SHELLEY – Becoming world champions in Shelley’s Idaho Spud Day spud tug is a dream come true for Lyle Dye.

The Firth man is one of five people who made up the Potato Skins. The team was one of numerous teams that competed in a tug-of-war over a pit filled with 1,000 pounds of mashed potatoes on Saturday.

Before the event began, EastIdahoNews.com overheard one of Dye’s kids jokingly say, “If my dad wins this, I think it will be the highest achievement of his whole life.”

After receiving the large trophy and the $150 cash prize at what has to be the most unapologetically Idaho event ever, Dye and his teammates looked towards a spirited crowd and jumped up and down for taking home the top award.

In a conversation with EastIdahoNews.com, Dye laughed in response to his son’s previous statem

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