Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

While high school sports don’t often purposely conform to the Golden Rule, some of the things the Falcon girls soccer team did earlier this season came back to be done to them in games Tuesday and Wednesday.

Having won a number of their 11 victories by one-goal margins and in overtime shootouts, the Falcons were the victims this week, losing to two teams they’d beaten earlier in the season.

The losses knocked the Falcons out of first place in the North Cascades Conference and into a second-place tie with Meridian.

On Tuesday, one Jenna Wild goal and a 20-10 shooting advantage could not keep the then-first place South Whidbey girls atop the NCC. Playing at home for the last time in the regular season, the Falcons had their senior recognition night spoiled by the 8-5 Blaine Borderites.

An unprepared defense on a Borderite free kick 17 minutes into the first half put the Falcons at an immediate disadvantage when both field players and Falcon goalkeeper Allyson Riggs were caught by surprise by Blaine’s Lindsey Taylor.

In the second half, after Wild put away a Katie Watson assist in the game’s 28th minute, the Falcons were hoping to go to overtime, but lost the chance when Blaine defender Jaqueline Hendrickson gave her team the go-ahead and winning goal in the 72nd minute.

The next night, in a makeup game against Mount Baker on the road, the Falcons worked even harder on offense but finished with the same 2-1 losing result. After falling behind in the 15th minute on a goal by the Mountaineers’ Theresa Bitner, the Falcons barraged their opponents’ goal, kicking their way to a 32-5 shot advantage by game’s end.

But for all that, only Jenna Wild was able to score, sending the game into overtime with a goal shot in the 70th minute. Even there, the portion of the game the Falcons have owned all year, they were just a bit off. In a shootout after two scoreless OT periods, the South Whidbey girls fell a free kick short as the Mountaineers took an unexpected win.

South Whidbey coach Paul Arand said the week’s games were expensive, but were needed lessons for his team as they head into playoffs. They play Lakewood on the road Tuesday, then will likely play Thursday in a tiebreaker game against Meridian at a neutral field.

Senior players recognized at Tuesday’s home game were Kelli Horn, Amy Barrow, Tanya Smart, Michelle Schorr, Kim Julius, and Dannette Waterman.