A late steal led Fox Valley's Ryan Deis to an opening draw victory at the 2017 SaskTel Men's Tankard Provincial Championship in Tisdale.

Deis and his rink, consisting of Third Scott Manners, Second Jason McPhee and Lead Kalin 

Deis picked up a steal of two in the 8th end against Saskatoon's Jason Jacobson, en route to a 5-3 win.

Tied 2-2 in the 8th end, the Fox Valley team swung momentum with a steal of two before forcing Jacobson to a single in the 9th, giving Deis a 4-3 advantage and hammer coming home.

In the 10th, Deis picked up one point to secure the opening draw victory.

With the win, they will now advance to the 'A' quarter-finals where they will meet Saskatoon's Kody Hartung Thursday morning.

Hartung is coming off of an 8-4 win over Brady Scharback.