Hawkins High Basketball Team

* Funeral attire
* Post game

— Jason's speech

Hawkins High School had its own **basketball team**; the team members were informally known as **"The Tigers"**, a nickname that also applied to the school's other sports teams.

In 1986, the team captain was Jason Carver, with players including Patrick McKinney, Chance, Lucas Sinclair, Josh and Andy. The team were a social clique that sticked together in and outside of school hours; the group used an abandoned burger joint as a hang-out spot.

After the death of Jason's girlfriend Chrissy Cunningham, Jason rallied his teammates and friends together to find the killer; the group started to search for Eddie Munson and the members of his *D&D* group Hellfire Club, suspecting that Eddie was Chrissy's murderer.

While in hot pursuit of Eddie, Patrick McKinney met a gruesome fate at the hands of Chrissy's actual killer, a supernatural killing that Jason interpreted as a Satanic deed committed by Eddie. The group renewed their push to find Eddie and the Hellfire members; Jason even interrupted a town hall meeting, hoping to enlist the townspeople of Hawkins in their search efforts.

## History

On March 20, 1986, the Tigers had a gruelling game against Christian Academy on the other school's turf, being down by ten points by half-time. The team's captain, Jason Carver, then apparently motivated his fellow players by imploring them to think of 'Jack', 'Melissa', 'Heather', 'Billy', their 'heroic police chief Jim Hopper', and 'every one of [their] friends who perished in that fire'. The Tigers then turned around their fortunes and won the game.

The team held a prep rally the next day, ahead of the varsity tournament's semi-final, where the Tigers were up against the Falcons from Jordan High. During the rally, Jason addressed the recent tragedies at Hawkins and reframed them as opportunities to move forward in a more positive direction, while referencing their win against Christian Academy.

At the game later that night, one of the Falcons committed a foul. The injured player was removed and Lucas took his place, who made the game-winning shot at the last second; the Tigers' supporters then erupted in jubilation. Following the game's conclusion, Lucas was praised, and a portion of the team celebrated by drinking and staying the night at Benny's Burgers.

The next morning, Jason and his friends watched the news on television, through which they learned of a mysterious murder at Forest Hills Trailer Park. After the police informed Jason that the murdered victim was his girlfriend, Chrissy Cunningham, he had an emotional breakdown, before resolving to hunt down who he deeply suspected killed Chrissy: Eddie Munson, the leader of the Hellfire Club.

While Jason and his buddies attempted to track Eddie down, Lucas foiled their efforts. The team explored Reefer Rick's house to look for Eddie, with Jason and Patrick later noticing Eddie attempting to escape out on the lake. Moments later, Vecna killed Patrick in front of Jason and Eddie.

In the town hall meeting, Jason persuaded a large number of townspeople that Eddie was to blame for Patrick's death.

## Members

* Jason Carver † - Captain
* Patrick McKinney † - Teammate
* Andy - Teammate
* Chance - Teammate
* Lucas Sinclair - Teammate
* Josh - Teammate
* Jermaine Demario - Former Teammate
* Lee Garroway - Former teammate
* Hawkins 24 - Teammate
* Hawkins 22 - Teammate
* Hawkins 20 - Teammate
* Hawkins 10 - Teammate
* Hawkins 3 - Teammate
* Freshmen teammate
* Senior teammate

## Enemies

* The Hellfire Club
	+ Lucas Sinclair - Former teammate
	+ Eddie Munson † - Enemy

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Stranger Things: Lucas on the Line*
2. ↑ In "The Hellfire Club", a student wrestler wears a wrestling singlet displaying the "Tigers" nickname, indicating the nickname applies to every sports team at Hawkins High.
3. ↑ Unused issue of "The Weekly Streak" featured in "Vecna's Curse"