In 2018, senior Antonio McCloud, wrestling at 220 pounds, won Elder's fifth individual state championship in the sport, and the first for coach Jason Roush. Antonio finshed the season with a 44-4 record, and ended his career at Elder with 124 wins, good for 6th place in total career wins at Elder.

In 2016, Elder won its sixth state volleyball championship.  Once again, it was an all-GCL final, with Elder defeating the Moeller Crusaders in three sets.  Moeller had defeated the Panthers three times during the season.

In 2014, Elder won its fifth state volleyball championship, defeating the St. Xavier Bombers in the finals.  The #1-ranked Bombers had defeated the Panthers twice during the regular season.

In 2010, Elder won its fourth state volleyball championship, defeating the Moeller Crusaders in the finals having lost to the Crusaders in the state finals in the previous year, and twice during the regular season. 

In 2009, Orlando Scales won his second consecutive state wrestling championship at 215 lbs.

In 2008, two Elder wrestlers won state championships:  senior Tommy Pretty in the 125-lb. class, and junior Orlando Scales in the 215-lb class.  In addition, the 2008 volleyball team won the school's third state volleyball championship, completing a perfect 28-0 season. 

In 2005, the Elder baseball team went 28-1 on the way to its 12th state baseball crown. The baseball team's championship continued a streak of at least one baseball championship in each of the last 7 decades, dating back to the school's first state championship in 1943. The team's 12 state baseball championships is a State of Ohio record.

In 2003, Tim Roa '03 won the individual pole vault state championship. The football team also completed its state championship defense with back-to-back titles, the first by a local school since 1980.

In 2002, Elder won its first state football championship, after four consecutive appearances in the regional final, by defeating the teams they had faced in each of the previous three regional championship games: St. Xavier, Wayne, and Colerain. The team then defeated Findlay to reach the state final for the first time in school history, and then defeated Warren Harding to take the school's first state football crown.

In 2000, the Elder volleyball team won its second consecutive state championship, repeating the consecutive state titles won in baseball (1955 and 1956, and 1958, 1959 and 1960), basketball (1973 and 1974), and cross country (1988 and 1989).

In 1999, two Elder teams won state championships in their respective sports: baseball and volleyball, a feat which had been accomplished twice before in the school's history. (The school's baseball and basketball teams won state championships in the 1972-73 school year, and the cross country and basketball teams won in the 1973-74 school year.)

Individually, seven Elder athletes have won state championships in swimming, tennis, track and field, and wrestling.

This page is a tribute to those teams and individuals who have achieved excellence in their respective sports.

(Photos of the teams/athletes can be viewed by clicking on the year.)