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# SM little league advances
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/sm-little-league-advances/
- Published: 2004-07-30T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:46:45.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Sports, Venice, #archive-import

*By RAY LONG Special to Daily Press*

The Santa Monica Little League Senior Division All-Star team will advance to the Southern California Divisional Tournament in Yucaipa on Saturday.

The winner will advance to the Western Region Tournament of the Little League Senior Division in San Juan Capistrano. The winner of the regional advances to the Little League Senior World Series in Bangor, Maine.

Santa Monica started by winning the District 25 tournament in Beverly Hills. District 25 is comprised of Westside leagues including North Venice, Beverly Hills and Playa Vista. Santa Monica won the championship game by defeating Playa Vista 13-3\. This was the first Senior Division title for Santa Monica Little League since 1989.

Santa Monica then moved onto the Section 3 tournament, which was held in Bellflower. The sections were composed of teams from Harbor City, Inglewood and Long Beach. Santa Monica won the Section 3 title game defeating Harbor City 11-0\. Santa Monica was led by the strong pitching performances of Stuart Boardman, James Nedleman, Jordan Sigman and Justin Gordon-Cooper.

The team starts their quest for the Southern California Divisional title on Saturday in Yucaipa at 7 p.m. The tournament runs through the week.

The team includes Stuart Boardman, Dylan Early, Ricky Garcia, Kevin Gonzalez, Justin Gordon-Cooper, Garrett Griffin, Johnny Huerta, Brian Little, Joe McGrew, Kenny Mirch, James Nedleman, Neal Pourroy, Ryan Rodriguez and Jordan Sigman.

The team is coached by Tyrone Powell, Michael Sigman and Peter Brinkerhoff.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 30, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/073004.pdf?ref=smdp.com)