WHAT TO SEE AND DO AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

SPECTATOR SPORTS: FRIDAY 24

* PRO BASKETBALL: Phoenix at Lakers, Staples Center, 7:30 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: Santa Clara at Loyola Marymount, 2 p.m.; Washington State at USC, Dedeaux Field, 6 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: Pepperdine at USC, Marks Tennis Stadium, 1:30 p.m.; Williams College at Redlands, 2 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: Stanford at Pepperdine, 1:30 p.m.; Vanguard at Azusa Pacific, 3:15 p.m.

* MEN’S AND WOMEN’S COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Cal State Northridge Invitational, Northridge, 9 a.m.; USC, Redlands and Vanguard at UC San Diego, all day.

* AUTO RACING: NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour, stock cars, Mesa Marin Raceway, Bakersfield, 5 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE GOLF: Cal Baptist at Cal State Dominguez Hills, Los Verdes Country Club, noon.

* HORSE RACING: Santa Anita Park, thoroughbreds, first post 1 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SATURDAY 25

* PRO BASKETBALL: Detroit at Clippers, Staples Center, 7:30 p.m.

* PRO HOCKEY: Detroit at Ice Dogs, Long Beach Arena, 7 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: Santa Clara at Loyola Marymount, doubleheader, 11 a.m.; Vanguard at Biola, doubleheader, 11 a.m.; Washington at UCLA, Jackie Robinson Stadium, 1 p.m.; Washington State at USC, Dedeaux Field, 1 p.m.; Eastern Connecticut at Redlands, 1 p.m.; Cal State Dominguez Hills at Cal State Los Angeles, 4 p.m.; Cal State San Bernardino at UC Riverside, 7 p.m.

* COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Whittier at Redlands, noon; La Verne at Claremont-Mudd, noon; Washington at Long Beach State, 1 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE CREW: Loyola Marymount at Berg Cup, Newport Beach,

7 a.m.

* MEN’S AND WOMEN’S COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Cal State Northridge Invitational,

9 a.m.; UC San Diego Open, UC San Diego, noon.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: Lewis & Clark at Vanguard, 9 a.m.; Chapman at Redlands, 9:30 a.m.; Brown at Long Beach State, 11 a.m.; UC Irvine Spring Invitational, UC Irvine, all day.

* MEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: Lewis & Clark at Vanguard, 9 a.m.; Chapman at Redlands, 9:30 a.m.; Tulsa at Pepperdine, noon; Dartmouth at UC Irvine, 1 p.m.; MIT at Redlands, 2 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Cal State Northridge at Pepperdine, 7 p.m.; USC at Long Beach State, 7:30 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE WATER POLO: Occidental at Long Beach State, 10 a.m.; Redlands vs. UC Davis at Cal State Bakersfield, 12:30 p.m.; Claremont-Mudd at Long Beach State, 2:45 p.m.; Redlands at Cal State Bakersfield, 4 p.m.

* AUTO RACING: NASCAR stock cars, Irwindale Speedway, 7 p.m.; NASCAR stock cars, Orange Show Speedway, San Bernardino, 7 p.m.; Winston West, stock cars, Mesa Marin Raceway, Bakersfield, 6 p.m.; trucks, late model stock cars, Perris Auto Speedway, 7 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Santa Anita Park, thoroughbreds including $75,000 San Pedro Stakes, first post 12:30 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SUNDAY 26

* PRO HOCKEY: Detroit at Ice Dogs, Long Beach Arena, 4 p.m.; Phoenix at Mighty Ducks, Arrowhead Pond, 5 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: Washington at UCLA, Jackie Robinson Stadium, 1 p.m.; Washington State at USC, Dedeaux Field, 1 p.m.; UC Riverside at Cal State San Bernardino, 1 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: Brown at Loyola Marymount, 10 a.m.

* MEN’S AND WOMEN’S COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: UC San Diego Open, UC San Diego, noon.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE WATER POLO: UC Davis at Long Beach State, noon; UC Davis at UCLA, 4 p.m.

* AUTO RACING: NASCAR Craftsman Truck series, Mesa Marin Raceway, Bakersfield, 2:30 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Santa Anita Park, thoroughbreds including $150,000 Santa Ana Handicap, first post 12:30 p.m.

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.