From its first game four years ago to its recent state tournament win, the progression for the Boulder Valley School District field hockey team can be measured exponentially. On Tuesday, the eighth-seeded Panthers won their first-round playoff game against No. 9 Mountain Vista with a 1-0 final — thanks to Tenley Layne’s late goal — and will now face off with No. 1 Cherry Creek for the quarterfinals Thursday afternoon. Layne had never played field hockey before picking up a stick just four years ago. She said she joined the Panthers, then just a junior varsity team, in an effort to play a sport in high school, and she has seen her skill progress at rapid speed. This season, the...
