Jackson Williamson and Tim Randolph continued to advance in the state

individual wrestling tournament Friday morning, both winning their

quarterfinal matches to advance to Friday evening¹s semifinals, which are

scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at the Macon Coliseum.

Williamson, 52-1 on the season, defeated Taylor Howard, 42-10, of Pope 16-5

in the 285-pound division quarterfinal Friday morning after downing Blaylon

Howard, 24-20, of East Paulding with a first period pin in the opening round

on Thursday night. Williamson will face Whitewater¹s George Harris Friday

night. Harris, 66-4, defeated Dakota York, 17-12, of Ware County and Jay

Ellison, 25-3, of Harris County in the first two rounds.

Randolph, 55-2, defeated Effingham County¹s Isiah Royal, 37-16, in Friday

morning¹s 106-pound quarterfinals after pinning Tyler Lu, 29-13, in the

first period on Thursday night. Randolph faces Ola¹s Seth Osborne, 41-9, in

the semifinals Friday night. Osborne defeated Nathan Kistler, 36-17, of

Forsyth County and Muadh As-Siddiq, 30-6, of Southwest DeKalb in the first

two rounds.

Jones County¹s Daniel Curry (182 pounds) and Scott Rooks (220 pounds), who

lost in the first round Thursday, were to compete in the consolation rounds

Friday.