The Stafford Stingrays softball team claimed third place for the second consecutive year in the United States Specialty Sports Association 12U World Series, held in Salisbury, Maryland. The Stingrays entered the losers’ bracket on Friday following a loss, but then won five games in a row on Saturday, braving 95-degree heat for 14 hours of softball to take the third-place finish. The Rays finished with a 9-2 mark in the World Series, and a 30-12-2 overall mark for the season.