The Montgomery County volleyball team’s Pink Out game against the Battle Spartans on Oct. 17 enjoyed a big turnout.

Numerous people attended the event at Ballew & Snell Court to help raise money for High Hill resident Jessica Eversmeyer, who is fighting breast cancer.

Jessica wished she was there. She was at home working on her third round of chemotherapy.

“She really wanted to come to this,” said Josh Eversmeyer, Jessica’s husband.

The Eversmeyers were thrilled with the humongous support they received at the Pink Out game. More than $4,000 was raised from donations, 50/50 raffle tickets, food purchases and a silent auction. Play stopped after the second game as the MCHS volleyball team handed out a check of $3,206.22 to the Eversmeyer family, which also included three children – Destani, Josy and William.

“It takes your breath away,” Josh said. “It’s completely amazing. We’re a small community, but a huge heart. Everybody has been donating and donating, sending their prayers, sending their positive thoughts and positive energy and going into their pocketbooks and writing checks. It’s absolutely amazing. I’m very grateful.”

The Pink Out game was played on the same night that Josh and Jessica celebrated their seventh anniversary of their second marriage. They have been married a total of 12 years.

“We were married five years the first time,” Josh said. “We had two beautiful daughters. That marriage didn’t work out. We started dating a couple of years after we got divorced. It worked out phenomenally. We got remarried.”

Now, Josh and Jessica are getting prepared to go to the University of Texas MD Anderson Medical Center in Houston on Nov. 21 so Jessica can get treatment.

“They’re No. 1 in the nation for cancer (treatment),” Josh said. “They do a lot of clinical studies and they have a lot of medicine down there that’s not being used here in the Midwest. So we’re going down there to spend seven days and get on board with them. They’re going to give us the rest of the answers we need. We’re really optimistic.”

Just two months ago, Jessica became the new special education teacher at Montgomery City Elementary School. But on Sept. 7, her life changed after she was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. Later, she found out the cancer was at Stage 4 and was incurable. Jessica took a medical leave of absence.

“It’s a big blow, but she’s going to kick cancer right in the mouth,” Josh said. “She has a lot of people praying for her and with a lot of positive energy. There’s no doubt in my mind when we get back from Texas, we’re going to have outstanding news with a whole new outlook.”

Josh said he and his wife are trying their best to get their three children to stay positive.

“It’s hard,” Josh said. “We don’t hold anything from them. We tell them the facts as we learn them. It’s hard to sit there and have those family talks over and over to never have any good news. But you’ve got to have a positive attitude. Jessica not only has a positive attitude, but she’s surrounded by positive people sending letters, emails, Facebook posts and phone calls. She’s surrounded by a huge support system.”

On Sept. 28, a Powderpuff football game was held at Jim Blacklock Field to help raise money for Jessica. The event – which had 47 students participate – raised $4,903.14.

“It was overwhelming to see everybody come out,” Josh said. “There were a lot of people I didn’t know. But with my wife being a teacher at the school, everybody seems to know her. Obviously, she has a lot of fans out there pulling for us. Hundreds of people showed up for that. The Pink Out game was the same thing. With the gratitude my family got, we’ll never be able to repay it. It’s just super.”