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(STATS) -- It was clutch, if not miraculous, and enough to get Youngstown State back to a place it used to go to frequently:The FCS national championship game.Tight end Kevin Rader caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Hunter Wells with 1 second remaining to lift Youngstown State to a 40-38 victory over No. 2 seed Eastern Washington in a national semifinal Saturday at frigid Roos Field in Cheney, Washington.The Penguins (12-3) will play No. 4 seed James Madison (13-1) in the national final Jan. 7 in Frisco, Texas. Although they are appearing in the playoffs for the first time in 10 years, their program won four FCS (then NCAA Division I-AA) national titles in the 1990s and has been the runner-up twice.The winning drive came after Eastern Washington (12-2) took a 38-34 lead on wide receiver Shaq Hills 1-yard run with 4:24 left.Following a squib kick by Eastern Washington, the Penguins drove 58 yards on 11 plays. Rader caught his winning touchdown in the rear of the Eagles end zone when he wrapped his right arm around the back of linebacker Ketner Kupp and secured the football on the defenders back with his feet on the ground before he was pushed out of bounds.They played it very well, that linebacker walled me off. He played it pretty much perfect, Rader said. I saw the ball in the air and I made the play on it.I didnt have a good look at it, YSU second-year coach Bo Pelini said. All I could hear is the guys right next to me going, He caught it, he caught it, he caught it.An officials review of the play confirmed the touchdown. Ahead 40-38, the Penguins took a knee on the extra point to avoid risking a blocked kick that Eastern Washington could return for two points. On the ensuing kickoff, the Eagles went through a number of laterals before the Penguins downed Cooper Kupp with the ball to end the game.Tevin McCaster rushed for 154 yards and three touchdowns and the Penguins won despite having as much as a two-touchdown deficit (24-10) in the second quarter.The Penguins also overcame a tumultuous week in which there were reports of key players being suspended for the semifinal because of positive NCAA drug tests following the teams second-round win over Jacksonville State on Dec. 3.While Pelini and school administrators did not confirm or deny the suspensions during the week, the Penguins played without second-leading rusher Martin Ruiz; wide receiver Darien Townsend, who leads the team in receiving yards; and safeties Jameel Smith and LeRoy Alexander, their No. 2 and 3 tacklers, respectively.The game-time temperature was 4 degrees with the wind-chill factor and it eventually dipped below 0. Eastern Washington quarterback Gage Gubrud passed for 353 yards and three touchdowns and Cooper Kupp had 10 receptions for 180 and two TDs, but a lot of it was in the first half. The Penguins running game grew more effective in the second half, with Jody Webb also finishing with 101 of their 263 yards on the ground.Wells was 16 of 24 for 243 yards, also throwing an 11-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Alvin Bailey to pull Youngstown State within 31-27 early in the fourth quarter.It was a heck of a football game. A real crazy way to end it, Pelini said. We had guys making plays all night, they had guys making plays in tough conditions. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . Having already announced that the race will start May 9 with three stages in Northern Ireland and Ireland and finish in Trieste on June 1, the rest of the route was unveiled Monday. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . The defending champion beat Gael Monfils of France 7-6 (6), 6-3, while second-seeded Andy Murray of Britain dispatched Edouard Roger-Vasselin, also of France, 6-3, 6-3. Making his first appearance since injuring his wrist a month ago, Del Potro had difficulty with his service games in the first set. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . Brad Jacobs and his Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., team took control of the game early. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . Louis. To which I would say two things: 1. Where there is smoke, there is or perhaps has been a little fire. Or, in other words, the two teams would appear to have at least spoken. And spoken is defined as one calling the other to inquire, no more, no less. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . No. 13-seeded John Isner and No. 21 Philipp Kohlschreiber were among six players who dropped out of the tournament on Tuesday, joining No. 12 seed Tommy Haas and two other players who withdrew on Monday. With Jeremy Hellickson, R.A. Dickey and Bartolo Colon off the board this early in free agency, an already bare cupboard has become barren. If you want a starting pitcher on the market now, youre looking at about five options, and only two of them managed to be average Major League Baseball players last year.Suddenly, the second-best starter behind Rich Hill is Ivan Nova, the same Ivan Nova who spent 2014 and 2015 alternating between hurt and terrible, the same Nova who lost his spot in the Yaankees starting rotation last year.ddddddddddddDespite his flaws, the FanGraphs crowd projected?that Nova will sign a three-year, $43 million deal. Dave Cameron upped that to four years and $56 million but admitted, In a year, its either going to look like genius or foolishness, with the in between options looking less likely.Heres a bet that it will look foolish. ' ' '