BELEFONTAINE, Ohio — Tavien St. Clair, Ohio State football’s five-star quarterback recruit, threw five touchdowns and ran in one of his own in a near-perfect display Friday night. St. Clair led Bellefontaine High School to a 56-8 victory over conference rivals Tecumseh.

Patience, control, and domination flowed from St. Clair on Friday as he completed 18 of 22 passes for 260 yards in one half of play in Week 7 of Ohio high school football.

Week 7 of the 2024 high school football season began Thursday night with four Columbus City League games, and continues Friday when six central Ohio teams try to remain unbeaten on the season.

We are covering Grandview Heights (6-0) at Worthington Christian (3-3), Olentangy Liberty (5-1, 1-0 OCC-Central) at Upper Arlington (5-1, 1-0), Westerville North (4-2, 3-0 OCC-Capital) at Westland (5-1, 3-0).

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In City League action Thursday night, Africentric visited Marion-Franklin, Independence hosted Briggs, Northland took on Centennial and South visited Eastmoor Academy.

As for tonight, follow along with the action all evening as this live blog grows.

OHSAA scores, updates from Week 7 of Ohio high school football season

Grandview Heights, which like Worthington Christian plays an independent schedule, enters Friday first in the Division VI, Region 23 computer rankings.

Liberty and UA have gone to overtime both of the past two years, with Liberty winning both games. The teams are first and fourth, respectively, in Division I, Region 3, and through one week of OCC-Central play share the league lead with Olentangy Orange.

Westland is a victory from clinching its first winning season since 2006. The Cougars have scored 41 points each of the past three weeks, a contrast to North, which held off crosstown rival Westerville South 3-0 last week.

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Ohio State plays its first home Big Ten game of the season on Saturday, facing the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Ohio State will kick off against Iowa at 3:30 p.m. Saturday on CBS.

Here’s what Ohio State’s depth chart is expected to look like Saturday afternoon vs. Iowa.

Ohio State depth chart vs. Iowa

Head coach Ryan Day (Sixth year, 60-8 overall, 40-3 Big Ten)

Projected Ohio State depth chart: Offense

Offensive coordinator: Chip Kelly

Left tackle

• Josh Simmons: 71, 6-foot-5, 310 pounds, senior
• Zen Michalski: 65, 6-foot-6, 319 pounds, senior

Left guard

• Donovan Jackson: 74, 6-foot-4, 320 pounds, senior
• Austin Siereveld: 67, 6-foot-5, sophomore

Center

• Seth McLaughlin: 55, 6-foot-4, 305 pounds, graduate senior
• Carson Hinzman: 51, 6-foot-5, 300 pounds, junior

Right guard

• Tegra Tshabola: 77, 6-foot-6, 327 pounds, junior
• Luke Montgomery: 51, 6-foot-5, 308 pounds, sophomore

Right tackle

• Josh Fryar: 70, 6-foot-5, 320 pounds, senior
• George Fitzpatrick: 68, 6-foot-6, 313 pounds, junior

Quarterback

• Will Howard: 18, 6-foot-4, 235 pounds, graduate senior
• Devin Brown: 33, 6-foot-3, 212 pounds, junior

Running back

• TreVeyon Henderson: 32, 5-foot-10, 208 pounds, senior
• Quinshon Judkins: 1, 6-foot, 219 pounds, junior

Tight end

• Gee Scott Jr.: 88, 6-foot-3, 243 pounds, graduate senior
• Will Kacmarek: 89, 6-foot-6, 260 pounds, senior

Wide receiver

• Carnell Tate: 17, 6-foot-3, 191 pounds, sophomore
• Jayden Ballard: 9, 6-foot-2, 195 pounds, senior

Wide receiver (Slot)

• Emeka Egbuka: 2, 6-foot-1, 205 pounds, graduate senior
• Brandon Inniss: 11, 6-foot, 203 pounds, sophomore

Wide receiver

• Jeremiah Smith: 4, 6-foot-3, 215 pounds, freshman
• Mylan Graham: 5, 6-foot-1, 185 pounds, freshman

Projected Ohio State depth chart: Defense

Defensive coordinator: Jim Knowles

Defensive end

• J.T. Tuimoloau: 44, 6-foot-5, 269 pounds, senior
• Kenyatta Jackson Jr.: 97, 6-foot-6, 258 pounds, junior

Defensive tackle

• Tyleik Williams: 91, 6-foot-3, 327 pounds, senior
• Kayden McDonald: 98, 6-foot-3, 326 pounds, sophomore

Defensive tackle

• Ty Hamilton: 58, 6-foot-3, 295 pounds, senior
• Tywone Malone: 95, 6-foot-4, 301 pounds, senior

Defensive end

• Jack Sawyer: 33, 6-foot-5, 260 pounds, senior
• Caden Curry: 92, 6-foot-3, 260 pounds, junior

Linebacker (Middle)

• Cody Simon: 0, 6-foot-2, 235 pounds, graduate senior
• Gabe Powers: 36, 6-foot-4, 242 pounds, junior

Linebacker (Weak side)

• Sonny Styles: 6, 6-foot-4, 235 pounds, junior
• Arvell Reese : 20, 6-foot-4, 238 pounds, sophomore

Cornerback

• Denzel Burke: 10, 6-foot-1, 193 pounds, senior
• Jermaine Mathews Jr.: 14, 5-foot-11, 189 pounds, sophomore

Cornerback

• Davison Igbinosun: 1, 6-foot-2, 193 pounds, junior
• Calvin Simpson-Hunt: 22, 6-foot, 204 pounds, sophomore

Safety

• Lathan Ransom: 8, 6-foot-1, 210 pounds, senior
• Jayden Bonsu: 21, 6-foot-2, 207 pounds, sophomore

Safety

• Caleb Downs: 2, 6-foot, 205 pounds, sophomore
• Malik Hartford: 25, 6-foot-3, 194 pounds, sophomore

Nickel

• Jordan Hancock: 7, 6-foot-1, 195 pounds, senior
• Lorenzo Styles Jr.: 4, 6-foot-1, 195 pounds, senior

Projected Ohio State depth chart: Special teams

Kicker

• Jayden Fielding: 38, 6-foot, 175 pounds, junior
• Austin Snyder: 98, 5-foot-7, 194 pounds, senior

Punter

• Joe McGuire: 42, 6-foot-2, 212 pounds, sophomore
• Nick McLarty: 19, 6-foot-7, 255 pounds, freshman

Long snapper

• John Ferlmann: 43, 6-foot-2, 228 pounds, senior
• Max Lomonico: 48, 6-foot-3, 212 pounds, senior

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