MOUNT VERNON — To the uninitiated, tossing stones and logs probably looks like a silly way to spend your time. But to the competitors at the 19th annual Skagit Valley Highland Games and Celtic ...

The festivities include traditional Scottish athletics like caber toss, hammer throw and shot put, along with live Celtic music and dance, sheepherding demonstrations, roving pipe bands ...

Rob Von Bargen, 25, of Massapequa competes in the caber toss during the 56th annual Long Island Scottish Festival and Highland Games at Old Westbury Gardens in Old Westbury on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016.

Heavy things were heaved into the air as men and women grunted and shouted with the effort at Saturday’s 61st annual Scottish Highland Games at the Spokane Interstate Fairgrounds.

Scottish Highland Athletes Toss the Caber Posted 2006-08-03T23:33:00+00:00 - Updated 1998-07-13T11:00:00+00:00 This past weekend the 43rd Scottish Highland Games wrapped up on Grandfather Mountain.

When a celebration of Scottish and Celtic culture returns Saturday, it will have feats of strength such as caber toss, putting the stone and tossing a sheaf over a bar. The Bellingham Scottish ...

Hungarians to toss the caber BUDAPEST, Hungary, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Every Hungarian's dream has come true as the country prepares for its first-ever Scottish Highland Games.