The Mission Bears are back at the San Francisco Boys Basketball Championship with the City’s leading scorer, Demaree Hampton. They will be playing perennial powerhouse Lincoln (with 2100 students).

The championship will be at 5 p.m. at Kezar tomorrow (2/29/08).

Mission got into the championship with a close 58-54 victory over Lowell High School, last year’s champion. Demaree Hampton put up 27 points with Bears’ Harry Howard hitting 14 points. Lowell’s Travis Hom’s 23 points couldn’t stop Mission’s hot winning streak.

Lincoln beat Wallenberg in a heartbreaker with 63-45. Led by the Wizard of Vega Street (Pat Mulligan), Wallenberg was the other Cinderella team that came to this championship, but as they did last year, lost in the semifinals. Travis Barabin led the Wallenberg Bulldogs with 24 points, while Deend Parker pounded 18 points for the Mustangs.

Go Bears! (And good luck to the Mustangs as well!)