Resolving a scoring error

[BayStateRef]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Where does it say that? In the rulebook. Same place that it's been for about the last 50 years or so.
Find somebody with an NFHS rulebook and ask them to look it up for you. It's on p.21 of the NFHS rulebook under rule 2-11-11.

That is not exactly what the rule says.

It says the first step is to resolve the problem. It says the official book counts "unless (the referee) has knowledge which permits him to decide otherwise."

I had this happen last year. Home book showed two points less than visitors' book and I am summoned to the table. We went player by player to compare and found two foul shots for a player in the visitors' book that was not in the home book. I knew that player had been fouled and made two free throws. It was not in the home book. But I had the knowledge that the rule requires that the visitors' book was correct. So I had the home book changed -- both the running score and the player's score.

Only if we cannot find the discrepancy -- or we have no knowledge to help -- are we required to accept the running total in the official book.