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Sonora boys basketball beats Stagg in first round of Mark Gallo Tournament

Sonora’s Callahan Hanson grabs a loose ball between Stagg’s Kamar Fields (20) and Jason Shannon-Phillips (3) during the Mark Gallo Invitational basketball tournament at Central Catholic High School in Modesto, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Sonora won the game 72-46.
Sonora’s Callahan Hanson grabs a loose ball between Stagg’s Kamar Fields (20) and Jason Shannon-Phillips (3) during the Mark Gallo Invitational basketball tournament at Central Catholic High School in Modesto, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Sonora won the game 72-46. Andy Alfaro aalfaro@modbee.com

Five Wildcats scored in double digits as the Sonora boys basketball team beat Stagg, 72-46, in the first round of the 2019 Mark Gallo Invitational on Tuesday at Central Catholic.

Senior Jon Mayben led the Wildcats (5-0) with 14 points and seniors Devon Dye and Austin Patterson each had 12.

The defending CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV champions next play Thursday at 3:30 p.m. against the winner of Manteca/Newark Memorial.

First round action continues Wednesday.

The schedule for Wednesday is: Burbank at Gregori (3:30 p.m.), Immanuel at Liberty Ranch (5 p.m.), Sacramento at Santa Cruz (6:30 p.m.) and Grant at Modesto (8 p.m.).

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Julian A. Lopez has been covering local sports for The Modesto Bee since August 2018. He graduated from Arizona State in 2016 with a BA in Journalism.
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