The celebration season continues for Mission’s historic Division 3 state-championship boys basketball team.The Bears — along with NCAA championship soccer coach Stephen Negoesco — will be special guests at the inaugural High School Sports Awards banquet put on by the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club on May 8 at its North Beach clubhouse on Washington Square.

Mission completed a 35-1 season by winning the first state basketball championship for a San Francisco Section school with an 81-75 win over Villa Park (Orange County). Since then, the Bears have been honored by San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee’s office, hosted by the Warriors at Oracle Arena and picked by The Chronicle as the Metro Area’s No. 1 team for 2016-17.