SECTION B VISIT SAMOA NEWS ONLINE @ SAMOANEWS.COM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2017 CLASSIFIEDS • CARTOONS • ALOHA BRIEFS & MORE ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ Polynesian Football Hall of Fame unveils C M Y K Class Of 2018 October 10, 2017 (Honolulu, include Herman HI) – The Polynesian Football Clark (Hawaiian ancestry), Hall of Fame unveiled its Class Ma’ake Kemoeatu (Tongan of 2018 today. Five Inductees Ancestry), Manu Tuiasosopo were selected from a list of 18 (Samoan ancestry) and Kimo Finalists. von Oelhoffen (Hawaiian This year’s inductees ancestry) as player inductees, and Bob Apisa (Samoan ancestry) as a contributor. “This year’s class repre- sents three Super Bowl Cham- pionships, two All-Americans, two College Football National Championships, and a member of the NFL’s Half Century Team,” said Jesse Sapolu, Poly- nesian Football Hall of Fame Co-Founder and Chairman. “Their accomplishments on and off the fi eld make each of them truly worthy of this recognition.” The Inductees were selected by the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee which includes Coaches Dick Tomey (Chairman), Ron McBride and Dick Vermeil, past NFLPA President and Inaugural Inductee Kevin Mawae, former NFL Player and Class of 2015 Inductee Ray Schoenke, ESPN Sports- caster Neil Everett, NFL player personnel legend Gil Brandt, NFL Network writer and com- mentator Steve Wyche, and Honolulu Sportscaster Robert Kekaula. The Class of 2018 will be honored during the Polyne- sian Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Weekend to be C M held on January 19 & 20, 2018 Y K in Oahu, Hawai`i. The Polynesian Pro, Col- lege and High School Football Player of Year honorees will be announced later in the year. Inductees will also be rec- ognized at the inaugural Poly- nesian Bowl, a premier senior high school all-star football game featuring the world’s elite players of Polynesian heritage and other ancestries. For more information about the game, visit www.Polyne- sianBowl.com. Special thanks to Hawaiian Airlines, Hawai`i Tourism Authority, Hawai`i News Now, Hawai`i Building & Construc- tion Trades Council, NFL, Polynesian Cultural Center, (Continued on page 5) Page B2 samoa news, Thursday, October 12, 2017 OUR STORE IS NOW OPEN FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY ONLY NU’UULI American Samoa Youth Futsal player Roy Ledoux in action against New Zealand during a game AUTO NATION of the OFC Youth Futsal Tournament 2017 at Bruce Pulman Park in Auckland, New Zealand on NU’UULI: (684) 699-7168 • FAX: (684) 699-7175 ursday, Oct. 5, 2017. 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Derek Carr, being forced to sit “We just have to be effi - and watch his teammates play cient,” Carr said. “I’m sitting caused perhaps as much hurt. there watching the game, when Carr got hurt in Denver on you watch it from the sideline Oct. 1 and immediately apolo- it’s really hard. To sit there and gized to coach Jack Del Rio see certain looks and see things for missing time. But now after going on with all those kind of sitting out last week against things. I think that if we can just Baltimore when Oakland (2-3) be effi cient, and each man has lost its third straight game, Carr to do their job.” is on target to return Sunday The one aspect of the offense when the Raiders host the Los that has been missing most has Angeles Chargers (1-4). been receiver Amari Cooper, “I felt bad because I care so who has been held to four much about this team and this catches for 23 yards the past organization that even though I three games. had a broken back I still felt bad Cooper topped 1,000 yards that I couldn’t be out there to receiving in each of his fi rst two help because as you guys know, seasons but has been missing in I sat there for two games last action this year either because year and had to watch knowing of dropped passes, bad throws Walter Pati of American Samoa celebrates a er scoring a goal against New Caledonia during a there’s nothing I could do to or quarterbacks not targeting game of the OFC Youth Futsal Tournament 2017 at Bruce Pulman Park in Auckland, New Zealand help,” Carr said. “It is a lonely him when he’s open. on ursday, Oct. 5, 2017. [FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio] feeling. It hurts because I see “I think everyone on our the sacrifi ce all my teammates team is a little frustrated at make and I just want to be out something,” Carr said.