Wyoming Area continues to show the ability to win close boys basketball games.
Luke Kopetchny scored 27 points and Lukas Burakiewicz added 22 Thursday night to lead the Warriors to a 61-56 victory over Berwick in a Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 opener.
Wyoming Area ran its winning streak to three straight overall. Every win in its 4-2 start has come by eight points or less.
The Warriors built a 10-point lead through three quarters, then held on from there.
Burakiewicz hit two 3-pointers while scoring eight in the first quarter as Wyoming Area took a 15-12 lead.
Kopetchny had 16 points over the middle quarters. He had nine and Burakiewicz added eight during the third quarter when the Warriors expanded 32-30 halftime lead to 53-43.
Wyoming Area made only two field goals and was just 4-for-8 from the line in the fourth quarter, but had built enough of a cushion to turn back Berwick.
Billy Hanson scored 16 points and Kaden Hickman added 15 for the Bulldogs (1-5)