MONROE - Former Monroe football coach Pat Martin is hosting a reunion for five state championship teams Saturday during Cheese Days.
Martin, the legendary coach who is part of the Wisconsin Football Coaches Hall of Fame, invites former players from the Cheesemaker state championship teams from 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1994 to a reunion from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Old Smokey's.
Martin said Cheese Days was the perfect time to host the reunion.
"Everyone comes back for Cheese Days," Martin said. "Not everyone comes home for Christmas."
The reunion will include refreshments, brats, chips and drinks.
"They will be able to get together and reminisce," Martin said. "Every young man who walks in there was a part of something special. They are all bonded together. They accomplished something a lot of kids don't get to do."
The three-straight state championship teams Monroe had in the 1990s had a 43-game winning streak.
In "The Streak," a special magazine published by the Monroe Times in 1993, Russ Yurs said, "We had confidence in ourselves and we expected to win. Then we just played our hearts out."
Steve Prendergast, a 1992 graduate, gave the '86 team most of the credit for creating a tradition of winning and success. Four players who earned all-state honors in the late 1980s were Eric Benzschawel, Ron Markham, Rick Gordon and Pat Zimmerman.
In 1992, Adam Grossen, Daryl Yurs, Russ Yurs and Matt Henke were named all-state. The Cheesemakers had three all-state players in 1993 including Daryl Yurs, Nate Blaser and Kerry Heindel.
"Tradition carries you a long way," Prendergast said in "The Streak."
"You wear that Monroe across your chest and you just feel like you can win. "But I give the 1986 team a lot of credit - before that no one took football seriously."
Martin, the legendary coach who is part of the Wisconsin Football Coaches Hall of Fame, invites former players from the Cheesemaker state championship teams from 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1994 to a reunion from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Old Smokey's.
Martin said Cheese Days was the perfect time to host the reunion.
"Everyone comes back for Cheese Days," Martin said. "Not everyone comes home for Christmas."
The reunion will include refreshments, brats, chips and drinks.
"They will be able to get together and reminisce," Martin said. "Every young man who walks in there was a part of something special. They are all bonded together. They accomplished something a lot of kids don't get to do."
The three-straight state championship teams Monroe had in the 1990s had a 43-game winning streak.
In "The Streak," a special magazine published by the Monroe Times in 1993, Russ Yurs said, "We had confidence in ourselves and we expected to win. Then we just played our hearts out."
Steve Prendergast, a 1992 graduate, gave the '86 team most of the credit for creating a tradition of winning and success. Four players who earned all-state honors in the late 1980s were Eric Benzschawel, Ron Markham, Rick Gordon and Pat Zimmerman.
In 1992, Adam Grossen, Daryl Yurs, Russ Yurs and Matt Henke were named all-state. The Cheesemakers had three all-state players in 1993 including Daryl Yurs, Nate Blaser and Kerry Heindel.
"Tradition carries you a long way," Prendergast said in "The Streak."
"You wear that Monroe across your chest and you just feel like you can win. "But I give the 1986 team a lot of credit - before that no one took football seriously."
