Prep football player of the week: Claremont's Dockery
Claremont senior Aaron Dockery was the second-leading receiver in the Inland Valley before teammate Tanner Kuramata, the only player in the area with more receiving yards than him, went down with a broken arm two weeks ago. The 5-foot-9, 166-pound wideout has picked up the slack, to say the least. He had 14 receptions, three of which were touchdowns, for a school record 248 yards last week in a 42-13 win over Ayala.
In the last two weeks alone, Dockery has 26 catches for 452 yards and five touchdowns. After his apparent game-winning touchdown reception against Chino Hills was inadvertently whistled dead, he caught another game winner a few seconds later in a 31-30 Sierra League-opening win that has propelled Claremont to first place with two games remaining in the season. In all, Dockery has 61 receptions for 1,109 yards and 13 touchdowns this year.
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Clay Fowler has been covering high school sports for six years in California and Texas. He was born in Dallas, attended the University of Texas and worked in Central Texas before joining the Daily Bulletin staff in 2006.
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Aaron has been making plays like these since his Jr. All American days and even had one named after him "the Dockery streak". He also received MVP of JV his sophomore year.