Logan Cypher is doing a very impressive job of making up for lost time.

After missing all but three games of his junior baseball season at Knoch High School last spring to an injury, Cypher is turning in a superb summer for Youngstown’s Class B League. He batted .649 for Dura Edge during the regular season before being one of 17 players from the 10-team circuit picked for Youngstown’s all-star squad, which is competing in the Colt World Series this weekend in Marion, Ill.

“I did well during the season, was relaxed and had a lot of fun,” said Cypher, who was healthy by the end of the school year. “I knew we had a good (all-star) team put together, but never thought we’d get this far.”

Youngstown won a pair of tournaments to reach the World Series, going a combined 6-1 in a zone bracket in Beaver Falls and an Eastern Regional in Greensboro, N.C. The team’s first opponent in the World Series, a double-elimination tournament, will come against Aroma Park (Ill.) at 3 p.m. Friday. This marks the first time a team from the Youngstown B League has made the Colt World Series.

Logan Cypher

Other teams competing for the crown hail from Texas, North Carolina, California and Illinois, as well as international teams from Japan, Mexico and Germany. The championship round will be held on Tuesday.

“I believe if the kids play loose, we have a great chance to compete for the whole tournament,” said Youngstown coach Andrew Sabella.

Cypher, an outfielder and No. 6 hitter in Youngstown’s lineup, figures to be key to any success the team meets with over the next few days.

“If he runs into one, he can hit one out, but he’s mainly a bat-on-ball guy who plays great defense, is fast and a very smart base runner,” Sabella added.

In 2021, Cypher had to sit out his freshman season at Knoch with an injured back. He started in right field for the Knights as a sophomore and was slated to be one of the leaders on this year’s team before a broken finger on his left hand relegated him to the bench.

“I was working out and dropped weights on my hand,” said Cypher. “I had surgery, two pins were inserted, but it was really frustrating watching my teammates play and not being able to help them.

“It was disappointing, especially since I was injured doing something to make myself better.”