BUTLER TWP — Wesley Zablocki’s name is going a long way.

The 11-year-old East Butler youth lost his battle with cancer in March. But his war against the disease rages on.

When the Potter Tour — a traveling youth baseball group that does volunteer charitable work in different communities — made its annual stop in Butler in July, it participated in the annual Strikes and Spikes Volleyball Tournament at Butler High School.

The event raised nearly $1,000 for CureSearch in Zablocki’s name. CureSearch is an organization fighting children’s cancer.

The Lambermont family — good friends with the Zablocki family — raised $740 through a candy bar fund-raiser.

A group of 10 people from Butler — including Wesley’s mother, Nikki, Jennifer Lambermont and former Butler High volleyball coach Meghan Lucas — completed the 20.7-mile Ultimate Hike in West Virginia last month and raised $56,000 for CureSearch in doing so.

That amount was the most money raised by an individual group in the Ultimate Hike’s history.

“My husband and I did the hike two years ago on our own,” Nikki Zablocki said. “Last year, some others joined us and that number grew this year.

“The support we’ve gotten has been incredible. It took us about seven and a half hours to complete the hike, but I’ll keep doing it every year as long as I’m able.”

Paige Lambermont, a senior on the Golden Tornado volleyball team, organized this year’s charity volleyball tournament.

The event featured six teams, including the 13-under club team coached by Lucas that reached the national tournament this year. Butler alumni formed other teams, as did current Tornado players.

“I’ve played in this event every year they’ve had it,” Lambermont said. “When Meghan Lucas asked me if I could organize it this year, I jumped at it.

“My family knows the Zablocki family very well. When it came to organizing something like this ... It was very important to me to do it.”

Lambermont organized the concession area, volunteers and the tournament itself. She lauded the Potter Tour ballplayers who participated. The Potter Tour also put on a free baseball clinic at East Butler that attracted 50 youths.

Mrs. Zablocki struggled to put into words how she felt about the Lambermont family’s support.

“It means the world ...,” she said. “It means a lot. Jennifer watched Wesley when he couldn’t go to school. He called her his favorite baby-sitter.

“We’re still fighting. With so many people behind us, we won’t quit. This is definitely an example of what youth sports can do.”