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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Embed from Getty Images NEW YORK, N.Y. – Before the rain began to fall on Wednesday night, it was a marquee pitcher’s duel at Yankee Stadium. After the tarp was trotted out for a rain delay, however, the game turned into an ugly beatdown for the Seattle Mariners. Although
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Embed from Getty Images SEATTLE, Wash. - Led by Cal Raleigh’s record-setting power, the Seattle Mariners came back from yesterday’s tough loss with a booming victory on the Fourth of July, bashing four home runs and not letting a single Pirate cross the plate on their way to
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1600"] Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. expertly avoids a tag by Cal Raleigh during a play at the plate in the top of the seventh inning on July 3, 2025. Kansas City beat the Mariners 3-2. Credit: Stephen
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="4032"] Memorial Stadium from the northwest end on June 26, 2025, a few minutes before the venue’s open house to celebrate the beginning of renovations. Credit: Callaghan Bluechel/Emerald City Spectrum. [https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/caption] SEATTLE, Wash.
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1500"] Randy Arozarena continues his hot streak, cracking a game-tying home run in the sixth inning of Seattle’s 3-2 win against the Kansas City Royals. Credit: Lindsey Wasson/AP Photo. [https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/caption] SEATTLE,
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SEATTLE, Wash. - The Kansas City Royals struck back in Seattle in the second game of a four-game set in a near reverse of yesterday’s score, evening the series with a 6-3 road win. This time, the Mariners were limited when it came to home runs, and the
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1500"] Randy Arozarena lifts the Mariners trident after the conclusion of Seattle’s 6-2 win on June 30, 2025. Credit: John Froschauer/AP Photo. [https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/caption] SEATTLE, Wash. - Any time the Kansas City Royals have
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="7568"] The National Anthem is performed before the Seawolves’ home opener against the Free Jacks on March 8, 2025. Although Seattle won that game, New England would go on to win the MLR Final against the SaberCats. Credit: Punkus
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="967"] Seawolves wing Ina Futi (left) and scrumhalf JP Smith (right) have both made the USA roster for 2025 summer international play. Credit: Seattle Seawolves. [https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/caption] On June 17, 2025, the United States men’s
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1500"] Seawolves scrumhalf Nick Boyer battles Warriors center D’Angelo Leuila during Seattle’s 28-24 win on May 12, 2025. The two teams played again on Saturday in the Western Conference Final, but Seattle came up short. Credit: