Girls wrestling: Broomfield tabs touted women’s wrestling star Katherine Shai as first coach

It wasn’t your typical partnership. Nonetheless effective.

Just a few years ago, ex-Broomfield star grappler Darren Green and longtime U.S. women’s wrestler Katherine Shai trained together on the mat.

Shai had just had a baby and was looking to work back into shape. And in return, the touted national wrestling figure would help Green thanks to her lifetime knowledge of the sport — down to the finest details.

Fast-forward to the recent news of Shai being named the inaugural coach of the Eagles girls wrestling program — which will serve as the station the Boulder Valley School District team — for this upcoming winter season, Green thought of his former training partner. His old school. Another perfect match.

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