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*The 2011 Tankard featured 11 of 16 teams that did not qualify for the 2010 Tankard. Of those 11 teams, nine have not played in a Tankard championship for at least three years.

The Battlefords Midget Stars were in Moose Jaw on the weekend hoping to keep their slim playoff hopes alive against the Generals, but that wasn't the case.

Five days of exciting curling at the North Battleford Civic Centre came to an end Sunday, as Pat Simmons' team played Carl deConinck Smith's team for the third time during the 2011 provincial championships.

The Battlefords AAA Sharks played their final road trip of the season, as they travelled to Weyburn to play the Golden Wings on the weekend and will be happy to have it over with.

Friday began with all 16 teams that qualified for the 2011 SaskTel Tankard, but at the end of the four draws at the Civic Centre only nine teams remain and one has qualified for the page playoff game Saturday.

Winning teams are most often described as having good chemistry and it's all about leadership from the top down.

The final rosters are set and the 223 Saskatchewan athletes, 67 members of the coaching staff, 20 mission staff members and three National Artist Program competitors have all boarded a plane and are ready for the Canadian Winter Games in Halifax.

There were three draws Thursday and in the morning draw the top four seeds all played in the A-event quarter-finals and all advanced to meet in the semi final at 7 p.m.

Midget AA Barons The Barons won back-to-back games for this first time this season. The most recent win came in their lone game on the weekend in Shellbrook against Parkland.

You'd think heading into the final week of the regular season more than two teams would be locked into their playoff positions, but that isn't the case in the North Saskatchewan River Hockey League.