WINTERVILLE — Everybody chipped in as Washington blew past future conference foe Ayden-Grifton, 14-0, on the first day of the Conley Easter tournament on Friday.

The Lady Pack scored four in the opening frame, then added six more in the second to take a stranglehold of the game, 10-0. Mary B. Dixon led the offensive effort with a 3-for-3 afternoon at the plate, contributing a run and an RBI. Hailey Harris, Haley Witham and Grace Lassiter each had a pair of hits, too, and combined for four runs and six RBI.

The even showing was exactly what coach Doug Whitehead wanted to see out of his team over the weekend. The non-conference break lets him rotate in players that don’t get much in-game experience.

“It doesn’t affect the conference, so that’s a good thing. It gives us a chance to see a conference opponent for next year,” Whitehead said. “We’re seeing some teams we haven’t seen … It gives us a new challenge. I’m hoping to play a lot of players, get lots of girls at-bats, and get prep for when we come back to North Johnston.”

Washington’s two-game set with North Johnston after returning from spring break will likely decide the 2-A Eastern Plains Conference champion. The Lady Panthers are undefeated in league play, and the Lady Pack sits at 5-1.

Witham, Lassiter, Briley Waters and Harris notched consecutive one-out singles to push across two more runs in the fourth. Leadoff batters Dixon and Jordan Pierce reached in the fifth, then came around when Lassiter belted a two-RBI shot to the left-field fence.

“I felt good with any nine that was on the field tonight,” Whitehead said. “Up and down throughout the lineup, we hit the ball tonight. We put it in play.”

Freshman Abbigail Tucker started the game. She threw the first three innings before hanging over pitching duties to Harris. The two had combined for a perfect game until Harris hit the leadoff batter in the fifth. Regardless, neither gave up a hit and they pitched a collective shutout.

“What I’m hoping to do in this whole thing is to use both pitchers and limit their pitch count,” Whitehead said. “If we can get both of them throwing like they were tonight, we’ll be alright.”