HS FOOT: Giannini is finished at Montclair Prep

Here's a scoop: George Giannini is retiring as head coach at Montclair Prep.

Giannini, 59, who started in 1969 back when Montclair Prep back played six-man football, is in his third stint with the Mounties.

During Montclair Prep's prime years in the late 1980s through the late1990s, the Mounties were among the area's top 11-man programs of any size, winning several lower-division titles.

"Yeah, I'm going to retire. I've been doing this a long time," Giannini said. "It's been 40 years. Maybe it's time. I'm sad. I'm going to miss the the kids, but it's time. Who knows? Maybe I will change my mind in a couple of years."

-- Gerry Gittelson