round of the regular season for both varsity and JV divisions.
Many were hoping for a Tafuna loss against the Vikings last weekend, so the two powerhouses could...
![Leone Lions quarterback, Oakland Salave’a running downfield with a quarterback keeper for a huge gain for the Lions during the opening half of their Junior Varsity game against the Wildcats this past Saturday morning – the match was scoreless. [photo: TG]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk5_8533.jpg?itok=pKjWa8-6 "Leone Lions quarterback, Oakland Salave’a running downfield with a quarterback keeper for a huge gain for the Lions during the opening half of their Junior Varsity game against the Wildcats this past Saturday morning – the match was scoreless. [photo: TG]")
The fifth week of the ASHSAA football season saw head coach Oakland Salave’a and his Leone Lions collecting their first win of the regular season, in the varsity division. However, it was a victory that didn't come easy, as Nu’uuli stood their ground up to the last second.
The 2017- 18 ASHSAA...