CROSS PLAINS — At 5-foot-8 and 180 pounds, Cross Plains junior Riley Conlee isn’t built like your prototypical defensive lineman.

And truth be told, if he had his way, he might be toting the football and running sprints with the track team in addition to chasing down ball-carriers in the backfield. 

But the Buffaloes’ diminutive disrupter is so good at what he does, his niche seems more like a calling. And you’d be hard pressed to find a Big Country player of any size that makes a bigger impact on a game — or his team — than Conlee does.