The Iowa High School Athletic Association has addressed a controversy surrounding its postseason dual tournament series last year, threatening to levy sanctions against schools that don’t use their starters in next month’s regional and state duals.

The IHSAA sent out a memo last week to teams that qualified for the regional duals, stating its expectation that those squads will use “regular varsity wrestlers ... except in the case of injury, illness, or ineligibility declarations.”

The memo also states if that mandate is not followed, the IHSAA’s “administrative staff will discuss with the Board of Control the future participation of individual schools in the state dual team wrestling tournament series and the future of the state dual team wrestling tournament series, itself.”