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The Greensboro Sports Council just announced that it will invite the same eight teams back for next year's Pizza Hut Invitational. As a reminder, that's Greensboro Day, Grimsley, Northeast Guilford, Northern Guilford, Northwest Guilford, Page, Ragsdale and Smith. Notice that list doesn't include Dudley, which went to the Gatorade International Championship in Puerto Rico in lieu of playing here this year. Tournament officials worried that the Panthers' absence might hurt attendance, but a record 15,000-plus fans attended throughout the week, the GSC announced today. Panthers girls head coach Kris Britton said she hadn't heard of the decision until I called her this afternoon. She sounded a tad disappointed, but it's likely the Panthers will have no shortage of alternatives. "At this point, I don't even care about next season," Britton said. "If (Pizza Hut) isn't an option, we'll have to find some place else to play. We'll definitely fill our schedule so we can play as many games as we can." Also of note, a record $96,000 will be split between the eight schools