As if playing in the basketball version of the movie “Trading Places,” the Falcon boys experienced both the highs and the lows of their game in two games this week.

On Tuesday, South Whidbey got punished on its home court by visiting Nooksack Valley 82-54. But two days later, the Falcon boys made a complete turnaround in a road game against Sultan, virtually reversing Tuesday’s score in an 81-56 win over the Turks.

It was a turnaround that had a lot to do with whom South Whidbey was playing. In Tuesday’s game, the state-ranked Pioneers came in as one of the best 2A basketball teams around. Though the Falcons stayed within three points in the first quarter, the Nooksack boys pulled away steadily, building a lead of more than 20 points by the third quarter.

A scoring burst by the Falcons late in that quarter that carried over to the fourth gave both the team and its fans some momentum on which to feed for a few minutes. But with no dominant shooters in the game, they were unable to come back against the Pioneers, who held a 30-plus point lead until late in the fourth quarter.

At Sultan, the shooting lanes opened wide for the Falcons once again. Led by senior Brandon Adams’ 22 points and another 20 dumped in by junior guard Travis Tornga, the boys gapped the Turks by a wide margin in the second and third quarter before the two teams went almost basket for basket in the final period.

Shooting 63 percent from the field, the game marked the first time Falcon coach Andy Davis can remember two of his players scoring 20 points or more.

Now 4-1 overall and 2-1 in the North Cascades Conference, South Whidbey gets to take a break before heading into the meat of its NCC season. The team travels to play in New York on Dec. 27 and 28.