![]() ![]() “RedStone is all about honoring our past and future as we gather to keep our family foundations strong, regardless of one’s national heritage,” Rawlings said. The festival is a time to gather as a community and celebrate the roots and branches from wherever you may hail. There’s also Celtic cuisine along with giant inflatables for the wee lassies and laddies.īut you don’t need to be Scottish to enjoy RedStone, event founder Kathy Rawlings said. Among the highlights are highland athletics, a vendor marketplace, the gathering of Scottish clans and a jam-packed roster of entertainment including live bagpipes. Events will be spread across Friday afternoon and most of Saturday. This exciting heritage festival is free to the public and packed with Scottish-inspired fun for the whole clan. George, Utah, date not specified | Photo courtesy of Kathy Rawlings, St. Grab your kilt and head to Sandtown Park for the return of the “RedStone Highland Games & Festival.” Events at the RedStone Highland Games & Festival, St. George, Celtic heritage will be on full display this weekend. George.CONTRIBUTED CONTENT - From the heather-laden highlands of Scotland to the sun-kissed red cliffs of St. at Sandtown Park, Bluff Street and 600 N. The fan favorite log-tossing and hammer-throwing events as well as the other Highland Games take place all day Saturday 9 a.m. So we’re looking for good things in the future.” “And we’re working with some other kids we’re hoping will sign with us. ![]() “We’ve already signed two big recruits that are coming next year,” Anderson said. Utah Tech placed a team-record four grapplers into the premier event.Īnderson said the successful end to the season created a lot of momentum. It was really cool.”Īlleman, Guynn and Ruben Zarate all won their individual WCC titles to qualify for nationals and then Matthu Martinez earned an at-large bid. Three in the finals, all three won, it was a big deal. “They all went out and wrestled really well. Going into the WCC conference championships in Las Vegas, Anderson said, the coaching staff knew that the Trailblazers had a chance to place three finalists. “We went down there (San Juan), we had really tough competition, but they pulled it out really well.” These guys worked super, super hard,” Anderson said. Utah Tech wrestler Matthu Martinez hoists a log at the RedStone Highland Games, St. George News, members of the wrestling team were still celebrating their three individual West Coast Conference championships as well as four qualifiers at the National Collegiate Wrestling Association championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He said the wrestlers should have an edge up after training with similar apparatus during the season.Īs previously reported in St. George News that the wrestlers weren’t competing as a team, they were having fun by participating in the games. This is the first competition of the Strongman season in Utah, we have one every month from now till October.”įor more about the Strongman events and a Highland Games schedule, go to the Utah Heavy Athletics website. “It’s just something fun to keep working out, now that we’re too old to wrestle. “I have a gym at my house and we train Strongman competitors,” Anderson said. Utah Tech wrestler Zeke Alleman called the Strongman events “old school training,” good for working out outdoors and “cueing up the Rocky IV soundtrack.”Īlleman said that Anderson favors those old-school coaching tactics. Athletes wandered among them, testing grips and worrying about shoulder injuries. The tools of the trade - logs, stones, other things that weigh a lot - were assembled for the competition Friday night. “With strongman, you’re always going to have a deadlift event, a grip event, an overhead press and a loaded carry, and then usually like a throw of some sort,” Anderson said. George News that many of the exercises in Strongman competitions at the games are useful as training tools for wrestlers. Utah Tech wrestling coach Corey Anderson told St. Scores of kilt-clad humans and dogs (not wearing kilts, mostly) wandered the festival grounds, strolling through rows of tents and food trucks. ![]() George NewsĪctually, the wrestlers were just a few among many other log-tossing, hammer-throwing, kilt-wearing enthusiasts who gather every year for the two-day festival featuring all things Scottish. Utah Tech wrestler Zeke Alleman hoists a log at the RedStone Highland Games, St. George Friday evening and Utah Tech University wrestlers were on hand to lift heavy objects. GEORGE - The annual RedStone Highland Games & Festival returned to Sandtown Park in St.
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