Sunday, October 19, 2025

Rylee Scadden’s Dash Home Keeps Bluejay Season Alive

Rylee Scadden’s dash to the plate brought a sudden end to Northeast Nodaway’s game with OSHS and the Bluejays lived to fight another day after getting a 14-13 win. It was their fourth win of the year and their third against OSHS. All of them were wild, high-scoring games.

Mylee Wilmes had three hits for the Bluejays, which had 12 hits Thursday. Paizlee Norman, Rylee Scadden, and Blair Nelson had two while Addi Thummel, Piper Gray, and Aubrey Fetters had one.

Aubrey Fetters, Blair Nelson, Paizlee Norma, and Rylee Scadden all had doubles. Emma Vicker and Piper Gray each had two steals.

Stewartsville/Osborn jumped out to a 1-0 lead after two singles and a groundout put them in front in the first. But like each of the last two games, Northeast fought back; this time, Paizlee Norman doubled to start off the Bluejay half of the first. Rylee Scadden tried to bunt, but popped out. Blair Nelson grounded out to advance Norman to third. Mylee Wilmes grounded out to score her to tie it up.

A double and two Bluejay errors put the Wildcards back in front 3-1 in the second. In the Bluejay second, Piper Gray stole second and third; on the throw down to third, the ball got away and Piper scored to make it 3-2. Paizlee Norman singled in Emma Vicker to tie it at 3-3.

After a walk and a hit batter to start the OSHS third, the Wildcards started teeing off on Paizlee Norman, hitting a pair of doubles and building up a 6-3 lead. That lead stood up until the Bluejay fourth, when Emma Vicker reached on an error and stole second. Paizlee Norman reached on another error as Vicker took third. Norman took second on defensive indifference and Rylee Scadden doubled two runs home to make it 6-5. Blair Nelson beat out a throw from third base as Scadden took third. Mylee Wilmes singled home Scadden to tie it at 6-6 as Nelson took second. Addi Thummel singled to load the bases and then Bristol Hicks reached second on an error as Wilmes and Nelson scored and Thummel took third to give the Bluejays the lead for the first time at 8-6. All five Bluejay runs scored with two outs, and seven Bluejays reached safely before OSHS could get out of the inning.

A walk, a hit-by-pitch, and a dropped line drive loaded the bases for the Wildcards, and a walk forced in a run to cut the Bluejay lead to 8-7. A groundout tied it up, then an error and a double put them up 11-8 before an offensive interference call killed the rally.

Aubrey Fetters led off the Bluejay fifth with a double and later came around to score on an error. Two walks from Paizlee Norman and Rylee Scadden brought up Blair Nelson, who reached on a pair of errors as both runners came home to tie it at 11-11. Mylee Wilmes singled Nelson home to put the Bluejays back up 12-11.

A single, a passed ball, a sac fly, and a pair of errors put the Wildcards right back in front 13-12 in the seventh. But that only made things more interesting for the Bluejays. Paizlee Norman reached second on an error and Rylee Scadden beat out an infield hit to put Norman on third. Blair Nelson doubled to left to score Norman to tie it up and put Scadden on third. Mylee Wilmes popped out to third for the first out. Addi Thummel popped out to shortstop for the second out. But on the second out, Rylee Scadden tagged up from third and made a dash home, scoring the winning run to walk off the Bluejays.

 

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