Paul Loggan, 57; Roscoe Taylor, 43; Charles Johnson, 78; Larry Rush, 67; and Jim DeSalle, 70; died days and weeks after the basketball game, according to the newspaper.
Ryan Banas, the high school's athletic director, said that he was receiving calls inquiring about whether the game was still on. Similarly, Darren Thomas, the district athletic director for Indianapolis Public Schools, also called to ask the same question, according to the Indianapolis Star.
"We will continue to monitor the developments and listen to medical experts and if it becomes necessary to make adjustments to high school sporting events, we will work with our member schools to take every precaution to ensure a healthy and safe environment for everyone involved," Banas said in a statement at the time.
The Daily Mail reported that several other high school games in Indiana were still on around the same period of time. And the Indianapolis Star reported that 63 other venues were having games on the night of March 6, as well as on March 7.
"The problem with any communal event like a basketball tournament is that you've got a clustering of people in close proximity. You've got a bunch of people sitting close to each other. The other thing is that people are probably yelling and screaming and cheering on their teams. We know you're probably kicking out a lot more droplets as you talk and scream than you would if you are just breathing or talking in a normal voice," said Cole Beeler, the infectious diseases doctor at the Indiana University of Health.