WHAT TO SEE AND DO AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

SPECTATOR SPORTS: FRIDAY 23

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

* PRO GOLF: LPGA, Nabisco Championship, second round, Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, 7:30 a.m.

* PRO HOCKEY: WCHL, Tacoma at Ice Dogs, Long Beach Arena, 7:30 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: North Central (Ill.) at The Master’s, noon; San Francisco at Loyola Marymount, 2 p.m.; Baker (Kan.) at Concordia, 2 p.m.; Grand Canyon at Cal Poly Pomona, 2:30 p.m.; Claremont at La Verne, 2:30 p.m.; Whittier at Pomona-Pitzer, 3 p.m.; Cal State Fullerton at Long Beach State, Blair Field, 7 p.m.; Cal State Dominguez Hills at Cal State Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

* COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Pomona-Pitzer at Redlands, 3 p.m.; La Verne at Whittier, 3 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Cal State Northridge at La Verne, 7 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: La Verne at Whittier, 2 p.m.; Point Loma Nazarene at Azusa Pacific, 3:15 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: Wichita State at Cal State Fullerton, 1 p.m.; Washington at Pepperdine, 1:30 p.m.; Hope International at Biola, 2 p.m.; Western New Mexico at Cal State Los Angeles, 2 p.m.; Point Loma Nazarene at Azusa Pacific, 3:15 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE WATER POLO: Long Beach State at San Diego State, 4 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Santa Anita, thoroughbreds, first post 1 p.m.; Los Alamitos, quarterhorses, first post 7:15 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SATURDAY 24

* PRO HOCKEY: Mighty Ducks at Kings, Staples Center, 3 p.m.; WCHL, Tacoma at Ice Dogs, Long Beach Arena, 7 p.m.

* PRO GOLF: LPGA, Nabisco Championship, third round, Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, 8 a.m.

* PRO FOOTBALL: XFL, Las Vegas at Xtreme, Coliseum, 5 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: NCAA Tournament, West Regional, final, Arrowhead Pond, TBA.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: Point Loma Nazarene at Westmont, doubleheader, 11 a.m.; Vanguard at Biola, doubleheader, 11 a.m.; Cal Baptist at The Master’s, doubleheader, 11 a.m.; Grand Canyon at Cal Poly Pomona, doubleheader, 11 a.m.; La Verne at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, doubleheader, 11 a.m.; Pomona-Pitzer at Whittier, doubleheader, 11 a.m.; Cal State Los Angeles at Cal State Dominguez Hills, doubleheader, noon; Concordia at Azusa Pacific, doubleheader, 1 p.m.; San Francisco at Loyola Marymount, 1 p.m.; Eastern Connecticut at Chapman, 1 p.m.; Cal State Fullerton at Long Beach State, Blair Field, 6 p.m.

* COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Redlands at Pomona-Pitzer, doubleheader, noon; Azusa Pacific at Vanguard, noon; Cal Baptist at Hope International, noon; Concordia at Biola, noon; Whittier at La Verne, doubleheader, noon; Fresno State at Loyola Marymount, 1 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: Western New Mexico at Vanguard, 9 a.m.; Dartmouth at Azusa Pacific, noon; Fresno State at Pepperdine, noon; Princeton at Loyola Marymount, 1:30 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: Western New Mexico at Vanguard, 8 a.m.; St. Catherine (Minn.) at Biola, 1 p.m.; Oklahoma City at Cal State Fullerton, 2 p.m.

* MEN’S AND WOMEN’S COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Louisiana State, Texas at USC, all day; Cal State Northridge Invitational, all day.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE WATER POLO: Caltech at Whittier, 11 a.m.

* AUTO RACING: USAC Silver Bullet cars, sprint cars, NASCAR late models, Irwindale Speedway, 7 p.m.; Stock cars, trucks, cruisers, Perris Auto Speedway, 7 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Santa Anita, thoroughbreds, featuring $150,000 Crystal Water Handicap, first post 12:30 p.m.; Los Alamitos, quarterhorses, first post 6:30 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SUNDAY 25

* PRO GOLF: LPGA, Nabisco Championship, final round, Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, 8 a.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: Grand Canyon at Cal Poly Pomona, noon; Pepperdine at San Diego, 1 p.m.; San Francisco at Loyola Marymount, 1 p.m.; Cal State Fullerton at Long Beach State, Blair Field, 1 p.m.; Cal State Los Angeles at UCLA, Jackie Robinson Stadium, 1 p.m.

* COLLEGE SOFTBALL: La Verne at Redlands, doubleheader, noon.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE WATER POLO: Occidental at Long Beach State, 4 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE GYMNASTICS: Big West Conference championships at UC Santa Barbara, 7 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Santa Anita, thoroughbreds, featuring $75,000 San Pedro Stakes, first post 12:30 p.m.; Los Alamitos, quarterhorses, first post 5:30 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, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. Only events with date-of-competition registration will be accepted.