I was excited to see my first Am. Samoan high school football game. As some may know, American Samoa has produced a large amount of NFL and Division I football players (relative to its size), see here. So we headed to a Friday night game featuring the Samoana High School Sharks versus the Nu'uuli Poly-Tech Wildcats. All games are played at the national stadium, which features $1 hot dogs and .50 sodas. We sat on the Nu'uuli side, which was good, because they didn't have many fans (see superfan above.) The Wildcats have not won a game in 4 years and Samoana had 3 kids that had already signed up with Division I schools. The game was a slaughter (see score) and 3 players had to get carted off the field. One, I was told later, had an ACL tear, which on the island is a career killer. Our hospital literally has cats walking in the hallways, so not much in the way of orthopeadic surgery. Despite the lopsided score, it was an enjoyable Friday night.
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