The last time the Kenai Central boys posted 88 points against a team, they lost.

Tuesday night in Seward, the Kardinals sealed the win. Kenai defeated Seward 88-66 in a nonconference meeting.

Earlier in the season, Kenai and Kodiak went blow for blow in a high-scoring 100-88 contest, with Kodiak coming out the winner.

Tuesday, Kenai got 22 points each from Kalvin Daniels, Luke Beiser and Josh Jackman, while the Seahawks were led by Sully Hauze with 19 points and Zen Petrosius with 16.

Seward led in the early going, staking out a 20-15 lead at the first quarter pole, but the Kards revved up in the second quarter by outscoring Seward 20-11 to take a 35-31 lead at halftime.

Kenai then effectively iced the game by outscoring Seward 31-14 in the third quarter to grab a 21-point lead.

Kenai jumped to 6-14 overall with the win, while Seward dropped to 4-13 overall.

Kenai girls 45, Seward 21

Tied at 9 apiece after one quarter, the Kenai girls held Seward to just 12 points the rest of the way en route to winning a nonconference game Tuesday evening in Seward.

Brooke Satathite fueled the Kardinals with 20 points, while Seward’s Ayla Lapinskas notched eight.

Kenai improved to 8-10 overall, while Seward slid to 7-12 overall.

Kenai broke open the close game in the second quarter by outscoring the Seahawks 19-4, then finished off their opposition by taking a 36-18 lead after three quarters.

Ninilchik girls 32, Soldotna JV 23

DeeAnn White had 15 points and Olivia Delgado added 10 as the visiting Wolverines pulled off the nonconference win Tuesday to move to 15-6 overall.

For Soldotna’s JV, Denali Wurst led the way with seven points.

Nikolaevsk boys 60, CIA 31

The host Warriors toppled the Eagles in Peninsula Conference action.

Nikolaevsk moved to 11-8 overall and 7-4 in the league behind 18 points from Nikit Fefelov, 16 points from Anfim Kalugin and 12 points from Michael Trail.

The Eagles, who fell behind 13-1 after the first quarter, received 14 points from Noah Leaf.

Tuesday girls

Kardinals 45, Seahawks 21

Kenai 9 19 8 9 — 45

Seward 9 4 5 3 — 21

KENAI (45) — Calvert 2 0-0 5, Miller 1 0-0 2, Coghill 1 0-0 2, Machen-Gray 0 0-0 0, Wilson 2 0-0 4, Schneiders 0 0-0 0, Creighton 3 0-1 6, Carrasco 0 0-0 0, Satathite 8 4-5 20, Beck 2 2-2 6, Maw 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 6-8 45.

SEWARD (21) — Cinereski 0 0-0 0, Moriarty 0 0-0 0, Hauze 0 0-2 0, Terry 0 1-2 1, VonBorstel 1 3-6 5, Jackson 0 0-0 0, Lapinskas 3 2-4 8, Sullivan 0 0-0 0, Moore 0 0-0 0, Petrosius 3 1-2 7. Totals 7 7-16 21.

3-point goals — Kenai 1 (Calvert 1); Seward 1 (VonBorstel 1).

Team fouls — Kenai 12; Seward 9. Fouled out — none.

Wolverines 32, Stars JV 23

Ninilchik 7 10 4 11 — 32

Soldotna JV 4 7 7 5 — 23

NINILCHIK (32) — Delgado 4 2-2 10, Kain 0 0-0 0, Kreger 0 0-0 0, Johnson 1 1-2 3, White 4 7-8 15, Cooper 0 0-0 0, Pinnow 0 0-0 0, Clark 2 0-0 4. Totals — 9 10-12 32.

SOLDOTNA JV (23) — Buckbee 0 0-0 0, McGillivray 2 0-0 4, Leaf 1 0-0 2, Wurst 3 1-4 7, Holland 1 0-0 2, Cornelius 0 3-4 3, Birch 1 1-2 3, Johnston 0 0-0 0, McDonald 1 0-0 2. Totals — 9 5-10 23.

3-point goals — none. Team fouls — Ninilchik 6, Soldotna JV 13. Fouled out — Wurst.

Tuesday boys

Kardinals 88, Seahawks 66

Kenai 15 20 31 22 — 88

Seward 20 11 14 21 — 66

KENAI (88) — Daniels 8 3-4 22, Beeson 1 2-2 4, Hieber 2 0-1 5, Beiser 9 3-6 22, Landry 4 0-0 9, Bezdechy 1 0-0 2, Baker 0 0-0 0, Jackman 8 4-4 22, Felchle 0 2-2 2, Goodman 0 0-0 0, Trujillo 0 0-0 0, Streiff 0 0-0 0. Totals 33 14-19 88.

SEWARD (66) — Pahno 4 2-2 11, Kratz 4 2-2 12, Hauze 6 1-2 19, S. Estes 0 0-0 0, C. Estes 1 0-0 2, Wilps 0 0-0 0, Spanos 0 0-0 0, Sieverts 1 1-3 3, Jarvis 0 0-0 0, Nilsson 1 1-2 3, Petrosius 8 0-0 16. Totals 25 6-11 66.

3-point goals — Kenai 7 (Daniels 3, Hieber 1, Beiser 1, Landry 1, Jackman 1); Seward 10 (Hauze 6, Kratz 3, Pahno 1).

Team fouls — Kenai 14; Seward 17. Fouled out — none.

Warriors 60, Eagles 31

CIA 1 14 11 5 — 31

Nikolaevsk 13 12 15 20 — 60

COOK INLET ACADEMY (31) — Mees 1 2-6 4, Hammond 3 1-2 7, Walsh 1 0-0 2, N. Leaf 6 1-3 14, Grossl 0 0-0 0, Anderson 1 0-0 2, J. Leaf 1 0-0 2. Totals — 13 4-11 31.

NIKOLAEVSK (60) — Molodih 4 0-0 9, Jones 0 0-0 0, Yakunin 0 0-0 0, Fefelov 8 0-1 18, Nikitenko 2 0-0 5, Z. Trail 0 0-0 0, M. Trail 5 1-4 12, Kalugin 7 2-3 16. Totals — 26 3-8 60.

3-point goals — Cook Inlet Academy 1 (N. Leaf); Nikolaevsk 5 (Fefelov 2, Molodih, Nikitenko, M. Trail). Team fouls — CIA 8, Nikolaevsk 7. Fouled out — none.