Fun Finding Sports

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Sport where players kick a ball into a net without using their hands (6)
  2. 4. Flowing in drops (7)
  3. 6. A person who has died and has been declared a ___ by canonization (plural) (6)
  4. 8. Bat-and-ball sport played on a diamond (8)
  5. 9. Game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck (plural) (5)
  6. 11. A parallelogram with four equal sides (7)
  7. 12. A score in American football (9)
  8. 13. The person who plays ___ (11)
  9. 15. Heavenly messenger with wings (plural) (6)

Down

  1. 1. A base hit on which the batter scores a ___ (7)
  2. 3. Armor plate that protects the head (plural) (7)
  3. 5. The person who plays that position on a football team (6)
  4. 7. A cooperative unit (plural) (5)
  5. 8. Team sport where you shoot a ball through a hoop (10)
  6. 10. The person who does the ___ (7)
  7. 14. An awkward and inexperienced youth (plural) (4)