Especially if the lineman is in the eighth grade.
“I was trying to walk out to my car, and they said, ‘This guy wants to call you out.’ ” Asiata said. “I asked, ‘Who is he?’ And they said, ‘He’s an [eighth grader].’ I was like ‘All right.’ I didn’t want to back down to the challenge, so I did it.”
Just one talented member of the Caledonia football team, Matt Gavin and Asiata went to head-to-head, benching 250 pounds in the high school weight room Wednesday. Asiata did come out on top, but he was impressed with Gavin.