I think you should allow the substitution with no penalty. The only reference would be in the high school casebook it allows for a substitute to enter after the warning horn if there is a subsequent delay for an injury. Not the same thing, but it makes the rule not an absolute as far as entering after the warning horn.
As for the eligibilty question. I was always under the impression that it was up to the governing body to rule on such matters and that we as officials were not to get involved. However, in Ohio, it is a technical foul and the player is ejected if they play over their limit of quarters for one day. I found out the hard way when it happened to me earlier this year. I told the coach to take it up with the state after the game, but after the game he showed me the bylaws which stated it was a T and ejection. I still don't like it, but it's the rule in Ohio.
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