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If you blew the whistle while looking at the coach AND THEN turned and looked at the game clock, then you should put 0.3 back on the clock and play it out.
If you blew the whistle while you could see the clock and observe the 0.3 tick away after your whistle sounded, then by the current NFHS rules, you may NOT put any time back and the game is over.
This timing rule is definitely under review by the NFHS rules committee. The NCAA rules permit the official to put back whatever time was observed. I'm hoping that the NFHS adopts this.
I had a game this past season in which I had to watch 0.6 run off and declare the game over under the similar circumstances because I was looking directly at the clock when I blew the whistle and the timer couldn't react fast enough to get it stopped.
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