By By SCOTT NOVAK / Niles Daily Star
NILES – The championship matches of the Blossomland Soccer League's First and Second divisions are set.
The top-seeded Niles Wolverines will take on No. 2 seed Barcelona today at 2 p.m. at the Kickers Club in Arden.
Niles advanced to the divisional championship match with a 7-1 win over the Dowagiac Dawgs Thursday evening.
Barcelona moved on to the finals with a 13-2 victory over Buchanan FC.
In the First Division, top seeded Athletic Jaier blanked Diamonds Premier 3-0, while the second seeded St. Joe Kickers Premier defeated Whirlpool United 3-1.
Jaier and the Kickers will play today at 4 p.m. at the Kickers Club.
The winners on Saturday will compete for the Blossomland Cup on Sunday, July 27 at 3 p.m. at the Kickers Club.
There is no charge for either final and there is an air-conditioned clubhouse where refreshments will be available.
Barcelona…13
Buchanan…2
Francisco Fonseca scored six goals for Barcelona, which also got two goals from emmanuel Santana and Carlos Morales.
Also scoring were Justin Brown, Carlos Contreras and Guillermo Morales.
Barcelona is now 7-1.
Ryan Skene and Josh Gibson scored for Buchanan, which finishes the season at 5-3.
Jaier…3
Diamonds…0
Alex Boehm, Ryan Robinson and Kempess Villafan scored the goals for Jaier, which improved to 7-0-2.
Diamonds Premier finishes its season at 4-2-3.
Kickers…3
Whirlpool…1
Jason Girvan, Tony Black and Andrew Girvan all scored for the Kickers, who are now 7-1-1.
Manolis Anagnoustou had the lone goal for Whirlpool (5-3-1).