Sydney Hollenbeck has qualified to the National High School Finals Rodeo in the pole bending competition. Hollenbeck recently completed her sophomore year at Winner High School. Sydney competes in the Nebraska High School Association. When the dust settled at the state finals in Hastings, NE, Hollenbeck finished the year in fourth place in the standings. She will travel with her Nebraska teammates to Rock Springs, Wyoming in mid July in the NHSFR.
Sydney will be riding Peponitas Okie Lena, a 15-year-old Quarter Horse owned by her parents. Sydney and Okie have now qualified for five consecutive national final rodeos- three in junior high division, and now two in the high school division. She is the daughter of Scott Hollenbeck and Dr. Teresa Novotny of rural Winner.