Leading 13-7 in the bottom of the fifth inning, Northeast Dubois sophomore Reece Bauer was up at the plate needing just a triple to complete the cycle — a rare feat in baseball where a player hits a single, double, triple and a home run all in the same game.

It started as a night of pomp and circumstance. On Friday night before Jasper’s baseball team was set to do battle against New Albany, the bleachers were filled to the brim as Jasper honored the 1968 state final team — but that's where the pretty part ended for the night's festivities.

If you hit a grand slam, the celebration that follows better be epic. Griffen Bauer and the Northeast Dubois baseball team? Well, they didn’t disappoint.

Jasper will honor the 50th anniversary of its 1968 high school baseball state finalist team before the 6 p.m. start of the Wildcats’ game this Friday against New Albany at Ruxer Field.

To swing or not to swing? That is the question hitters have to ask themselves in the blink of an eye when at the plate.