Blue Jackets host ‘Kids Takeover’ game Saturday [Video]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus Blue Jackets let kids behind the scenes to help lead the team for Saturday’s game against Nashville.

For the team’s annual “Kid Takeover” game, 8-year-old Riley Salett was chosen as “Kid Coach.”

Riley is a participant in the Blue Jackets Foundation’s 2023 Class of Pediatric Cancer Heroes. She was diagnosed with Stage 3 Wilms Tumor, also known as nephroblastoma, a rare kidney cancer common among children.

As of March 1, Riley has been cancer-free for one year. She was excited to help lead the Jackets and cheer them on during Kidney Cancer Awareness Month.

Felicia Salett, Riley’s mother, said she didn’t think this would be something they were a part of in a million years, but she said now, they’re invested.

“We had two surgeries, a year of chemo and some radiation, but we’re …