Augusta Christian varsity girls basketball's Alaya Hawes runs the show as seventh grader

Over the past summer, Lindsay Weidenaar, Augusta Christian’s girls basketball head coach, spent time in gyms across the CSRA watching AAU hoops. It was during that time where she first saw Alaya Hawes play. The 5-foot guard standing impressed Weidenaar with her ability to lead the team and score despite being the smallest player on the floor. Weidenaar didn’t know it yet, but that same guard was set to transfer to Augusta Christian that fall. Even more of a surprise was that Hawes was only going into the seventh grade. She’d eventually become the first seventh grader ever to start on varsity for Augusta Christian, a goal she set for herself when transferring from Belair Middle School. The...