Chaparral's Dash Beierly is SBLive Southern California Athlete of the Week (11/06/2023)

The junior quarterback puts up big numbers in regular-season ending win over Roosevelt

Dash Beierly saved his best for last. 

The 6-foot-1, 205-pound junior quarterback piled up 464 yards of total offense himself and eight touchdowns — a good season for many junior QBs — in a wild 59-57 win over Roosevelt on Oct. 26 to close out the regular season. 

The game ended on an unusual free-kick rule. (See video above).

Beierly completed 21 of 28 passes for 306 yards and a season-best five touchdowns. He also carred the ball for 23 times for a season-best 158 yards and three more scores. 

The victory lifted Roosevelt to a 7-3 record, which it took into CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoffs, where it lost a 41-7 game at Oaks Christian. 

Beierly's performance placed him firmly in the middle of a top Southern California performance list, which prompted him to record even bigger numbers on the voting front. 

Beierly ammassed nearly 4,000 votes to collected 65 percent of the count to earn the SBLive Southern California Athlete of the Week award for games played Oct. 26-28. 

At the end of the regular season, Beierly finished with 143 completions in 230 attempts for 1,966 yards and 17 touchdowns. He also rushed for 554 yards (including sacks) and 12 more scores. 

Here are the other nominees Beierly out-voted. 

Jake Voorhees, San Marcos: Voorhees had seven tackles and 4.5 sacks in Thursday's 21-6 win over Del Norte.

Zachary Benitez, Granite Hills: Benitez completed 16 of 18 passes for 200 yards and three touchdowns in Thursday's win over Grossmont.

Tyson Line, Mira Mesa: Line was 12 of 12 for 193 yards and three touchdowns in Friday's win over Morse.

Terrick Fisher, Rancho Bernardo: Fisherr had 242 rushing yards and two touchdowns in 16 carries in Friday's win over Mt. Carmel.

Troy Huhn, Mission Hills: Huhn was 17 of 22 passing for 199 yards and four touchdowns in Friday's win over Poway.

Darrell Stanley, Granada Hills Charter: Stanley had 264 all-purpose yards and four rushing touchdowns in Thursday's win over Chatsworth.

Kory Hall, Cleveland: Hall had two touchdown receptions and a 40-yard pick-six in last week's win over El Camino Real.

Benjamin Villareal, Franklin: Villareal had 377 all-purpose yards against Eagle Rock, finishing with two rushing touchdowns and an interception.

Robert Sanchez, Garfield: Sanchez had 119 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 10 carries in Friday's win over Roosevelt.

Jerry Misaalefua, Carson: Misaalefua rushed for 185 yards and scored the only two touchdowns of the game against Banning.

Oscar Rios, Downey: Rios was 13 of 16 passing for 285 yards and three touchdowns in Thursday's win over La Mirada.

Dermaricus Davis, Etiwanda: Davis, a Washington commit, had 389 passing yards, three passing touchdowns and three rushing touchdowns in Thursday's win over Damien.

Darius Curry, Long Beach Poly: Curry had 339 passing yards and seven passing touchdowns in Thursday's win over Jordan.

Chase Jones, Yorba Linda: Jones rushed for 118 yards and four touchdowns against Foothill on Thursday.

Dorian Hoze, Murrieta Valley: Hoze rushed for 166 yards and four touchdowns in a win over Vista Murrieta.

Bryan Wilson, Roosevelt: Wilson had 344 passing yards, six passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns in a 59-57 loss to Chaparral.

Ryan Rakowski, Palos Verdes: Rakowski passed for 244 yards and had three passing touchdowns and a rushing touchdown in Friday's win over Peninsula.

Madden Iamaleava, Warren: Iamaleava had 278 passing yards and four passing touchdowns in Friday's win over Dominguez.

Jaxsen Stokes, Sierra Canyon: Stokes had a rushing touchdown and a 99-yard kick return for a touchdown in a win over Chaminade.


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Mitch Stephens, SBLive Sports
MITCH STEPHENS, SBLIVE SPORTS

Mitch Stephens is a senior editor at SBLive Sports for California, a state he's covered high school sports since 1984. He won multiple CNPA and CPSWA writing awards with the Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Chronicle and MaxPreps.com before joining the SBLive staff in 2022. He's covered the beat nationally since 2007, profiling such athletes as Derrick Henry, Paige Bueckers, Patrick Mahomes, Sabrina Ionescu, Jayson Tatum, Chiney Ogwumike, Jeremy Lin and Najee Harris as preps. You can reach him at mitch@scorebooklive.com.