Looking for competition? The Butler City Ten Pin League has it.

Through the season’s first 10 weeks, 40 of the league’s bowlers had averages above 200. Jeff Blank has rolled an 837 series — only 19 pins shy of Jeff Suchonic’s county record of 856.

Suchonic is one of four Butler County Bowling Association Hall of Famers — Ron Henry, Ed Kellerman and Rick McKain being the others — in the league.

“There’s another six or seven here that will be in that Hall some day,” Kellerman said.

Another of the league’s bowlers, Ford City resident Rich Bauer, is in the Pennsylvania Bowling Hall of Fame.

The Ten Pin League bowls Tuesday nights at Sherwood Lanes. Its secretary is Brian Marcellus, who earlier this year appeared to be threatening Tom Fry’s county record for highest single-season average.

Fry averaged 241 while bowling in the Imperial League in 2006. The owner of Sherwood and Meridian Lanes, he bowls only in the county traveling league now.

Marcellus was averaging 244 through 27 games this year.

“That was before I hit the skids the past few weeks,” Marcellus said, laughing.

Marcellus is averaging 237 and Fry sees him as a legitimate threat to the record.

“Brian is probably the most viable candidate to do it,” Fry said. “His shot doesn’t cover a lot of boards, it has good rotation and he keeps the ball in play.”

Marcellus, Blank and Bob Casey have rolled perfect games in the league this season.

The Ten Pin League is one of only two scratch, or no handicap, leagues remaining in Butler County. The Wednesday night county traveling league is the other.

The circuit consists of eight teams with five bowlers each. All of the teams have rosters greater than that.

“Most of the teams return the same guys year after year,” Marcellus said. “A scratch league is straight competition — you put your lineup down and your team gets a point if your first bowler beats their first bowler, and so on.

“The nature of a league like this attracts the top bowlers in the area.”

Rich Minto has been in the league for more than 40 years, Ralph Henry bowled in it for nearly 40 years and Ron Henry remains in the circuit after 20 years.

Kellerman has 33 years in the league himself.

“The league is getting older, but none of these guys are over the hill by any stretch,” Kellerman said. “If you’re not on your game on Tuesday, you lose. It’s that simple.”