Milwaukee, WI
The Milwaukee Wave hopes The King can help the team rule indoor soccer again
Franck Tayou doesn’t want to dwell on the circumstances that led to him joining the Milwaukee Wave.
His new teammates don’t particularly care.
All that matters is that the MASL’s all-time leading scorer is happier in his new indoor soccer home and one of the most storied franchises in the sport is happy to have a player who could make all the difference in a run toward an eighth title.
“I’m a student of the game,” Tayou said Wednesday after practice at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. “Every time I play against a team, I make it a point to watch a few of their games, see what their patterns are, see what the style of play is.
“I think this team has a lot of talented players, a good mix of veteran and young players. And for me, coming in, it almost felt like I was a missing piece. I came in to complete the puzzle. That’s why it looks so seamless.”
The Wave obtained Tayou from the St. Louis Ambush in a trade in February, a month after the four-time league MVP announced he was leaving the team.
The powerful, 34-year-old forward from Cameroon, nicknamed “The King” has scored nine goals with four assists in three games, matching about half the production he had in 14 games with his former team. Even with the time off, Tayou was tied for third in the league for goals (26) and tied for sixth in points (39) heading into the weekend.
Wave coach Giuliano Oliviero has Tayou on a line with Ian Bennett, who has historically been one of the league’s top scorers. Bennett, whose scoring has dropped off the past two seasons, has had a goal in each game since Tayou came on board.
The two have long respected each other’s talents and now get a chance to see the other work up close.
“We always had to watch him when we were playing,” Bennett said. “We always had to make sure we marked him honestly all the time; we doubled him sometimes.
“So now I feel like all the other teams are gonna have to do that, and then obviously with our other guys coming through, I think it’s just gonna be a good thing.”
With games against the Baltimore Blast at 6:35 p.m. Friday and the Texas Outlaws at 4:05 p.m. Sunday at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, the Wave sits at 11-7-2, tied for sixth in the standings in the 12-team league. Then there’s one more week in the regular season – a home-and-home Friday-Sunday series with St. Louis – and fourth place is within reach.
“Obviously, everything happens for a reason, and I believe in divine timing and I think the timing couldn’t have been better,” Tayou said. “We’re off to a good start; just a matter of building that chemistry closer to the playoffs, which is what we’re doing right now.”
With a decade of experience in the MASL, Tayou has played with or against most of his new teammates, and he’s not the sort of player who has ruffled opponents’ feathers. As chemistry experiments go, this one has yielded only positive reactions.
“We’re doing our best to play to his strengths, and he’s doing his best to understand the way we go about things,” Oliviero said. “Maybe he’s got to work a little bit harder defensively in Milwaukee, but offensively, we want him to be Franck.”
MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Police Department requested the public’s help to find 11-year-old Sir’Charles Bason, a critically missing boy who was last seen near Teutonia and Kiley at around 6:20 p.m. on Saturday, April 18.
Police described Bason as 4 feet, 5 inches tall with a slim build, brown eyes and black, low-cut hair. He was last seen wearing a gray jacket with green lines, dark-colored jeans, tan sandals and carrying gray Nike Jordan shoes.
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What you can do:
Anyone with information on Bason’s whereabouts is asked to call Milwaukee Police District 4 at 414-935-7242.
The Source: The Milwaukee Police Department released information.
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man, previously named one of Wisconsin’s Most Wanted, has been sentenced to prison for shooting and killing his cousin in 2020.
In court
What we know:
A Milwaukee County jury found 39-year-old Brandon Gladney guilty of first-degree reckless homicide and possession of a firm by a felon earlier this year.
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Judge Michelle Havas sentenced Gladney to 29 years in prison on Friday, April 17. He was granted credit for more than a year’s time served and further sentenced to 14 years of extended supervision.
Arrested in Arizona after years on the run, court records show Gladney has also been ordered to pay the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office more than $1,800 for extradition costs.
Homicide investigation
The backstory:
The shooting happened in May 2020. Investigators said Gladney was captured on video apparently arguing with the victim, his cousin, outside a Milwaukee convenience store near 21st and Meinecke.
“It’s all on video, and it’s devastating for that family,” the marshal on the case told FOX6 when Gladney was profiled on Wisconsin’s Most Wanted. “You have a family member that shot and killed another family member.”
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Prosecutors said Gladney walked away but then returned with a gun pointed directly at the victim and shot him. The victim died from his gunshot wounds at a nearby hospital. Multiple bullet casings were found at the scene.
Gladney went on the run for years. He was arrested in Arizona in January 2023, years after he was charged.
The Source: FOX6 News referenced information from the U.S. Marshals Service, Wisconsin Circuit Court and prior coverage.
Brice Turang slides to home plate to score during a game between the Miami Marlins and the Milwaukee Brewers on April 17. (Photo by Chris Arjoon/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
MIAMI – Garrett Mitchell went 2 for 4 with three RBIs including a two-run double in the 10th inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Miami Marlins 7-5 on Friday night.
By the numbers:
Miami’s Calvin Faucher (1-2) entered a 4-all game in the 10th and walked Gary Sánchez with Brice Turang on second. Jake Bauers hit a single to load the bases.
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Luis Rengifo reached first on a throwing error by second baseman Xavier Edwards, allowing Turang to score. Mitchell followed with his double.
The Marlins scored one run in the bottom of the 10th when Jakob Marsee came home on Trevor Megill’s wild pitch. Megill settled in for his fourth save.
Coleman Crow, who made his debut on the mound for the Brewers, threw 77 pitches over 5 1/3 innings. He threw four strikeouts, gave up two earned runs and a walk.
The right-hander was 2-0 with a 4.07 ERA in two starts with the Brewers’ Triple-A affiliate in Nashville. He missed part of the 2023 season and all of 2024 after undergoing Tommy John surgery.
The Brewers scored three runs in the fourth inning. With the bases loaded, Mitchell hit an RBI single, Bauers scored on a forceout at first and Rengifo scored on a throwing error by catcher Agustín Ramírez.
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Miami’s Otto Lopez hit a triple to center field in the fourth and scored on a sacrifice fly by Owen Caissie. Lopez hit a two-run homer in the sixth to pull Miami within 4-3 and Ramírez doubled in the eighth to tie the game at four.
Abner Uribe (1-0) earned his first win of the season, coming on in the ninth inning.
Marlins third baseman Graham Pauley left the game in the seventh inning with right oblique discomfort after spinning out of the way of a pitch.
What’s next:
The Brewers and Marlins continue their 3-game series on Saturday, with Brandon Woodruff (1-0, 4.36 ERA) taking the mound for Milwaukee and Sandy Alcantara (2-1, 2.67) for Miami.
The Source: The Associated Press provided this report.
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