Elwood Panther Baseball

A tough loss to a good Oak Hill squad tonight. Cannon 1-2 Wright 0-1 R, SB @elwoodpanthers1 @hunt_Rob

We dropped one to Frankton in extra innings tonight 3-2. A. Fox 4.1IP, 2H, 1ER, 6BB, 5K’s D. Grimes 1.2IP, 1H, 1ER, 1BB L. Cannon 1.1IP, 2H, 1ER, 2BB, 2K’s Ko. Leever 1-2, 2B Z Wright 1-3, R, SB J Reese 1-3, RBI @elwoodpanthers1 @elwood_hs @hunt_Rob

Nice seeing a little love for Elwood! Thank you! 💪 @Liam!

@THEAkeemGlaspie @weRtheWildcats Thanks for all you do!

Congratulations to Matthew Cunningham of @weRtheWildcats for winning IndyStar Baseball Player of the Week for Week 3. I'm now taking nominations for Week 4!

Building something outside the lines strengthens inside the lines!

@ArabiansGolf @hunt_Rob You read our script! Thanks for the comment!

@ElwoodBase @hunt_Rob Starts w/local little league. Get 3-5 kids per grade to LOVE the sport & they’ll do the work to get better. An organized, well-ran LL by many volunteers w/ some help from the town parks dept. will lead to quality BB at the HS level. That will take more work than coaching team.

When I was watering this infield in the fall, I wondered what I had gotten myself into. One baseball local even messaged me and said, “that place is career suicide.” I beg to differ. This place is my dream job, happiest I’ve been. Elwood baseball is just getting restarted! ✌️

To our players: While reading a Fernando story this morning. I’m not going to call myself great, I’m not going to make the mountain too high by calling you a great player (yet). I will say we have a great environment and we are going in the right direction! @elwoodpanthers1

Our guys lost a hard fought game to Mississenewa tonight. L Cannon 5IP, 5H, 4ER, 4BB D Grimes 2IP, 3H, 5ER, 2BB, 1K B Mort 2-4, RBI J Reese 1-3, RBI Z Wright 1-3, R L Cannon 1-3 Ka Leever 1-4 Ko Leever 0-3, R @elwoodpanthers1 @elwood_hs

Every Year I try and have a message for our coaches and athletes on which direction we want to head. For the 2026-2027 Sports Season we are going to focus on the broken window. If our building has one broken window and nobody fixes it, pretty soon, more windows get broken. Why? Because it sends a message. It says… this place doesn’t care. It says… standards don’t matter here. It says… anything goes. And once that message is out… chaos follows. Now let me bring that into our room… into the Elwood Athletic Department… into our standard. We don’t lose because of big things first. We lose because of little things we allow to live. One athlete late to a lift. One missed class. One half-speed rep. One bad attitude. One shortcut. And if nobody fixes it… if nobody says anything… if nobody lives the standard… That’s broken glass. And broken glass spreads. Here’s the truth: Championship teams don’t tolerate broken glass. They fix it immediately. Because they understand something most people don’t What you allow… you promote. What you ignore… you accept. What you accept… becomes your culture. In the Elwood Athletic Department… that’s not who we are. We are TPW – Tough People Win. Tough people don’t step over broken glass. They pick it up. Tough people don’t say “that’s not my job.” They say, “That’s not our standard.” So here’s the challenge: When you see it… fix it. When you feel it… address it. When you’re tempted to be it… fight it. Because this isn’t about perfection. This is about ownership. Every locker… every rep… every class… every conversation… We are either building something elite… Or we are letting broken glass pile up. And I’ll leave you with this: We are not trying to be average. We are not trying to be good. We are building a program that people respect… that people feel… that people know is different the second they walk in. That only happens when the standard is protected… by everyone. So don’t walk past it. Don’t ignore it. Don’t be it. Fix it. Because around here… Tough ELWOOD People Win.

@hunt_Rob @elwoodpanthers1 Thanks! 🫡

So much improvement on both @elwoodpanthers1 diamonds this spring, both ⚾️ &🥎 playing very well. Also, the ⛳️ is greatly improved.

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Ended a 3-0 in the L column tonight against a 12-1 Wabash squad. A. Fox - 6IP, 4H, 1ER, 3BB, 3K’s Z. Wright - 2-3, SB B. Jetty - 1-2 D. Grimes - 1-3, SB “I’m from Pendleton, I’ve had a lot of Elwood games and that’s the best they have looked in quite a few years” - Umpire

Get the word out! Liam has had an amazing start and is on the list with some big names! Elwood deserves this! @elwoodpanthers1 @elwood_hs @hunt_Rob

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Another mark in the win column for our guys tonight. (W) Grimes 3IP, 2H, 1ER, 0BB, 7K’s Powell 2IP, 1H, 0ER, 0BB, 2K’s Wright 3-3, 2B, 4R, 2RBI, 2SB Cannon 3-4, 2B, 4R, 4RBI Ka Leever 2-4, RBI Maggart 1-1, 3B, 2R, RBI, 2SB Reese 1-3, 3B, 2R @elwoodpanthers1 @hunt_Rob

Great team dinner tonight! We appreciate Alex Mireles for leading us and the Maggart family for feeding us. We will continue to grow stronger as one family. (No pic, coach was tired tonight)