[ChuckElias]

Since FED rules do not allow for shot clocks, even by state adoption, any state that does use the shot clock for HS games is free to adopt any rules they want. In MA, we use NCAA rules. And according to NCAA rules, Rocky's call (violation) was exactly right. The shot clock is reset when the ball hits the rim during a try. I always make this point in my pre-game with the timer.

It is also correct that the general rule is that you reset on any held ball. However, there is an exception for the case in which there is team control and the arrow favors the team in control. I learned that one the hard way -- by getting it wrong on the NCAA test a couple years ago.