Rakeem 'Roc' Christmas (Triple Double)

North Catholic tops Bonner By TED SILARY Philadelphia Daily News silaryt@phillynews.com YEARS FROM now, 10000 people will claim they were there. As for the star of the show . . . good luck getting him to admit he was even on the premises. Some athletes can talk about themselves for hours, days, weeks, forever. In response to each question tossed his way last night, Rakeem Christmas barely broke the 5-second mark. Hey, the kid has been through a lot in just under 3 years. Not bad things. Merely head-spinning developments. As a seventh-grader, Christmas was living on the Caribbean Island of St. Croix and mostly staying in the house, he said, "because it was just too hot." Now, if you search for his name on the good, ol' Internet, you'll find him mentioned on lists of the nation's very best sophomore basketball prospects. "Yes, it's exciting. Kinda," he said, smiling. In his first Catholic League start for the defending champion, North Catholic, and with the holiday 6 days away, the 6-9, 225-pound Christmas gave the spectators in the Falcons' impressively refurbished Pit an impressive present. Not only did he record a triple-double, he achieved that accomplishment with 50 seconds remaining in the third quarter. Scott Slade, a sophomore forward for Monsignor Bonner, attempted a right-baseline jumper. Christmas sent it back to Thanksgiving. It was his 10th block and by that juncture, he also owned 10 rebounds and 14 points. As the Falcons stormed to victory, 67-52, in the Red ...

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