American Samoa Selecting ‘Best Of

SECTION B VISIT SAMOA NEWS ONLINE @ SAMOANEWS.COM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2017 CLASSIFIEDS • CARTOONS • ALOHA BRIEFS & MORE ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ American Samoa selecting ‘Best of C M the Best’ for JPS Paradise Classic III Y K by T. Gasu All-Star Game. High School Girls Volleyball, an opportunity for university The JPS Paradise Classic III Samoa News Sports And under the management and Division I- 7th and 8th recruiters to offer scholarships will be a one-week event and the Correspondent of JPS American Samoa presi- graders football. All football to many of our football players. opening ceremony is scheduled The Junior Prep Sports (JPS) dent Lydia Faleafi ne, the terri- games will be held at Aloha Sta- For the Division I players, foot- for Jan. 8, 2018 at the Blais- Paradise Football Classic III tory will be represented well, dium.Ta’ase told Samoa News, ball has changed, and university dale Convention Center with will be hosted in Hawai’i for the come January 2018. “The purpose of the PCIII is to recruiters are tracking football all teams from Hawai’i, Amer- third time this year, where the According to the JPS Com- give the athletes an opportunity players as early as 7th and 8th ican Samoa, and California in ‘Best of the Best’ players from missioner of American Samoa, not only to compete but also grade.”American Samoa’s dele- attendance. When asked about Hawai’i, California, and Amer- Tupulua Bone Ta’ase, the event to showcase their talent at the gation to the PCIII is scheduled the selection of players from ican Samoa will fi eld their best has three competitions of All- state level.”He continued “For to depart the territory on Jan. 5, the territory and the process performance during the annual Stars – High School Football, instance, PCII last year provided 2018 and return home Jan. 15th. involved, Ta’ase explained, “The selection is still in the fi nal stages as the high school football season comes to a close. We won’t know until the end of the championship game. “For Division I, fi nal day for tryouts is Thursday, Nov. 16th and the fi nal list should be in by Saturday, Nov. 17th. On the volleyball side, tryouts are still being conducted. The coaches are the ones making the selec- tions, and we plan to take the best of the best players to repre- sent Amerika Samoa.” Ta’ase added head coach Okland Salave’a of the JPS Lions would lead the D1. “The D1 team consists of… 32 players and eight coaches. As a reward for the JPS par- ticipants last season, each team: JPS Vikings, JPS Warriors, JPS Wildcats, and JPS Lions get fi ve slots of pre-selected players. The remaining slots are open to all players to try out for.” Regarding fi nances, Ta’ase told Samoa News they will be fundraising and there is a collaborative effort between ASDOE, ASG, JPS-AS, JPS America (Hawai’i), parents, sponsors, and the community who are working together to raise money for the trip, which C M will cost over $100,000. Y K “First and foremost I want to thank our Heavenly Father for the blessings on our children, that we are given this opportunity to compete at the state level,” Taase said. He acknowledged Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga and Lt. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga; Fono leaders; DOE Director Dr. Ruth Matagi Tofi ga; the cabinet; CEO/President of JPS America, Robert Faleafi ne; Tuli Fruean of Hawaiian Airlines; John Raynor and Sia Atofau of KHJ; Samoa News; the business community; principals; teachers; JPS coaches Oakland Salave’a, Sua’ese Pooch Ta’ase, Andrew Bill Ena, and Kolose Ili; parents; and especially the players. “Thank you all.” Page B2 samoa news, Friday, November 17, 2017 Brock Osweiler looks ahead, not over his shoulder at Lynch ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) Osweiler , who supplanted the — Unless the Denver Broncos turnover-prone Siemian two can regain control of a season weeks ago. skidding out of control, Paxton Osweiler will get his third Lynch could get the starting straight when the Broncos try to quarterback job he’s never been snap a fi ve-game skid Sunday able to earn outright. against the Bengals (3-6), who Ideally, the Broncos (3-6) are seeking their fi rst win in would like to head into their Denver since 1975 , when fran- offseason knowing if Lynch chise founder Paul Brown was is a bust or a late-bloomer, their head coach. although it’s unlikely they’d put Lynch has seen his work- the former fi rst-round draft pick load gradually increase over out of Memphis into the lineup the last month as he made his unless they’re erased from