Friends and teammates have identified Owen George, 21, as one of the victims of Saturday’s early morning motocross crash that killed two Cochrane men.

George was an active member of the lacrosse community, growing up playing for the Rockyview Rage before playing three seasons for the Silvertips Junior Tier 1 team.

His teammates remembering him as an encouraging, hard-working leader, who had a knack for making people feel welcome.

“I just miss everything about him,” said Stone Dunbar-Krenda, who played with George for nine years.

Dunbar-Krenda ssaid he’d known George for nearly 15 years, but it was when they were drafted to the Silvertips in the same year their friendship really took off.

“He would be the first one to be like ‘do you need a ride to practice?'” laughed Dunbar-Kren

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