FRIDAY 23 / SPECTATOR SPORTS

PRO BASKETBALL: Houston vs. Clippers, Sports Arena, 7:30 p.m.

* MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: St. Louis vs. Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, 7 p.m.

* MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: San Jose at Rancho Cucamonga, 7 p.m.; High Desert at San Bernardino, 7 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Hollywood Park, thoroughbred racing, $100,000 Senorita Stakes, first post, 7 p.m.; Los Alamitos, quarter horses, first post, 7:15 p.m.

* AUTO RACING: NASCAR late models, mini-stocks, speed trucks, Irwindale Speedway, 7:30 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: Cal Baptist at CS Northridge, 2:30 p.m.; Washington State at UCLA, Jackie Robinson Stadium, 6 p.m.

SATURDAY 24 / SPECTATOR SPORTS

* PRO BASKETBALL: Vancouver vs. Clippers, Sports Arena, 7:30 p.m.

* MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: St. Louis vs. Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, 7 p.m.

* MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: San Jose at Rancho Cucamonga, 7 p.m.; High Desert at San Bernardino, 7 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Hollywood Park, thoroughbred racing, $100,000 Melair Stakes, first post, noon; Los Alamitos, quarter horses, first post, 7:15 p.m.

* PRO SOCCER: San Jose vs. Galaxy, MLS, Rose Bowl, 7:30 p.m.

* AUTO RACING: NASCAR super late models, super stocks, legends cars, Irwindale Speedway, 7 p.m.; stock cars, Figure 8, Orange Show Speedway, San Bernardino, 7 p.m.; SCCA sports car nationals, Buttonwillow Raceway Park, 9 a.m.

* MOTORCYCLE RACING: Flat track, Perris Auto Speedway, 7 p.m.; speedway, Orange County Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa, 7:30 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: St. Mary’s at Pepperdine, doubleheader, noon; Washington State at UCLA, Jackie Robinson Stadium, 1 p.m.

* COLLEGE SOFTBALL: CS Fullerton at CS Northridge, doubleheader, noon; San Diego at Loyola Marymount, doubleheader, 2 p.m.

* COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Mountain Pacific Sports Federation playoffs, first round: UC Irvine at Long Beach St., the Pyramid, 7 p.m.; USC at Pepperdine, 7 p.m.

PARTICIPATION SPORTS

* RUN/WALK: The Pasadena Police Dept. plays host to a 5-kilometer and 10-kilometer run/walk at the Rose Bowl. The 5K run and walk starts at 8 a.m., 10K at 8:15 a.m. and the one mile run/walk starts at 8:30 a.m. The late registration fee is $20 and starts at 6:30 a.m. Details: (626) 798-0993 or [email protected].

* GOLF: Golf to Fight Cancer tournament, benefiting the Wellness Community of West Los Angeles, Vista Valencia Golf Club, Valencia. Putting contest, 11 a.m.-noon; same day registration, 11:30 a.m.; 18-hole scramble 1 p.m.; Details: (310) 235-9749.

SUNDAY 25 / SPECTATOR SPORTS

* MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: St. Louis vs. Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, 5 p.m.

* MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: San Jose at Rancho Cucamonga, 2 p.m.; High Desert at San Bernardino, 2 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Hollywood Park, thoroughbreds, $150,000 Hawthorne Handicap, first post, noon; Los Alamitos, quarter horses, first post, 5:30 p.m.

* PRO HOCKEY: Detroit vs. Mighty Ducks, first round of NHL playoffs, Arrowhead Pond, noon; Kansas City vs. Ice Dogs, first round of IHL playoffs, Long Beach Arena, 6 p.m. (if necessary).

* AUTO RACING: SCCA sports car nationals, Buttonwillow Raceway Park, 9 a.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: St. Mary’s at Pepperdine, 1 p.m.; Washington State at UCLA, Jackie Robinson Stadium, 1 p.m.

* COLLEGE SOFTBALL: CS Fullerton at CS Northridge, noon.

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 http://shop.nohib.com., send a fax to (213) 473-2590. Only events with date-of-competition registration will be accepted.