Sad News as Tavien St. Clair Top player of the Ohio State Football has Announced retirement and resignation due to…

BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio – Tavien St. Clair has played his final high school football game for Bellefontaine High School. Ohio State’s five-star quarterback recruit and the Chieftains lost in the first round of the OHSAA playoffs to Chaminade Julienne, 44-28.

It would have been hard to find a dry eye after the game at AcuSport Stadium in Bellefontaine as St. Clair and the Bellefontaine seniors said their goodbyes to high school football with teammates, coaches, family and fans.

As per tradition at Bellefontaine, all the non-seniors lined up in the end zone as the seniors walked across sharing hugs, handshakes and love with their underclassmen. St. Clair had experienced the tradition three times in his career, but it was completely different on the seniors’ side.

“I was dreading it, for sure,” St. Clair said of the end zone walk. “The end is eventually going to happen, you know. It’s a surreal moment, but at the same time … it’s just devastating, I felt the tears and the emotion from the other side of it.

“When I got to my little brother, I think that’s when it hit me the most.”

St. Clair’s younger brother, Reign St. Clair, is a freshman quarterback for Bellefontaine. Seeing his brother grow and develop over the course of the season has been one of the highlights of Tavien’s year. And being able to experience the evening and share emotions with Reign, along with the rest of his family, was nothing short of special for Tavien.

“I don’t even know where to start,” St. Clair said about the love and support of his family.