Adam Casey stole the show in Tisdale as the Sasktel Tankard wrapped up Sunday.

Casey and his team from Regina defeated team Steven Laycock 11-3 after just 8 ends of play to win the 2017 Tankard.

St. Gregor's Kirk Muyres plays third for the Laycock team.

He reflects on the final.

"They were all over us from the beginning, like Spider-Monkeys. It's tough when you give up a tough three in the first, but we played pretty good, and after that we played pretty good. After that, we just had to keep battling, and then like I say, they were just all over us, they just played better than us. At the same time, if we don't give up that three in the first end and Steve's curls another half an inch in the first end, the game is totally different. Who knows how it shakes out."

It would have been Muyres's 4th straight Brier appearance.

Muyres had this to say about the Casey rink.

"Kudos to them. They deserve everything they got coming to them because they played unreal today. They were right on from the word go, they were all over us in the first end, and that's why they got the jump on the three, and they never let up throughout the game. They didn't miss anything by more than a half-inch, so kudos to them. They deserve it, all the best to them at the Brier, that's for sure."

This won't be the last bonspiel of the season for Laycock's group.

A grand Slam event is going to be held in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia in mid March.

Muyres explains this loss will serve as a learning curve for the team.

"It's a sport; you're going to win some, you're going to lose some. We've won three in a row now, made it to this final, and it just wasn't meant to be today, and that's okay. I think we'll be able to take some rest and go forward with the rest of the season because we have two huge events for us to get qualified for the Olympic Trials."

The Casey rink, based out of the Highland Curling Club in Regina, will now play at the Tim Hortons Brier in St. John's Newfoundland from March 4th to 12th.

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