Prior to the beginning of the tournament, Jennifer Potter (from left), Davey Potter, Brooks Potter, 10; and Lennox Potter, 13, address golfers, on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, at the Maddox Potter Capital City Classic high school golf tournament at Edgewood Country Club near Sissonville. The tournament was renamed this year in honor of the couple's oldest son, Maddox Potter, who died in January 2025 at 16.
Shown here on the course putting green prior to the tournament, 114 golfers from 25 West Virginia schools competed, on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, at the Maddox Potter Capital City Classic high school golf tournament at Edgewood Country Club near Sissonville.
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A special ball marker, shown on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, was given to all golfers at the Maddox Potter Capital City Classic high school golf tournament at Edgewood Country Club near Sissonville.
This special design was added to all golfers' team shirts, shown on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, at the Maddox Potter Capital City Classic high school golf tournament at Edgewood Country Club near Sissonville.
Parker O'Dell, 15, a sophomore on Hurricane's team, hits out of a bunker on the first hole, on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, at the Maddox Potter Capital City Classic high school golf tournament at Edgewood Country Club near Sissonville.
Prior to the beginning of the tournament, Jennifer Potter (from left), Davey Potter, Brooks Potter, 10; and Lennox Potter, 13, address golfers, on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, at the Maddox Potter Capital City Classic high school golf tournament at Edgewood Country Club near Sissonville. The tournament was renamed this year in honor of the couple's oldest son, Maddox Potter, who died in January 2025 at 16.
Lee Willard, 17, a senior on the George Washington team, putts on the first green, on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, at the Maddox Potter Capital City Classic high school golf tournament at Edgewood Country Club near Sissonville.
Shown here on the course putting green prior to the tournament, 114 golfers from 25 West Virginia schools competed, on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, at the Maddox Potter Capital City Classic high school golf tournament at Edgewood Country Club near Sissonville.
Maddox Potter looks through his golf bag in this undated contributed photo.
SISSONVILLE, W.Va. ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” High school golfers from across West Virginia teed off the second leg of the Tri-State Cup championship on Tuesday at Edgewood Country Club in what was rebranded as the Maddox Potter Capital City Classic.
As they did for much of the 2024 season, when Potter, a George Washington golfer who died of cancer on Jan. 24, players wore lapel pins in the shape of a yellow ribbon to honor one of their own.
ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œIt means a lot to honor him and help raise awareness for support of fighting this terrible disease,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ said Davey Potter, MaddoxÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s father and now the coach of Charleston CatholicÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s golf team. ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œThe golf community is so close.ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥
The pins were introduced a year ago by GW coach BJ Calabrese for the Patriots. As awareness of Maddox PotterÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s fight grew, other teams requested the pins and began wearing them themselves.
Calabrese approached the Potter family about renaming the Capital City Classic in MaddoxÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s honor. Calabrese said the Potters and the Maddox Potter Foundation were on board immediately.
ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œThey loved it,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ Calabrese said. ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œThen I thought I have to see if the (West Virginia Golf Association) would be on board.ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥
Chris Slack, executive director of the WVGA, said, ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œWe were all in,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ when Calabrese approached him about changing the name of the tournament.
The trophy awarded to Hurricane, the repeat champion of the tournament, showed the previous name on it, but Slack said that going forward, that award will bear Maddox PotterÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s name as well.
ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œAll summer long (during the junior tour) youÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™d see so many pins out there on the course,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ Slack said. ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œThe GW team wore them for a long time. The junior golf world was united behind it.ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥
Calabrese said the Maddox Potter Foundation helped with the funding of the tournament as part of its mission to honor its namesakeÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s memory.
Davey Potter said the foundationÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s main purpose, raising money for cancer research, has contributed $40,000 to that cause so far. Its other two functions are helping patients and their families battling cancer as well as supporting junior golf continue to be a focus also.
ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œIf [Maddox] was still with us,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ Davey Potter said, ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œthis is where heÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™d be.ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥
Players in the tournament were given gift bags, the yellow ribbon-shaped pins, T-shirts and ball markers bearing the new name and logo of the Maddox Potter Capital City Classic.
The individual winner, HurricaneÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s Isaac Hayes, found purpose in competing in the tournament.
ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œIt means a lot that we get to be out here and play every day,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ said Hayes, a sophomore. ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œI played with Maddox a couple of times, so I know what he went through. ItÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s rough.ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥
Rick Elmore covers sports. He can be reached at 304-348-5122 or relmore@hdmediallc.com. Follow @ElmoreSports on Twitter/X.
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