Playing together for as long as they can remember, senior twins Jack and Josh Rappa shared a special victory with their Rolling Meadows football teammates Friday.

Known this season for their offense, the No. 14-seeded Mustangs used a strong defensive effort to defeat No. 3 host Riverside-Brookfield 29-23 in the Class 6A playoff opener – the program’s first playoff victory since 2019.

“We can’t describe (this victory) with words. We’ve been playing together since we were kids,” Jack Rappa said.

“This is all it comes down to, senior year, laying it all on the line and all of the hard work and dedication and perseverance and getting this done. It just feels amazing.”

The Mustangs (7-3) limited the high-scoring Bulldogs (8-2) to just three touchdowns for only the second time this seaso

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