What to See and Do Around the Southland

SPECTATOR SPORTS: Friday 27

* HORSE RACING: Hollywood Park, thoroughbreds, $200,000 Miesque Stakes and $200,000 Hollywood Turf Express, first post 12:30 p.m.; Los Alamitos, Quarter horses, first post

6:20 p.m.

* TENNIS: Beverly Hills Classic, a tournament for professionals, at La Cienega Tennis Center in Beverly Hills, matches run 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Details: (310) 652-7555.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Loyola Marymount tournament: Austin Peay vs. Kansas, 5 p.m.; Denver vs. Loyola Marymount, 7 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE WATER POLO: Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championships, at Newport Harbor High, Newport Beach. USC vs. Long Beach State at 9 a.m.; Stanford vs. California at 10:30 a.m.; UC Irvine vs. Pacific at 1 p.m.; UCLA vs. Pepperdine at 2:30 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Long Beach State tournament, South Florida vs. Long Beach State, the Pyramid, 7:30 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: Saturday 28

* COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Notre Dame at USC, Coliseum,

5 p.m.

* GOLF: Skins Game at Rancho La Quinta Golf Club, La Quinta.

* HORSE RACING: Hollywood Park, thoroughbreds, $250,000 Generous Stakes and $300,000 Citation Handicap, first post 12:30 p.m.; Los Alamitos, Quarter horses, first post 6:20 p.m.

* TENNIS: Beverly Hills Classic, a tournament for professionals, at La Cienega Tennis Center in Beverly Hills, matches run 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Details: (310) 652-7555.

* MEN’S COLLEGE WATER POLO: Semifinals, Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championships, at Newport Harbor High. Consolation games at 9 and 10:30 a.m.; Championship semifinals at 1 and 2:30 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pepperdine at Cal State Fullerton, 7 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Loyola Marymount tournament: consolation game, 3 p.m.; championship game, 5 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Long Beach State tournament, Oral Roberts vs. Long Beach State at 2 p.m.; Illinois State vs. Long Beach State at 7:30 p.m., the Pyramid, 7:30 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: Sunday 29

* GOLF: Skins Game at Rancho La Quinta Golf Club, La Quinta.

* HORSE RACING: Hollywood Park, thoroughbreds, $100,000 Cat’s Cradle Handicap, $500,000 Hollywood Derby and $700,000 Matriarch, first post 12:30 p.m.; Los Alamitos, Quarter horses, first post

6:45 p.m.

* TENNIS: Beverly Hills Classic, a tournament for professionals, at La Cienega Tennis Center in Beverly Hills, Finals at

1 p.m. Details: (310) 652-7555.

* MEN’S COLLEGE WATER POLO: Semifinals, Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championships, at Newport Harbor High. Championship at 2:30 p.m., third-place game at 1 p.m., fifth-place game at 10:30 a.m., seventh-place game at 9 a.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Second round, NCAA playoffs, Creighton at UCLA, North Athletic Field, 1 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Georgia State at Cal State Fullerton, 2 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 http://mediakit.nohib.com., send a fax to (213) 473-2590. Only events with date-of-competition registration will be accepted.