Union Hill School was home to Morgan County's first state basketball champions in 1950. The team won county, district, and state championships and compiled a season record of 38-1. Team members were James “Bobo” Bowling, Mel Bowling, Melvin Compton, Albert Criscoe, Billy Johnson, Lester Lenox, Earl Morris, Harold Morris, Richard Parker, and Henry Steadham. The coach was Delmer Bagwell, the manager was Elbert Boyd, and the principal was E.C. McDaniel.