WHAT TO SEE AND DO AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

SPECTATOR SPORTS: Friday 18

* HORSE RACING: Hollywood Park, thoroughbreds, first post, 12:30 p.m.; Los Alamitos, Quarter horses, first post, 6:20 p.m.

* HOCKEY: Houston at Ice Dogs, International Hockey League, Long Beach Arena, 7:30 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: Saturday 19

* GOLF: Senior Lexus Challenge, La Quinta Resort, Citrus Course, La Quinta.

* HORSE RACING: Hollywood Park, thoroughbreds, $70,000 Safely Kept Handicap, first post, 12:30 p.m.; Los Alamitos, Quarter horses, first post, 6:20 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Exhibition, Team Fokus at Long Beach State, the Pyramid, 2 p.m.; Cal State Northridge at UCLA, Pauley Pavilion, 7:30 p.m.

PARTICIPATION SPORTS

* FLAG FOOTBALL: The NFL’s Air-It-Out four-on-four flag football tournament will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Sunday at the Balboa Sports Center in Encino. The tournament features men’s, women’s, coed and age-group divisions. Details: (310) 838-1444.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: Sunday 20

* GOLF: Senior Lexus Challenge, La Quinta Resort, Citrus Course, La Quinta.

* HORSE RACING: Hollywood Park, thoroughbreds, $100,000 Native Diver Handicap, first post, 12:30 p.m.; Los Alamitos, Quarter horses, Champion of Champions, first post, 6:20 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: James Madison at UC Irvine, Bren Center, 1 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Long Beach State tournament: Oklahoma State vs. Detroit Mercy, 5:30 p.m., East Tennessee State vs. Long Beach State, 7:30 p.m., at Long Beach State’s Pyramid; Pepperdine tournament: Pepperdine vs. Youngstown State, 1 p.m., Arkansas State vs. UC Irvine, 3 p.m., at Pepperdine.

About This Listing

On Fridays, The Times publishes a sampling of Southland participatory events on a space-available basis. To submit your event, please send a fax with the date, location and time of competition to (213) 237-7876 or write to Sports Weekend, Sports Department, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90053. To submit an event in the Calendar Live! section of https://www.latimes.com, send a fax to (213) 473-2590. Only events with date-of-competition registration will be accepted.