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They call him "The Big Play Man," Marcus Miller will tell you sheepishly. But you guessed that already just by watching him Thursday night in Shawnee Heights' to-the-wire 32-29 victory over Kansas City-Washington.

The victory ran the T-Birds record to 3-0 for the first time since 1994.

In the course of one defensive-offensive series, Miller --- a 5- foot-7 senior --- intercepted a pass, caught a 47-yard yard hitch- and-go bomb and ran a reverse 11 yards for the touchdown that gave Heights a 20-0 second-quarter lead.

Then to start the second half, Miller fielded a high-bouncing punt at his 13, waited dangerously for his blocking to form, then blew through a gaping hole for the 87-yard TD that put the T-Birds up 26- 7.

"I had to wait a little for the wedge to form, but when it did, those guys just opened things up," Miller said of his kickoff return. "I may stay quiet for a while, but if I can get the ball a couple of times, I can make things happen."

But even with a three-TD lead, Heights couldn't put this one on ice until the final minutes.

Leading 20-0 after Miller's first TD, an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on the kickoff helped the Wildcats drive only 51 yards for its first score. Then after Miller's kickoff return, Washington's Ivan Harrison raced through Heights' defense for large chunks of his 194 rushing yards in touchdown drives of 76 and 69 yards that cut Heights' lead to 26-21 with 2:18 left in the third.

But then Heights got the game-winning break. It happened when the T-Birds --- trying to kill the clock without leading rusher John Rutherford, who was ejected for responding to a punch --- was forced to punt from the Washington 38 with 8:22 left.

But Washington --- which matched Heights in killer penalties with 85 yards each --- was called for a personal foul on the play. Officials ruled the foul came before the change of possession, and the T-Birds got a first down at the 23.