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Noun: scrappiness  skra-pee-nus
  1. The quality or state of being tenacious, energetic, spunky
    "Sarabi was the smallest of the litter but made up for her lack of size by her scrappiness!";
    - feistiness
     
  2. The trait of being scrappy and pugnacious
    "The team's scrappiness allowed them to win against a more talented opponent"

Type of: adventurousness, combativeness, energy, get-up-and-go [informal], militance, militancy, push, venturesomeness