Out of bounds call

[mbyron]

NFHS 7-2-2 is substantially the same as Article 2 of the college rule: if a player (somebody in the game, not a sub or somebody sitting on the bench) is out of bounds and touches the ball, that player caused the ball to be out of bounds.

I can't tell from your description whether B1 touched the ball or whether he's a player in the proper sense. If so, then B caused the ball to go OOB, and it would be A's ball for a throw-in.

[BillyMac]

Many, many years ago, during a throwin, if throwin player A1 released the ball on a throwin pass that subsequently touched B1, who was out of bounds, then A1 was charged with causing the ball to go out of bounds, and the ball was awarded to B1. If I recall properly, this was a throwin violation, and B1 got the ball at the original spot of the throwin. Of course this was so long ago that I'm a little "foggy" regarding the details. I'm sure that Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. will be along shortly to confirm, or deny, this for us. Of course, it's getting a little cold up in his attic so I'm not sure that's he's up to climbing up the stairs to get his old rule books to check out my interpretation.