Oak Creek debuts atop area baseball rankings; Arrowhead is the team of week

AREA RANKINGS

Team (W-L)

1. Oak Creek (4-0)
2. Pewaukee (8-0)
3. Hartford (5-0)
4. Arrowhead (4-0)
5. St. Thomas More (4-2)
6. Whitefish Bay (3-1)
7. Westosha Central (7-0)
8. Badger (5-0)
9. Franklin (3-1)
10. Menomonee Falls (4-2)

Others considered: Brookfield Academy (3-0); Dominican (6-2); Kenosha Indian Trail (5-1); Kenosha Tremper (4-0); Living Word Lutheran (5-0); Lake Country Lutheran (5-1); Muskego (4-0); Slinger (4-0); Waukesha North (4-0); West Bend East (6-2).

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TEAM OF THE WEEK

Arrowhead

The Warhawks got their season started with four nonconference wins last week, starting with a 7-3 victory over New Berlin Eisenhower on Monday. Cam Carter, PJ Hamel and Jacob Lorbecki led the offense with two hits each. On Tuesday against Milwaukee King, Graiden Liethen's four-hit day led an 11-2 victory over the Generals. The momentum carried into a 5-3 victory Friday over Wisconsin Lutheran, led by three driven in by Carter, who also got the save in relief. Brayden Ramus was nearly perfect on the mound for Arrowhead on Saturday against Kenosha Indian Trail, throwing a no-hitter with two walks and three reaching on errors in a 2-0 win. The Warhawks were scheduled to open Classic 8 Conference play against a fellow undefeated team in Waukesha North on Tuesday.

COMING UP

New Berlin West at Pewaukee, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday: Woodland West teams that each enter the week undefeated look to drop a conference opponent at Fox Cities Stadium.

Kenosha Indian Trail at Kenosha Tremper, 4:30 p.m. Friday: A pair of Kenosha schools off to hot starts meet to establish an early pecking order in the Southeast Conference.

Germantown at Whitefish Bay, 3 p.m. Saturday: Germantown head coach Jay Wojcinski, who led Whitefish Bay to a WIAA D1 state title last season, faces his old team for the first time.

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