Failing to Inbound the ball and calling time out

[Jack]

Gentlemen,

My question relates to High School Basketball Rules.

Failing to inbound a ball a player seeks to call time out. Can he call time out all the way to prior to the referee's five count or once the refereee has marked four seconds is the time out not allowed by rule?
A month ago in a high school game the "four second rule" was invoked against our team. The result was a turnover. Today it should have been called on our opposition but was not. After the game the official in today's game said he had never heard of that rule.

regards,

Jack

[Edited by Jack on Dec 29th, 2005 at 07:19 PM]