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Had these scenarios occur in games in my local area and would welcome some insights and rule references.....( NFHS rules )

(Un)Correctable Error

Team A has just scored and then calls timeout. As fate would have it (during dead time) the 2 officials lose track of who gets the ball out of bounds to start play. They administer the throw back again to Team A, who then inbounds the ball and gets a layup. Naturally the coach of Team B is furious. The officials did a 'my bad' and took the points off the board and awarded Team B the ball for a throw-in.

Thought: Since it was an official error this is not correctable and the basket should have counted? Technically, could Team A have been assessed a Technical for a delay of game penalty ? Any rule reference would be appreciated.

Shot Clock

(I know this is a tough one since NFHS does not play with a 'shot-clock' ruling and for the most part goes with a variation of the NCAA(M/W) rules)

Game has gone on with many issues with the shot-clock operation throughout the game; whereby the officials had to continually had to stop the game to re-set the shot-clock. Finally w/02:30 left in the 4th Q, the visiting team requests that they shut the shot-clock off since it is impacting the game itself. The coach of the Home team of course does not wish to. The visiting team then protests at that point.

Is there any ruling/justification to actually shut-down the shot clock as of that point in the game?

One final question - If you get to a gym and only one shot-clock is working, can the officials also decide to NOT use the shot-clock since only one team will have viewable each half?

Cheers and Happy New Year to the bloggers.....