There were no surprises in the first round of the Division I state football playoffs. The high seeds won every game, although a few were closer than most  imagined.

The quarterfinals feature three matchups that did not take place during the regular season -- hard to do this season with only 17 teams in the division. There is one rematch

Here's a brief look at each matchup. Games are all Friday (Nov. 13) at 7 p.m. at the site of the high seed:

#8 Desert Vista (7-4) at #1 Chandler (10-1) -- These teams haven't played since 2012 and recent history has favored Desert Vista (5 wins in the last 7 meetings dating back to 2007). That was a time Desert Vista was the better program, advancing to two finals and winning one. That isn't the case now and Chandler is the favorite to prevail this time. Chandler toyed with Boulder Creek in the first round. The Wolves figure to have all their weapons available. Chase Lucas has been back a couple weeks now, but standout wide out N'Keal Harry has missed essentially the last three games due to injury. If Chandler's defense prevents big plays it should be fine. The Wolves' offense, led by versatile quarterback Mason Moran. Moran accounted for 237 yards rushing and passing and three TDs last week. Desert Vista avenged an earlier loss to Red Mountain to advance. The Thunder have played musical chairs at quarterback and senior Alex Farina found the empty chair. He's responded the last two weeks averaging 215 yards passing. The stalwarts of the offense are junior running back Lelon Dillard and sophomore receiver Keishaud White.

#5 Chaparral (9-2) at #4 Desert Ridge (9-2) -- These teams have almost no history vs. one another. The last time and only time they played was in 2004 with Chaparral winning in the fledging years of the Jaguars' program.. Desert Ridge is as healthy as it's been in a long tiime and that showed in outlasting a hot Liberty team in the opening round. Desert Ridge features a solid back in junior Jathan Tenorio, who has rushed for 1,205 yards and 14 TDs. Tenorio has seven 100-yard games this season. The Jags have two dangerous receivers in Jalen Harris and Tavon Patrick. Harris has 46 catches for 708 yards. Chaparral's two losses this season were to last year's D-I champ Chandler and last year's D-II champ Centennial. The Firebirds were one of the teams that had to dig deep to beat a decided underdog in Highland in the first round, 19-14. The Firebirds play good defense and are likely going to relay on that unit to win. The most points the Firebirds allowed in regulation this season was 27 to Liberty. They've allowed only 17 points per game. They are balanced on offense with a nearly perfect 50-50 split. Running backs Kurt Shughart and Spencer Greenberg are equally effective with 1,668 yards between them and 23 TDs. Quarterback Grayson Barry has a good batch of receivers led by Ryan Bright. 

#6 Centennial (8-3) at #3 Hamilton (10-1) -- This is a rematch from Sept. 24 played at Hamilton and won by Hamilton, 34-27. Hamilton seemingly had that game in hand in the latter stages of the third quarter with a 28-7 lead, but had to hang on in the final seconds for the win. Both teams lost their regular-season finales to rivals -- Hamlton to Chandler and Centennial to Liberty. Centennial bounced back back by throttling Basha in the first round last week while Hamilton scuffled before finally bring down Perry. Hamilton has been more successful throwing the ball with quarterback Travis Lockhart enjoying a solid season (2,670 yards, 27 TDs and only 6 interceptions). Receivers Kaleb Pitts and Chance Brewington have teamed up for lots of yards and 16 TD-receptions. The running game has been good off and on led by Jawhar Jordan and Rashad Williams. Centennial relies on a stout defense and its running game. Senior back Quentin Gomez passed the 1,000 yard mark last week and has scored 12 TDs. John Rincon is a fullback type who powers his way to yardage and has struck paydirt 12 times. Quarterback Isaac Steele is mobile and has 11 rushing TDs. He can hurt the opposition through the air if need be.

#7 Brophy Prep (7-4) at #2 Mountain Pointe (11-0): This will be the sixth year in a row the teams have played and the eighth time overall in that span. Brophy has won four of the seven prior to this one. Mountain Pointe isn't fancy about its winning ways -- a superb running game and solid defense. Running the ball is the Pride's staple year after year. This season it's workhorse back Marcarius Blount plus heady, athletic quarterback Jack Smith who keeps defenses honest. Blount is averaging 20 carries and 141 yards per game and totals 22 TDs for the season. Smith has rushed for 788 yards, 7 TDs and passed for 1,698 yards and 14 TDs. Brophy is the king of close games with seven of its 11 contests decided by a touchdown or less -- three in overtime. Brophy counters Mountain Pointe with mighty-mite senior back Ryan Velez, who has broken some Brophy rushing records this season. Velez has ground out 520 yards and eight TDs the last two weeks, including a school-record 350 vs. Basha. Last week he piled up 170 and three TDs in the Broncos' 38-37 overtime victory over Pinnacle in the first round. Brophy is a 50-50 mix in terms of yardage rushing vs. passing. Quarterback Cade Knox has thrown for 2,014 yards and 14 TDs. He's been intercepted nine times.