Given his prodigious scoring of late, South Elgin’s Alan Munoz might require a new nickname.

The junior forward goes by “Pelon,” given to him by mother when he cut off his hair as a kid. Perhaps it now should be “Hambrienta,” the Spanish word meaning hungry for success.

“My coach said I had to be hungry to score (Saturday) and I had to look for goals,” Munoz said, beaming. “I had to look like I was hungry out there and go and score the game-winner.”

That’s exactly what Munoz did in the 94th minute Saturday, lifting the host Storm to a 3-2 double-overtime win over St. Charles North in the Class 3A South Elgin Sectional championship game.

Munoz scored twice and senior forward Jacob Buthman also netted a goal for the Storm (22-3-1), who captured their first sectional title in program

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