Outdoor Fitness Equipment Installation

Dorchester, Boston - 'Rise Up' brings hope for change in Dorchester

ESPN television series, Rise Up Opportunity for Dorchester to 'RISE UP' ESPN's overhaul of schools' athletic facilities could be a community springboard...

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DORCHESTER, Mass. -- All around Steven Poilucci, bodies old and young were filing in and out of the weight room in the bowels of the Dorchester Education Complex, some marveling at the upgrades to the once-dormant facilities, others bee-lining for the tubs of Powerade that lay about.

Seemingly oblivious to his surroundings, the 17-year-old Mission Hill resident and junior linebacker had football practice in an hour. He calmly stared into the wall-sized mirror on front of him, exhaling deep as he grabbed a pair of dumbbells.

"You guys put a little bit of pressure on us now, but we can handle it, it's all good," he laughed to an ESPNBoston reporter in between sets of military presses.

The wide smile is from the excitement at actually having a legitimate bench to sit on, and "the right weights" to build muscle with, all courtesy of ESPN as part of its "RISE Up" series (this Boston-based episode is slated to run September 27).