Michael, you’re not the only one who is confused and this is the reason I have not attempted to approach high schools about announcing for them. Though I do have clarification from the VHSL (Virginia) that I’d still be able to announce like I normally do, the confusion can run rampant with just one official of the three not understanding the rule properly and I get shut down. I’d rather spend the time with my kids than sit there waiting for a timeout to announce all the baskets and fouls. That takes away from the atmosphere that we could set for the students who come to the game (and spend their money at the school).

You still can announce fouls, just not the type (hold, over the back, etc.) but I’m not sure if you can announce “personal” or “technical”. I don’t understand announcing the number of fouls on the player either for the simple fact that it provides an extra redundancy when verifying the the number of fouls on a player. I believe you can still say, “Genoa foul on number 22 Harry Wilson.” But that’s it. Seems kind of amateurish to me as the announcer comes off as unprepared.

If the announcer says, “her third personal, fourth team foul,” both scorers will verify what they have and if something isn’t correct, it can be corrected now. In a perfect world, the official (home) scorer will be vocal with their calls to help the visiting book and provide that system of checks and balances but that’s in a perfect world and not all scorers know they should be doing so.