By Kevin Price For GCS Athletics Kickoff A look at Brunswick High’s first-round game in the Class AAAAAA state playoffs: Opponent: Mundy’s Mill When: 7:30 p.m. Friday Where: 12 Oaks Stadium, Hampton, Ga. Radio: 107.7 FM Records: BHS 6-3 overall, No. 3 seed from Region 2-AAAAAA; MM 8-2, No. 2 seed from Region 3-AAAAAA Last week: BHS lost 31-28 at Effingham; MM won 38-14 at home over Morrow. All-time: Teams have never played. This will be the first meeting between Brunswick High and Mundy’s Mill. Game Preview: Brunswick is back in the state playoffs for the ffifth consecutive season, but the Pirates will open the postseason on the road for the first time since the 2020 campaign. Brunswick is 3-1 in its last four opening-round games. The Pirates won at Morrow in the first round back in 2019 and won at Alcovy the following season. BHS defeated Tucker at home innthe first round in the 2021 season before falling to Houston County last fall in the first round at home. Mundy’s Mill is making its second straight appearance in the playoffs. The Tigers lost their first-round game last year at St. Piux X. They have not won a playoff game since the 2013 season when they knocked off Houston County and Lee County in the first two weeks of the playoffs to reach the state quarterfinals before losing to Gainesville. This is the second season for Earthwind Moreland as the head coach at Mundy’s Mill. Moreland played high school football at Grady and went on to play for Georgia Southern, where he helped the Eagles to three conference championships and an NCAA Division 1-AA title as a defensive back. Moreland signed with Tampa Bay as a free agent in 2000 and played in the NFL with several teams until 2006. He won a Super Bowl with the New England Patriots. The Tigers went 8-2 in the regular season, winning their first six games before losing at Carver-Atlanta on Oct. 6. Following a win over Rockdale, the Tigers lost their only other game to Region 3 champion Woodward Academy on Oct. 27 before closing their schedule with a victory over Morrow last Friday. Mundy’s Mill averages 26.3 points a game while allowing 13.4 a game. The Pirates averaged 35.9 points a game during the regular-season while allowing 17.6. For BHS, senior receiver Terry Mitchell averages almost 109 receiving yards a game. The Brunswick-Mundy’s Mill winner will face the Marist-Northside -Warner Robins winner next week in the second round. The Pirates would have to play at Marist, a No. 1 seed, but would host Northside, a No. 4 seed.