High elbows with contact

[Chris Whitten]

I called a recent HS game with a college official who also calls some HS ball. We had never called together before. Here is what we ran into:

First half: A1 while attempting to dribble past B1 in the backcourt makes contact to B1's jaw with a high elbow. Partner calls a PC foul on A1. At halftime, he expresses that the contact was to the jaw and he probably should have called it a TF.

Fast forward to second half when A1 (same player) gets trapped just over the centerline by B2 and B3. A1 rips through once with elbows high and contacts B2 in the mouth with an elbow. Partner is again the calling official.

This is where I need some help with our options under NFHS rules. I'm afraid what we did was a hybrid between NCAA and NFHS rules.