When a team is building momentum, the last thing it needs is time off.

HOOD RIVER — Just one short week ago, the HRV baseball team was considering playoff possibilities as it entered the season’s final stretch.

GRESHAM — Last year at this time, the players on the HRV baseball team were already thinking about next year.

“Huge.”

GRESHAM — Still trying to develop a midseason rhythm, the HRV baseball team took on league rival Centennial Friday.

HOOD RIVER — With a spring break trip to the Arizona desert on the horizon, the HRV baseball team tried to get out of its early-season slump against Gladstone Friday at Traner Field.