the way back onto the fi eld and on playoff picture. Wednesday he even took fi rst- Lynch lost out to former team snaps on passing plays seventh-rounder Trevor Sie- while Osweiler was limited to mian for the second straight hand-offs with a sore throwing summer, then bruised his shoulder himself. throwing shoulder in the third Osweiler resumed taking all preseason game. That necessi- of the snaps with the starters tated the return of Peyton Man- Thursday. ning’s longtime backup, Brock “He went full today and he had zip on the football, so no issues there,” coach Vance Joseph said. The Broncos aren’t down on Osweiler by any means. Even Tom Brady would fi nd it dif- fi cult to outscore his defense if it surrendered 46 points a game like Denver’s has the last two weeks against the Eagles and Patriots.On Thursday, offensive coordinator Mike McCoy spoke glowingly of Osweiler, as did his teammates.“I love his lead- ership,” McCoy said, “and the way he runs practice out here, the way he demands certain things, the way we prepare out- side, in here, always interacting with the entire offense, not just a certain group, bringing up things in the fi lm study. He’s a great communicator with the entire offense and I’m really pleased with the way he’s played.”So are his receivers. “My comfort level has been sky-high with Brock,” Demaryius Thomas said. “He left for a year, but the years I had with him before he left, the connection just stayed.” Emmanuel Sanders, who is coming off a six-catch, 137-yard performance, said Osweiler brings energy and experience to the equation. “Brock, he’s been there before, he’s been groomed by Peyton, so he understands the ins and outs of how to play quarterback,” Sanders said. What Lynch brings is poten- tial, Sanders said, echoing a familiar refrain that’s hovered over Lynch throughout his 19 months in Denver. “Paxton has a big-time arm, big-time talent. He has all the intangibles” Sanders said. “It’s all about going out and getting more and more comfortable with the playbook, learning and growing as a player, becoming a pro.” Although Lynch’s time could be coming if the Broncos fall out of contention, Osweiler said he’s not worried about his job security. samoa news, Friday, November 17, 2017 Page B3 Claude Atcher Director of the French World Cup bid, left , and Bernard Laporte, President of the French Rugby Union pose for photographs aft er France won the right to host Rugby World Cup in 2023, with the Rugby World Cup trophy at a hotel in London, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Th ree competing countries South Africa, Ireland and France bid for the rights to hold the RWC in 2023, following the next RWC which will be held in Japan in 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) France v South Africa for 2nd time in 3 days Three days after France limited to its own motivation Since Scotland and the All beat South Africa in the voting levels. Blacks last met in 2014, the list to host the 2023 Rugby World “Without team spirit you of tier one teams yet to beat the Cup, the countries meet on the can’t do anything,” he said. “If New Zealanders shrunk by one. fi eld in a rugby test that sud- we want to start getting better Ireland fi nally tasted victory in denly has some added spice. we have to have this team spirit, 2016, after 111 years. Here’s that and the other considering our weaknesses.” That left Argentina, Italy, major games on Saturday: The startlingly honest reve- and Scotland still waiting. FRANCE vs SOUTH lation came after a largely inex- Tests between Scotland and AFRICA, Paris (South Africa perienced France XV lost to New Zealand go back 112 years. leads 25-6-11 overall, in France an experimental New Zealand The Scots’ best results were two 12-1-5)Two teams in transition 28-23 on Tuesday, days after draws, in 1964 and 1983, both and far removed from their past losing 38-18 to the All Blacks in at Murrayfi eld, where they play glories meet at Stade de France. an offi cial test. After last Satur- on Saturday. One of them will save day’s defeat, Noves tore into his The one-sided history hasn’t some face.For France, beating players, saying they weren’t up come up, according to Scot- the Springboks will offer a to international standard after land skipper John Barclay, who modicum of respect to a team trailing 31-5 at halftime. passed it off as irrelevant. heading toward total medioc- Asked why his players “It’s one of them stats isn’t rity, six years after pushing weren’t well prepared to face it? It doesn’t bother me,” Bar- New Zealand so hard in the the best team in the world, his clay said.

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