to have the best wide receivers corps in the FCS, and Kupp, Hill and Kendrick Bourne (1,082) are all over 1,000 receiving yards. Kupp, who has 30 100-yard receiving games in his career, ranks first in Division I

NORTON, Mass. -- It was Wednesday afternoon this week when a few visitors to Pleasant Valley Country Club in nearby Sutton, Massachusetts, were greeted in the pro shop by longtime head professional Paul Parajeckas. He immediately started regaling them with tales of the good ol days, back when the PGA Tour held an annual event there for 30 years. Then he brought up the most famous of all those tales.You know that Maltbie story? asked Parajeckas. That happened here.Of course the visitors knew the Maltbie story. Everybody knows the Maltbie story, or at least some variation of what happened so many years ago.On July 20, 1975, Roger Maltbie won the Pleasant Valley Classic, earning a first-place check of $40,000. He was handed the payment on the final green afterward -- not some oversized novelty check, but the real deal that looked very much like any other paycheck, only with a few more zeroes attached.I had a courtesy car driver that week who kind of adopted me, recalled Maltbie, who made the cut on the number, then shot 66-67 in breezy conditions for the title. I won the tournament, I went in, I bought a round of drinks at the bar, then I said, Where do we go? What do we do? He took me to T.O. Flynns.Needless to say, Maltbie and those around him enjoyed themselves at the local establishment that night. When he awoke the next morning, the champion was admittedly a bit foggy.I dont know how long I sat there, but it took a little while until I realized I won the day before, he said. I was going to get a newspaper and read about how cool I am. Then I reached into my pockets and Im like, Oh, s---. Something bads happened here.Maltbies first phone call was to T.O. Flynns. Nobody had seen the check. His next phone call was to the tournament director. When Maltbie told him there was a problem, he replied, What kind of problem could you possibly have?He explained that hed lost the check, to which the tournament director laughed, then said hed cancel it and issue a new one. Maltbie soon called him back and asked if he could make the new one out for $39,000 instead -- and give the pro $1,000 in cash, because, well, hed lost all his money at the bar, too.Not long afterward, the owner of T.O. Flynns phoned Maltbie at his hotel. Hed found the check.I said, It doesnt matter, because theyre going to give me another check, he recalled. So the owner says, Do you mind if we keep it? Well frame it and hang it up at the bar.Maltbie liked that idea -- and a legendary story was spawned. He wouldnt just become a five-time PGA Tour winner and popular television commentator. He would become The Guy Who Lost the Check.In a lot of ways, that little slip of paper has defined my adult life and my professional life, said Maltbie. Im not Jack Nicklaus, OK? Ive had to explain this story. Ive been asked to tell it at corporate outings. Its been told and recounted ad nauseum, it seems.So sure, when Parajeckas asked the visitors if they knew the Maltbie story, they all smiled and nodded. Everybody knows the Maltbie story.They just didnt know what they were about to hear next.I have the check, Parajeckas told them. Its upstairs in my office. Wanna see it?After hanging in T.O. Flynns for a decade before it closed, the check had been returned to Pleasant Valley, where it was displayed in the grill room. Years ago, fearing someone might walk away with it, the check was placed in Parajeckas office for safekeeping.The pro took the visitors through the shop, up a staircase and into a corner office overflowing with memorabilia from those good ol days. Memorabilia?that included Parajeckas old PGA Tour badges, photos with Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, and a few oversized checks hanging on the wall.He opened the bottom drawer of a dresser near his desk, rifled through a handful of old paperwork and found an envelope. From it, he pulled out a lone check, the one addressed to Roger Maltbie dated 41 years earlier, the one that was assumed long gone.Pretty soon, the wheels were in motion to reunite Maltbie with his long-lost check. A photo of it was tweeted, then a text message of that photo was sent to Maltbie himself.He wanted it back.Parajeckas was summoned to TPC Boston, where Maltbie is working for NBC at this weeks Deutsche Bank Championship. At precisely 11 a.m. Saturday morning, Maltbie was presented the winners check from the 1975 Pleasant Valley Classic.Still creased just as hed folded it and placed it in his pocket 41 years ago, Maltbie took a long look at the check he never thought hed see again.I promise you this, he said with a laugh. Thats the last winners check Im ever going to get.Through the laughter, Maltbie became a little choked up, tears welling in his eyes. After all, this little piece of paper has defined him. Everybody knows the story. Now theyre going to know about a new ending.I really didnt lose it, he said, laughing again. I just misplaced it for 41 years.Fake Nike Air Max Replica . The Canadian squad, skipped by Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg, got on the board first with two in the second end, and followed that with two more apiece in the fourth and sixth ends. 