Holly Nicklaus and Brianna Richardson are together again.

While Nicklaus played her high school ball at Dixon, and Richardson at Newman, the two were traveling team teammates on the Sauk Valley Crusaders during high school. They're back together with the Sauk Valley Community College Skyhawks.

Nicklaus is just one of two returning sophomores for Sauk, which enjoyed a 21-9 campaign a year ago when it was led by all-everything Shamika Williams, who is now at the NCAA Division II University of Tampa (Fla.). Lydia Box of Rockford is the other returner.