By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER Plainville native Dakota-Marie Dinielli showed what she can do at the national level in wrestling this past weekend in Fargo, N.D. Dinielli wrestled in the 2019 United States Marine Corps/USA Wrestling 16U Nationals at 152 pounds, and she was just one win shy of a national championship. Dinielli battled her way to the championship final, where California’s Hannah Ricioli won a victory by points, 8-7, over Dinielli. In Freestyle/Greco wrestling at Fargo, scores are recorded as follows: VFA: Victory by fall; VFO: Victory by points decision; VPO1: Win by points, losing wrestler scores; VSU: Win by technical fall (10 points or more); VSU1: Win by tech fall, opponent scores; VIN: Win by injury default; and VFO: Win by forfeit. Ricioli’s win over Dinielli was a VPO1. Dinielli won her first four bouts to reach the 152 final. In her first round bout, Dinielli led Minnesota’s Shean’Areial Miller 10-0 before securing a victory by fall (VFA) 1:10 into the first of the two periods. In the Round of 16, Dinielli ended the bout against Missouri’s Kelsey Burden just seven seconds into the second period on a win by technical fall (VSU), 10-0. Dinielli was tied 6-6 […]
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