Kiera Gaines of Campbell, Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2014, has been named to the league’s women’s basketball All-Decade team. … North Carolina Superior Court judge Tom Lambeth issued a temporary restraining order on Thursday to prevent Ace Speedway in Alamance County from holding stock car races with fans in attendance. … San Francisco took N.C. State left-handed pitcher Nick Swinney 67th overall in the Major League Baseball draft on Thursday. St. Louis selected Alec Burleson of East Carolina as an outfielder with the 70th pick. … Former ECU golfer Harold Varner III shares the lead with Justin Rose after the first round Thursday of the PGA Tour event in Fort Worth. Varner and Rose shot opening 63s.