“South Whidbey’s girls basketball team lost control of its own destiny by losing at Meridian Tuesday, but playoff hopes still flickered heading into the weekend.Last night’s home game against Granite Falls was crucial, although results were too late for this edition of the paper. A win over Granite Falls would have tied the Falcons with Granite for the sixth and final playoff spot. If that happened, tonight’s game against Mount Baker becomes even more important.It’s very realistic we could end up tied, with Granite Falls, Falcon coach Nancy Ricketts said Friday. If the Falcons won last night, both teams would have 5-9 league records with two games remaining. South Whidbey faces Mount Baker tonight and undefeated Nooksack Valley on their court Tuesday to end the regular season. Granite Falls plays Meridian tonight and Lynden Christian next Tuesday, both games they could easily lose.Clearly, the playoff picture won’t be settled until after tonight’s action, or even Tuesday night at the latest. Tonight is Senior Night at Erikson Gymnasium as the home crowd says goodbye to Hayley Gabelein and Sam Watson. Game time was moved up to 7 p.m. from the scheduled 7:30 starting time.At Meridian on Tuesday, the Falcons lost 42-31 as the Trojans pulled ahead in the final minutes at the free throw line.The Falcons were down only 32-30 with two minutes left, then the Trojans hit a three and made a succession of freethrows to win by 11.South Whidbey started the game stone cold and found themselves trailing 9-0 in the first period. But they came back to make it close. Hilary Wick led her team with 13 points. “