Bluechel graduated from SPU in 2025 with a degree in Linguistics and Classics. Before joining Emerald City Spectrum, he wrote with the Falcon for two years between 2022 and 2024, covering SPU athletics as well as sports in the greater Seattle area.
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SEATTLE, Wash. — Cal Raleigh is here to hit homers and chew bubblegum—and he’s all out of bubblegum. On August 25, just a day after breaking the single season home run record by a catcher, the Mariners’ backstop set a high-water mark of his own, becoming the first
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="3236"] The Seattle Seawolves drafted Tia’i Vavao, Charlie Walsh, and Keelin Coyle with their three picks in the 2025 MLR Draft. Credit: Seattle Seawolves/Instagram. [https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/caption] With the Seattle Seawolves locking in their three
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Embed from Getty Images SEATTLE, Wash. — Caleb John Raleigh. That’s the name of the record-holder for most home runs by a catcher in a single season. With the pace he had been blasting bombs all year, this accomplishment was a long time coming for the Seattle Mariners superstar.
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Embed from Getty Images SEATTLE, Wash. — Try and try and try all they might, it seems the engine just cannot get going for these Seattle Mariners. They were only able to muster a single run against an Athletics pitching staff with not much firepower, and it wasn’t a case
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1080"] Seattle Mariners outfielder Victor Robles celebrates after a base hit during a regular season game. Credit: Victor Robles/Instagram [https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/caption] SEATTLE, Wash. — On Saturday, August 23, the Seattle Mariners announced that outfielder Victor Robles
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Embed from Getty Images SEATTLE, Wash. — Leaving the rainy east coast to go back to sunny Seattle has its benefits. That might sound funny to those few readers who aren’t familiar with PNW climate patterns, but August in Seattle contains consistently clear crow-paths. And for the Mariners, just
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The Seattle Mariners are - thankfully - returning home on Friday. Their last nine games were disastrous, as they dropped two of three to both the Orioles and Mets before getting swept by the Philadelphia Phillies to extend the team’s losing streak to five games. I’ve compiled a bunch of
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="973"] Will Sherman runs the ball during a World Rugby U20 Tournament game in Kenya. Credit: Will Sherman/Instagram [https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/caption] The 2025 Major League Rugby College Draft occurred on Thursday, with all three rounds completed
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1364"] Lindenwood University tighthead prop Connor Devos carries the ball during a match against Indiana University on September 14, 2024. Credit: Connor Devos/Instagram. [https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/caption] If the Seattle Seawolves are looking for incredible raw power
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1399"] Charlie Walsh carries the ball during a University of California game against Navy on February 22, 2025. Credit: Charlie Walsh/Instagram. [https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/caption] He may be just out of college, but his rugby career already