The D Zone predicts the #57 Portland vs. #123 Unity Christian game

Division 5 State Championship game:

The #57 ranked, Portland Raiders have cruised to a 13-0 record this year and will be making their first state finals appearance since winning D5 in 2012.

Portland's playoff path features wins over; #120 Marine City, #74 Frankenmuth, #84 Lansing Catholic, and #207 Ovid-Elsie.

The #123 ranked, Unity Christian Crusaders will be making their 1st state finals appearance after continuing their Cinderella run. This past week they had a 14-7 win over #1 in D5, Swan Valley. Earlier this post-season UC upset the 5-time defending D5 champions, West Catholic! UC was 11-2 with both losses coming to Zeeland East and West.

Unity Christian's playoff path features wins over; #30 Swan Valley, #148 Kalamazoo United, #71 Oakridge, and #64 West Catholic.

Following the regular season, Portland was the #57 ranked team in the state and #3 in Division 5 while Unity Christian was the #123 ranked team in the state and #12 in Division 5.

Prediction: Portland by 18

Explanation: This game is sandwiched between the D1 and D3 state finals on Saturday but if it's not a Portland blowout win, it will be an upset by Unity Christian.