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We need to decide who is going to handle it better and not make it a factor.The previous low game-time temperature for an EWU home game was 12 when South Dakota State visited in the 2013 second round.---=FCS Playoffs SemifinalThe Matchup -- Youngstown State (11-3) at No. 2 seed Eastern Washington (12-1)Kickoff -- 6:30 p.m. ET Saturday at Roos Field (8,600) in Cheney, WashingtonCoverage -- ESPNUSeries -- Youngstown State leads 1-0 (YSU won 25-14 in Cheney in 1997 FCS semifinals)Coaches -- Youngstown State: Bo Pelini (16-9, two seasons; 83-36 overall); Eastern Washington: Beau Baldwin (85-31, nine seasons; 95-34 overall)Players to Watch -- Youngstown State: QB Hunter Wells (91 of 145, 1,199 yards, 7 TDs, 4 INTs), RB/KR Jody Webb (191 carries, 1,200 yards, 6 TDs; 25 receptions, 303 yards), DE Derek Rivers (48 TT, 15.5 TFL, 12 sacks, 18 QB hurries), LB Armand Dellovade (95 TT, 10.5 TFL, 5 QB hurries), S LeRoy Alexander (67 TT, 4.5 TFL, 4 INTs, 5 PBU); Eastern Washington: QB Gage Gubrud (368 of 537, 4,807 yards, 45 TDs, 12 INTs; 125 carries, 558 yards, 5 TDs), WR/PR Cooper Kupp (107 receptions, 1,520 yards, 15 TDs), WR Shaq Hill (75 receptions, 1,112 yards, 16 TDs), DE Samson Ebukam (68 TT, 13.5 TFL, 8.5 sacks, 6 QB hurries), LB Miquiyah Zamora (92 TT, 4.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks)What to Know -- The only previous meeting between these two FCS powers wasnt played at Roos Field (formerly Woodward Field) in the 1997 semifinals, it was held at Albi Stadium in nearby Spokane, and Youngstown State won the matchup on the way to capturing its fourth national title of the 1990s. The visitors from the Missouri Valley Football Conference are appearing in the playoffs for the first time since reaching the 2006 semifinals. The Penguins are having a tumultuous week as its been reported four or five unnamed players, including three regulars, have been suspended for the semifinal after testing positive for banned substances following the second-round win over Jacksonville State on Dec. 3. News of an arrest last week of second-leading rusher Martin Ruiz on a gun charge also emerged in Youngstown. The Penguins had to survive a mistake-filled, 30-23 win over Wofford in double overttime in the quarterfinals.dddddddddddd Still, second-year coach Bo Pelinis squad has been the strongest unseeded team. Averaging 257.1 rushing yards per game, their game plan will be to run the ball with Webb and perhaps Tevin McCaster. Wells has been a steady decision maker at quarterback since replacing Ricky Davis as the starter on Oct. 29. His offense averages 27.1 points per game. The defense might be the best that Eastern Washington has faced this season, allowing just 18.1 points per game (seventh-best in the FCS). Rivers and Avery Moss (10 sacks) are a pair of All-MVFC defensive ends who have fueled YSU to an FCS-high 44 sacks. They will try to flush Gubrud from the pocket, so a secondary featuring Alexander and Jameel Smith will have to hold tight against the Eagles excellent wide receivers corps. The kicking game had been strong until Zak Kennedy missed three of his four field goal attempts and an extra point in the quarterfinal. Eastern Washington is the more explosive team as the Big Sky Conference co-champion averages 533.5 yards -- second-most in the FCS -- and 42.7 points -- third-most. Gubrud leads the FCS in passing yards and total yards (5,365) and is nearing school and conference records in both categories. The Eagles have had one of their better seasons despite replacing six seniors from last years offensive line. It helps to have the best wide receivers corps in the FCS, and Kupp, Hill and Kendrick Bourne (1,082) are all over 1,000 receiving yards. Kupp, who has 30 100-yard receiving games in his career, ranks first in Division I history in receptions (418), receiving yards (6,284) and touchdown receptions (71). Their maligned defense of recent years has matured into a solid unit over the second half of the season. The Eagles, whose program won the 2010 FCS title under ninth-year coach Beau Baldwin, posted their first shutout since 2009 when they beat Richmond 38-0 in the quarterfinals. Ebukam had a career day in the win and provides the senior leadership with Zamora (349 career tackles) and S Zach Bruce, who leads the team with 102 tackles. Kupps sophomore brother Ketner has stepped up his play at linebacker with 18 tackles in the playoffs while replacing an injured Alek Kacmarcik (lower leg). Both teams have excellent weapons in the return game.Up Next -- The winner will play either No. 4 seed James Madison (12-1) or No. 1 seed North Dakota State (12-1) in the FCS championship game Jan. 7 in Frisco, Texas.Prediction -- Eastern Washington hasnt scored less than 31 points and Youngstown State hasnt allowed more than 24 to an FCS opponent. Something will give on the red turf. Eastern Washington 28-19. ' ' '