Junior guard Aasim ‘Flash’ Burton is fitting right in at Cardinal O’Hara. (Photo: Jared Leveson/CoBL)
By Jared Leveson
Cardinal O’Hara guard Izaiah Pasha gathered the ball after teammate Miles Johnson swatted away a Sankofa lay-up attempt.
The stalwart guard’s eyes darted up the floor to a streaking Aasim “Flash” Burton who palmed the ball in his right-hand, cocked his arm back as he flew toward the rim, and finished the play with a vicious tomahawk slam.
The junior, who played at Math, Civics and Sciences last season, made Manor College’s small gymnasium erupt with ‘ayys’ from his teammates at the Difference Makers Showcase.
“As soon as I got here they started helping me with my bounce,” Burton said. “We got the Vertimax. I started doing it at least like a month ago.”
Flash’s leaping prowess isn’t the only thing that’s changed for the better since he arrived at 1701 South Sproul Road.