Richmond-Burton linebacker/fullback Blake Livdahl plays big-boy sports in a compact frame.

Don’t count out a miniature bull terrier in a fight against a mastiff.

Don’t count out Livdahl in a one-on-one battle against a bigger varsity football player.

The mighty junior, who can ball and maul on a football field or wrestling mat, gave another example of his unmeasurable competitiveness Saturday in the Rockets’ 31-6 win over Monmouth-Roseville in a Class 3A state quarterfinal game in Richmond.

Note, for example, the stiff-arm he used to discard a defender on his second touchdown run.

“I think it’s more heart than anything,” Livdahl said. “You just got to have heart, and you got to believe. You got to believe that you can be big.”

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