WHAT TO SEE AND DO AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

SPECTATOR SPORTS: FRIDAY 17

* MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Tampa Bay at Angels, Edison Field, 7 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: California at USC, 7 p.m.

* PRO BASKETBALL: Dallas at Lakers, Great Western Forum, 7:30 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE GYMNASTICS: NCAA championships, team finals, UCLA Pauley Pavilion, 7:30 p.m.

* MINOR LEAGUE HOCKEY: Las Vegas at Ice Dogs, first round IHL playoffs, Game 1, Long Beach Arena, 7 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Thoroughbreds, Santa Anita, first post 3 p.m.; quarter horse racing, Los Alamitos, 7:15 p.m.

* TENNIS: ProLink/USTA Women’s Challenge of Burbank, Burbank Tennis Center, 10 a.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: California at UCLA, 1:30 p.m.; Stanford at USC, 1:30 p.m.; San Diego State at UC Irvine, 2 p.m.

* TRACK AND FIELD: Mt. SAC Relays, Mt. San Antonio College, 9 a.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SATURDAY 18

* AUTO RACING: IMCA sprint cars, Ventura Raceway,

7 p.m.; street stocks, spec trucks, Perris Auto Speedway, 7 p.m.; stock cars, Cajon Speedway, El Cajon, 7 p.m.

* MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Tampa Bay at Angels, Edison Field, 7 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: Santa Clara at Pepperdine, DH, noon; California at USC,

1 p.m.

* PRO BASKETBALL: Sacramento at Clippers, Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim,

8 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE GYMNASTICS: NCAA championships, individual finals, UCLA Pauley Pavilion, 7:30 p.m.

* PRO HOCKEY: Ducks at Kings, Great Western Forum, noon.

* HORSE RACING: Thoroughbreds, Santa Anita, featuring $100,000 San Simeon Handicap and $250,000 Santa Barbara Handicap, first post 12:30 p.m.; quarter horse racing, Los Alamitos, 6:30 p.m.

* MOTORCYCLE RACING: Speedway, Costa Mesa Speedway, 7:30 p.m.

* COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Oregon at UCLA,

11 a.m.

* TENNIS: ProLink/USTA Women’s Challenge of Burbank, Burbank Tennis Center, 10 a.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: Stanford at UCLA, noon; California at USC, noon.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: Loyola Marymount at Cal State Northridge, 10 a.m.

* TRACK AND FIELD: Mt. SAC Relays, Mt. San Antonio College, 8 a.m.; Long Beach State Invitational, 11 a.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Mountain Pacific Sports Federation quarterfinals, Stanford at Pepperdine, 7 p.m.; Loyola Marymount at UCLA, 7 p.m.; Brigham Young at Long Beach State, 7:30 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SUNDAY 19

* MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Tampa Bay at Angels, Edison Field, 1 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: California at USC, 1 p.m.; Santa Clara at Pepperdine, 1 p.m.

* PRO BASKETBALL: Utah at Lakers, Great Western Forum, 12:30 p.m.

* HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Eddie Jones All-Star Classic, Great Western Forum, 7:30 p.m.

* PRO HOCKEY: St. Louis at Ducks, Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, 5 p.m.

* MINOR LEAGUE HOCKEY: Las Vegas at Ice Dogs, first round IHL playoffs, Game 2, Long Beach Arena, 4 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Thoroughbreds, Santa Anita, featuring $100,000 Las Cienegas Handicap and $400,000 San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap, first post 12:30 p.m.; quarter horse racing, Los Alamitos, 6:30 p.m.

* COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Oregon State at UCLA, 1 p.m.

* TENNIS: ProLink/USTA Women’s Challenge of Burbank, Burbank Tennis Center, noon

* TRACK AND FIELD: Mt. SAC Relays, Mt. San Antonio College, 9 a.m.

About This Listing

On Fridays The Times publishes a sampling of Southland participatory events on a space-available basis. To submit your event, 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. Only events with date-of-competition registration will be accepted.