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There is no choice here. The call of an intentional/technical (whichever is appropriate) is mandatory.
10.3.11 Situation A is the controlling reference.
The Comment following that play even includes, "Either act is a foul and it should be called whenever it occurs during a game without regard to time or score or whether the team had or had not been warned for a throw-in plane violation."
What could be clearer?
This tells us:
1. It IS a FOUL, not a violation or a warning.
2. It definitely is a call that the NFHS wants made.
3. NO previous warning is necessary.
Lastly, to answer an earlier question if merely touching the thrower on the OOB side of the boundary plane constitutes a foul, we need to refer to the definition of a foul in 4-19-1. The key phrase used there is "illegal contact with an opponent."
Since 9-2-11 tells us that no opponent of the thrower "shall not have any part of his/her person through the inbounds side of the throw-in boundary-line plane until the ball has been released on a throw-in pass," I conclude that the contact must be deemed illegal. His hand isn't allowed to be over that line. Therefore, simply touching the thrower on the OOB side of the plane meets the definition of a foul.
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