Good news, Dudley will be the visiting team
Why does that matter you say? Take a look at the Panthers' road record this season.
Eight wins and ... no losses.
Yep, Dudley's unbeaten on the road this year. That includes a season-opening win at Carver, as well as wins at the 3-AA East No. 2 seed (Northeast Guilford), No. 3 seed (Nash Central) and No. 1 seed (Oxford Webb) in consecutive weeks.
Dudley wound up as the visiting team for Saturday's game just because they swap home honors back and forth between the East Region rep and the West Region rep each year and this year it's the West's turn. But something tells me Panthers' coach Steven Davis might have requested that his team be the visitors regardless. Why mess with a good thing?
More tidbits later ...