triple foul question

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Originally Posted by MNBlue

It's early so I might be confused, but in NFHS, don't we shut down the play when the defense is offsides? None of those other penalties should have happened.

You're confused only by the terminology. NFHS rules prohibit encroachment, and the ball is dead when the defense encroaches. Offsides — where a defender enters the NZ and fails to return before the ball is snapped and becomes live — is thus impossible by rule.