Seeing through Rose-colored glasses: QND baseball product overcomes freak accident to thrive playing game he loves

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | July 13, 2024
A year after nearly losing the sight in his right eye permanently, Quincy Notre Dame product Ethan Rose earned All-West Central Conference honors as a first baseman and will play in Saturday's Missouri vs. Illinois All-Star Game at Veterans Field in Hannibal, Mo. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — The afternoon sun hung high in a cloudless sky above an empty parking lot, making it impossible to escape just how luminous it can be. Ethan Rose didn’t shy away from it, even when brightness is his nemesis. “There’s nothing like having your eyesight,” he said. “It’s something you take for granted. Like…

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Rose in full bloom: QND senior belts first home run at The Ferd to power Raiders past Chargers

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | April 20, 2024
Quincy Notre Dame first baseman Ethan Rose catches a pickoff attempt during Friday's game against Illini West at Ferd Niemann Jr. Memorial Ballfield. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — On the first pitch Ethan Rose saw, he knew he shouldn’t swing. On the second pitch, he knew he couldn’t pass. He made the right call on both. With one out in the bottom of the second inning Friday and runners on second and third after Gavin Doellman’s double, Rose jumped on a…

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