Photos: Troy Buchanan uses strong start to roll over Timberland

Senior running back Nick Bova scores three touchdowns in win

The battle-tested Troy Buchanan football team was ready for undefeated Timberland on Friday night. 

The visiting Trojans scored three times in the first quarter, led by 28 points at halftime and rolled over the host Wolves, 44-12, on Friday in a Gateway Athletic Conference South Division contest. 

The No. 22 team in the SBLive Missouri Power 25 rankings, Troy improved to 4-2. Nick Bova scored three rushing touchdowns in the first half, including two in the first quarter, and quarterback Charos Sutton added two touchdown runs. 

Timberland, the No. 17 team in the SBLive Missouri Power 25, fell to 5-1. The Wolves, who got two touchdown runs from quarterback AJ Raines, entered Friday's contest averaging 53.2 points per game.  

Here is a look at the game from photographer Gordon Radford: 

Troy Buchanan at Timberland football

Photos from Gordon Radford

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Troy Buchanan defeated Timberland 42-14 on September 30, 2022 in Wentzville, Missouri.
Gordon Radford, SBLive Sports
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Nate Latsch, SBLive Sports
NATE LATSCH, SBLIVE SPORTS

Nate Latsch is a Regional Editor at SBLive Sports overseeing high school coverage for Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. A veteran sportswriter and multimedia content creator, Latsch has covered high school sports in the St. Louis area and Missouri for 20 years, with a focus on high school football, basketball, baseball and football and basketball recruiting.  He has worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, STLhighschoolsports.com, the Associated Press, FOX Sports Midwest, MLB.com and Scout.com.  In addition to covering high school sports, Latsch has covered youth, college and professional sports, including covering the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Rams, the University of Missouri and Saint Louis University.