Sports (2)

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest (5)
  2. 8. Flowing in drops (7)
  3. 10. The team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring (7)
  4. 11. Intense adverse criticism (6)
  5. 12. A basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (5)
  6. 14. The act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team (12)
  7. 16. Game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck (4)

Down

  1. 2. Any structure that makes progress difficult (11)
  2. 3. The person who plays that position on a football team (6)
  3. 4. A drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident (5)
  4. 5. A fresh team to relieve weary draft animals (5)
  5. 6. Cooperative work done by a team (8)
  6. 7. A club used for hitting a ball in various games (3)
  7. 9. Round object used in games (4)
  8. 13. The act of delivering a blow with the foot (4)
  9. 15. A support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling (4)