Closely guarded..with a glitch

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by jritchie
i agree with j.R., it says "if any B player is within 6 ft of the ball..., and is attempting to gain control of the ball", "preventing an opponent from getting to the ball by using screening is a violation in 5 seconds" so from that i gain that it doesn't matter if there is a screener there or not in NFHS rules!

Actually, that case play does say "opponents"--plural--not "an opponent"--singular.

Bob Jenkins brought up a good question. I remember something being issued on that one too, and I'm not 100% sure of the exact contents. Iow, my recollection might be wrong and the case situation doesn't apply to a single defender. I'm trying to get a definitive answer. If I can manage to find one, I'll post it. If anyone else can dig up some additional info, I'd appreciate that also.