Union Pines High School is a four-year public high school located in Cameron, North Carolina. Opened in 1964, the school currently enrolls 1254 students and is one of the three public high schools in the Moore County Public School Systems.
Union Pines' sports teams are part of the Cape Fear Valley Conference, which includes schools in Harnett, Lee, Moore, and Cumberland counties. The school has fielded several state championships in tennis, golf, and basketball and individual state champions in swimming, tennis, golf, and track and field.
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