The key to the Green Wave success this season has been balance. “But it was also important because we saw what we need to work on if we want to keep going on. The Green Wave won the final set, 15-13, to move on to play District 5 power Conemaugh Valley on Saturday at St. Things got even more surreal on Tuesday in a back-and-forth affair with Serra Catholic. Instead, Oswayo Valley dominated and emerged with a sweep to win its first district championship. When the Green Wave entered the District 9 Class A title match against Elk County Catholic, which was also undefeated at the time, they weren’t intimidated. I think we all are.”Īs the wins piled up, so, too, did the confidence. “We knew we really needed to work extra hard if we wanted to go somewhere this season, which we have. Rachelle did still come and supported us all season.” We knew that we could do well with this team and have a great season. But me and the rest of the team, we made the best of it. “We had a girl quit, too, which was another downer. “The beginning of the season was hard because we did lose our coach,” Avaree Kellert said. Kellert’s father, Ken, and mother, Lanna, stepped into the breach and have guided the team to a 23-0 record. The Green Wave season, though, started with some rough seas.Ĭoach Rachelle Kellogg and her assistant unexpectedly stepped down after the first practice. “It was nice to see everyone come out to support us and want to see us do so well. “The whole town was into it, not just the school or us as a volleyball team. “It’s a big milestone for our school,” Kellert said. The population inside the gym was greater than outside it in Shinglehouse that night. They won their first ever state playoff match, too, on Tuesday in the packed high school gymnasium, outlasting Serra Catholic in a five-set thriller to move on to the PIAA Class A quarterfinals. They won their first ever District 9 championship, drowning Elk County Catholic in a flood of kills with imposing threats at the net in Kellert and Olivia Cook. The Green Wave have been a tsunami this season, sweeping through their schedule with a perfect record. “There’s not much to do here,” said senior Avaree Kellert, laughing, “except play volleyball.” So, too, is Fielder Jones, an aptly named Major League Baseball player-manager who led the Chicago White Sox to the 1906 World Series championship.īut these days in Shinglehouse - and at Oswayo Valley High School in particular - volleyball is king. The first Miss America, Myrtl Meriwether, is from there. One could throw a rock from town-center and nearly hit New York state. It’s the only town in the United States that bears the name Shinglehouse. (EYT/D9) - Nestled in a valley where the Oswayo River and the Honeoye Creek converge is a borough in Potter County of about 1,250 people.
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