You can catch her on a Friday night playing basketball for the defending state champion Thunder Basin High School girls, but thats only a small part of what Sydney Solem brings to Gillette.

Theres a long list of organizations the junior has done volunteer work for, including Blessings in a Backpack, Special Olympics and the Hope Squad.

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TBHS junior volunteers much of her time and is motivated by faith - Gillette News Record