By Kevin Price For GCS Athletics The Brunswick High and Glynn Academy baseball teams will take the field on Thursday to open the Class AAAAAA state tournament. The Pirates will be at home against Mundy’s Mill while the Red Terrors will be on the road at Rockdale County. Both opening-round series are best-of-3 series. They will start with doubleheaders on Thursday with a third game on Friday if needed. The first games for both local teams are scheduled for 4 p.m. on Thursday. Brunswick finished second in Region 2-AAAAAA and will play a home postseason series for the first time since the 2006 season. Glynn has been at home in the opening round the past three seasons. The Terrors last played a first-round series on the road in 2019 when they lost the first two games against Heritage. Glynn won in the first round each of the last three years. The Terrors went to the Elite Eight in 2021 before getting eliminated in the second round the last two seasons. Brunswick returned to the state tournament last year before falling in the first round at Houston County which went on to win the state championship. The Pirates will take a 20-10 overall record into the playoffs after finishing 14-4 in the region. Brunswick finished a game back of back-to-back region champion Evans in the league standings. The Terrors are 19-9 going into state. They finished 11-7 in the region. South Effingham is the fourth playoff team from the region. The Brunswick-Mundy’s Mill winner will advance to play the Tift County-Dunwoody winner in the Sweet 16. The Pirates would be on the road if Tift County wins its series. The Blue Devils are a No. 1 seed after wining the Region 1 championship. The Glynn-Rockdale County winner will advance to face the Marist-Lee County winner in the next round. The Terrors would be back on the road again if Marist wins. Marist is a No. 1 seed after claiming the Region 4 crown.