The Butler High bowling team, coached by Bill Fay and Jim Hepler, is set for its inaugural season in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League.

Joining Butler in the section will be Karns City, Mars, North Hills, North Allegheny and Shaler. The teams will bowl each other twice. Each match consists of two regular games followed by two Baker System games. There will be four matches going on at the same time across eight lanes as the varsity and junior varsity girls and boys teams compete.

The Golden Tornado open their season at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Perry Park Lanes against North Allegheny. The first home match for Butler will be at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 16 against Mars at Family Bowlaway.

The WPIBL consists of 45 teams, up three squads from last year, in eight sections throughout the Pittsburgh area.

If you get a chance, stop by and root on our county teams. As mentioned, Butler will bowl out of Family Bowlaway, Mars out of Mystic Lanes and Karns City out of Bruin Lanes.

Here's the Butler roster:

Girls: Ashley Aul, Nicole Balk, Brittney Buzard, Monica Caparosa, Alisha Fisher, Hope Griffith, Autumn Hepler, Ashley Hevesy, Chelsea Shever, Brea Suchonic, Shilo Warren;

Boys: Matthew Blose, Derek Bush, Marc Bush, Michael D'Antonio, John Ewing, Brandt Fleming, Derik Hahn, Ben Hoffman, Travis Hoffman, Dalton Monaco, Joshua Plaisted, Randall Walton, Christian Ward, Samuel Weston, Martin Zanicky.

Trivia questionIf you have thrown a "puddle," what have you done? Answer at the end of the column.

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Top scores•

Troy-Alan League: Pat Grabowski 268 game•

Armco C: Trent Slater 267 (694), Ed Kellerman 224 (611), Chuck Dight 219 (607)•

Butler City League: Rick McKain 268 (744), Bob Casey 255 (722), Brian Marcellus 698 series.

UpcomingThe Butler County Bowling Association Mixed Tournament will be held Jan. 23-24 and 30-31 at Meridian Lanes. Squad times will be announced.

Trivia answerA "puddle" is a term that describes a gutter ball. It also can be used to describe a spot on the lane where lane oil has "puddled."Ron Willison is the bowling columnist for the Butler Eagle.