The jeopardy rule relates to a call delayed or reversed; I don't see how that applies here. The umpires don't "call" the quantity; the outs speak for themselves.
Also, while there may not be an NFHS ruling (haven't looked for it), there is/was an ASA case play that made it clear that asking the umpire for count or outs didn't absolve the teams (especially the offense, that has two coaches on the field) of being accountable and responsible to know the game situation. The teams needed to challenge the information given; when they didn't, their bad (too).
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