Jason Gunnlaugson and Trevor Loreth of the Granite have joined Mike McEwen of Fort Rouge and Reid Carruthers of West St. Paul in the Championship Round of the 2017 Viterra Provincial Men's Curling Championship in Portage la Prairie.

Gunnlaugson defeated Matt Dunstone of Deer Lodge 5-3 while Loreth outscored William Lyburn of the Granite 6-5.

It was a tough day for Dunstone and Lyburn.

Both had 4-0 records heading into Saturday but lost twice and were eliminated.

The Championship Round begins at 6 p.m.

McEwen and Carruthers will meet in the 1-2 game.

The winner advances to the final on Sunday afternoon.

The loser will face the winner of the 3-4 game between Loreth and Gunnlaugson in the semifinal tomorrow morning.