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Sandburg’s Niko Kogionis gets lighter, starts lighting up with three-pointers

By  Southtown Star
   
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Niko Kogionis’ goal is to make his final season of high school basketball a memorable one.

He figured the best way for that to happen was to get into the best physical condition of his high school career. That meant altering his diet, specifically, eliminating candy.

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