TWIN FALLS • Kilt-clad athletes will once again brave the cold weather to demonstrate their strength on New Year’s Day. The seventh annual Frozen Stones Highland Games starts at noon Thursday ...

The event, formerly called the Pikes Peak Highland Games, was disbanded after its last hurrah in 1999 and brought back to life in 2013 by Joseph Poch, whose grandparents helped organize the original.

Garrett Middleton, of Victor Mont., hurls a 24 pound stone Saturday during the Frozen Stones Games at Shoshone Park. A number of the participants were throwing the stone well over 23 feet.

Mar. 27—OXFORD — Hammers, stones, cabers — if you've ever wanted to see athletes toss these things, you're in luck. On April 29, on the grounds of the Central Children's Home of North ...

The Highland Games are staged by and for the Chicago Scots, formerly known as the Illinois St. Andrew Society. All proceeds from the Games support Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care.

Kilt Fest then starts at 10 a.m. and will feature Celtic music, food, vendors and beer, and more distinctive attractions, like a reenacted medieval battle between two armies.

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Traditional Highland games will be played like caber toss, hammer throw and sheaf toss. Caber toss is a Scottish event where competitors toss a wooden pole around 18 feet long end-over-end.

Now the event is back. From left, David Goodman and Nick Bergin practice play their bagpipes during the Middle Tennessee Highland Games and Celtic Festival on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015, in Nashville.