MANILA, March 7 -- The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) hopes to boost its national grassroots sports program with the help of the Mindanao Association of State Tertiary Schools Inc. (MASTS).

Commissioner Edward Hayco encouraged MASTS to be one of the PSC's implementing arm in the national grassroots initiative program by being the regional training hub for young athletes on the way up to their dream of being part of the national pool.

"We believe that future Olympians do not only come from Manila, most of them can be discovered from the outskirts away from the city," Hayco said during the National Grassroots Sports Summit Workshop conducted by MASTS at the Josefina H. Cerilles State College in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur on Wedn...