Tragic crash has helped galvanize WolfPack men’s volleyball team
KAMLOOPS – It’s been nearly two months since a crash at McGill Road and University Way took the life of TRU WolfPack men’s volleyball player Owyn McInnis and severely injured two others, Riley Brinnen and Owen Waterhouse.
“I was asked countless times, ‘How are you guys going to go forward? How are you going to play the rest of the year?’” TRU WolfPack men’s volleyball coach Pat Hennelly told hundreds gathered at a celebration of life for Owyn McInnis on January 10.
Those were questions on many minds in the aftermath of the horrific crash that took place on November 29 just off campus that killed one WolfPack player and left two more severely injured. In the days following that incident, the team decided to keep playing — for the memory of one fallen comrade and to honour the two who were in the hospital, fighting for their lives.