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Pittston Area, Back Mountain claim titles

<p class="x_MsoNormal">EXETER &#8211; The epic comeback produced by John Mulhern Jr. and Zach Mulhern on the final nine holes of the 73<sup>rd</sup> annual John A. Allan Memorial Member-Guest ultimately only served to set up an emotional victory for John Mikiewicz and Tom Biscotti.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">Biscotti&#8217;s birdie putt on 18 at Fox Hill Country Club late Sunday broke a tie and lifted the team to its third Allan Memorial title.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">On a weekend in which he lost his father, Tom, Biscotti asked for a little extra help as he stepped up to face the &#8220;tricky&#8221; putt with the tournament on the line.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">&#8220;I just said a prayer,&#8221; Biscotti said. &#8220;Just breathe a little bit. I said a prayer to my Dad, who I just recently lost and he came through for me. He really did.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">&#8220;It was a tough weekend, obviously, and I was just trying to do it for him. I was just trying to get it together and make that putt for him.&#8221;</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">The Mulherns had led at the end of each of the first two days of the club&#8217;s annual three-day, better-ball, member-guest.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">Mikiewicz-Biscotti then put together an inspired round of 6-under-par, 63 to start Sunday&#8217;s action and trim the championship flight from 18 to 10 contending teams that played the final nine holes.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">The best round of the tournament opened a six-stroke gap, but the Mulherns roared back late, stringing together birdies in a 4-under, 32 on the back nine.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">The Mulherns caught Mikiewicz-Biscotti with the last of their birdies at 17, setting up the 63<sup>rd</sup> hole to decide the title or the need for a playoff.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">John Mulhern made a birdie putt on 16 and stuck a shot close on 17, forcing Mikiewicz to make a tough two-putt par just to hold on to a piece of the lead going to 18.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">&#8220;Even on 18 when we were tied after being six shots up, I said to Tom, &#8216;we still birdie to win this tournament,&#8217; and we did,&#8221; Mikiewicz said.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">Things got exciting early for Mikiewicz-Biscotti with three straight tap-in birdies on shots to within a foot by Biscotti at 5, then Mikiewicz at 6 before Mikiewicz narrowly missed a hole-in-one at 7. They ran the birdie streak to four holes with another at 8 on the way to turning a four-way tie for second place into the six-stroke lead with nine holes to play.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">&#8220;Having a big lead is very difficult,&#8221; Mikiewicz said.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">The Mulherns made it even moreso with a series of momentum-building shots that had Fox Hill buzzing as the tournament neared its conclusion.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">Thomas Gill-Len Coleman finished off a net 64-65-66&#8212;195 for a four-stroke victory in the Senior Division.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">Larry Morgan-Matt Lehman won a shootout of the 14 match play flight champions. The second flight winners defeated 14<sup>th</sup> flight winners Steve Selenski-Len Selenski in the finals of the shootout.</p><p><strong>73RD ANNUAL JOHN ALLAN MEMORIAL</strong></p><p><strong>(Fox Hill Country Club)</strong></p><p><strong>CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT</strong></p><p>John Mikiewicz-Tom Biscotti 69-66-63-37&#8212;235</p><p>John Mulhern Jr.-Zach Mulhern 65-69-70-32&#8212;236</p><p>Richard Laneski-Eric Plisko 67-68-70-33&#8212;238</p><p>Jim Hoover-Tyler McGarry 66-69-72-34&#8212;241</p><p>William Burke-Christian Davis 69-67-70-35&#8212;241</p><p>Jamie Anzalone-Mariano Medico 72-70-69-32&#8212;243</p><p>Robert Gill-Corey Palma 67-71-69-38&#8212;245</p><p>Donald Crossin-Ryan Crossin 69-71-67-39&#8212;246</p><p>William Gill-Joseph Weiscarger 72-67-70-38&#8212;247</p><p>David Kluger-Eric Williams 70-69-73-40&#8212;252</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">John Mikiewicz  reacts a a putt that just missed dropping into the cup on the fourteenth green in the Allen Tournament Championship round at Fox Hill Country Club in Exeter Sunday ----------------Fred Adams|for Times Leader 6-30-19</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/web1_golf1_faa.jpg</photo0><caption0>John Mikiewicz  reacts a a putt that just missed dropping into the cup on the fourteenth green in the Allen Tournament Championship round at Fox Hill Country Club in Exeter Sunday ----------------Fred Adams|for Times Leader 6-30-19</caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/web1_golf2_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">John Mikiewicz  comes out of the sand trap on the eighteenth green in the Allen Tournament Championship round at Fox Hill Country Club in Exeter Sunday ----------------Fred Adams|for Times Leader 6-30-19</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/web1_golf2_faa.jpg</photo1><caption1>John Mikiewicz  comes out of the sand trap on the eighteenth green in the Allen Tournament Championship round at Fox Hill Country Club in Exeter Sunday ----------------Fred Adams|for Times Leader 6-30-19</caption1><photoCredit1></photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/web1_golf3_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Tom Biscotti reacts to sinking the winning putt at the John A. Allan Memorial golf tournament at Fox Hill Country Club in Exeter on Sunday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/web1_golf3_faa.jpg</photo2><caption2>Tom Biscotti reacts to sinking the winning putt at the John A. Allan Memorial golf tournament at Fox Hill Country Club in Exeter on Sunday. </caption2><photoCredit2></photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/web1_golf4_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">John Mikiewicz and Tom Biscotti react after winning the John A. Allan Memorial golf tournament at Fox Hill Country Club in Exeter on Sunday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/web1_golf4_faa.jpg</photo3><caption3>John Mikiewicz and Tom Biscotti react after winning the John A. Allan Memorial golf tournament at Fox Hill Country Club in Exeter on Sunday. </caption3><photoCredit3></photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/web1_golf5_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">John Mulhern reacts to missing a putt at the John A. Allan Memorial golf tournament at Fox Hill Country Club in Exeter on Sunday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/web1_golf5_faa.jpg</photo4><caption4>John Mulhern reacts to missing a putt at the John A. Allan Memorial golf tournament at Fox Hill Country Club in Exeter on Sunday. </caption4><photoCredit4></photoCredit4></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Mikiewicz, Biscotti win tourney</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p class="x_MsoNormal">By Tom Robinson</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">For Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div>

Mikiewicz, Biscotti win John A. Allan Tournament