It's time to dust off the bowling balls and head to the lanes! Here's hoping that everyone has a great season, and above all, an enjoyable time playing a sport that everyone can be involved in.

The Professional Bowlers Tour announced its schedule recently. The tour kicks off with the World Series of Bowling with the PBA Viper Classic on Nov. 5. Keep up to date with the latest PBA news all season long right here in this column.

How many bowlers have rolled three perfect games in a sanctioned series? Answer at the end of the column.Kellerman opens with a 700Ed Kellerman wasted no time in getting a 700 series under his belt. The BCBA Hall of Famer rolled a 701 series recently in Week 1 of the Armco C League at Sherwood Lanes.Kellerman's high game was 268. Dale Linaberger rolled a 660 series, and Mark Monnie took high game honors with a 277.

Encouragement is a big part of being a good teammate. I am here to encourage you and your team to aim for these USBC team records.• A team called Ray's Boom Boom Room of Maryland rolled 42 consecutive strikes in one game back in 2007.• The O.T. Hills team of Michigan rolled a combined 54 strikes in one game, rolling a 1,413 five-player team score. That's 54 out of a possible 60 strikes!• Of course, bowling is also a game of individual achievements. If you bowl with your wife, you could make the USBC record book if you each roll a perfect game in the same game. Only five married couples have achieved this feat.And to prove that you should never give up, Reed Townley of Alabama is a source of hope. Townley began his league night with games of 89 and 87 before rolling a 300 game!

I want to commend Don Clark of Bon Aire Bowl for preserving duck-pin bowling in the county.Clark purchased the duck-pin lanes from the Knights of Columbus in Butler. Clark installed four of the lanes at Bon Aire Bowl.If you are a bowler looking for a challenge, or if you have kids who would like to be introduced to the game, stop by Bon Aire Bowl.By the way, I was once part of a group of 10-pin bowlers who challenged a group of duck-pin league bowlers a few years back. I was averaging 217 at the time, and my first game was a 48!

If you are a league secretary and would like to send me your league information, send it via e-mail at wiseguyrondo@zoominternet.net. Information needs to be sent by Sunday for publication in the column that week.

A total of 19 bowlers have rolled a 900 series. Jeremy Sonnenfeld was the first to reach that total in 1997.<I>Ron Willison is a bowling columnist for the Butler Eagle </I>