EWU's wheelchair basketball team take on tournament competition

By SHANNEN TALBOT

Staff Reporter

The summer before Liam Doloughan’s senior year of high school, he was running along a trail on a cross-country trip. About three miles out, an excruciating pain in his hip stopped him in his tracks. With just three inches of movement in one leg, Doloughan was able to make it back to the team’s camp, but what would follow would change the course of his athletic future forever.

Doloughan’s hip injury led to a diagnosis of joint malformation that effectively ended his running career. Around the same time, his brother suddenly passed away, and soon Doloughan found...