Girls tennis tryouts start Aug. 8

Troy Romero, the new tennis coach at Ramona High School, said tryouts for the girls will start on Aug. 8 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Riviera Oaks Resort in San Diego Country Estates. The first game of the fall season will be against Pacific Ridge School on Aug. 30.

Romero replaces Rose Darrough, who resigned after six years as tennis coach. With a daughter starting high school next month, she said she wanted to devote time to support her daughter’s endeavors.

This will be Romero’s first year as a tennis coach. A middle school basketball coach for 16 years, Romero has three daughters — Brittany, Taylor and Lexi — who went through the Ramona High School tennis program. Lexi plays tennis at Southern Virginia University. His youngest daughter, Halli, is a sophomore who has three years left in the program.

“I played for my high school team in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and placed in State my last several years,” he noted. “I am now just a recreational player.”