ALPENA, MI - The Alpena Football team couldn't complete the comeback on Saturday afternoon and dropped a 26-21 decision to Ypsilanti at Wildcat Stadium.  After Kelley Stark recovered an Ypsilati fumble, the Wildcats opened the scoring on a six yard Touchdown from Logan Guthrie.  The Grizzlies quickly responded when Chris Taylor completed a 50-yard pass to Treyveon McGee to set them up inside the Alpena 5.  Jaden Beavier responded two plays later on a two-yard run.  Ypsilanti struck again in the 2nd Quarter when Taylor hit McGee on a 40-yard Touchdown pass to give the Grizzlie the 14-7 lead.  Ypsilanti would add on to the lead when Alonzo Hones-Hollie caught another Taylor Touchdown pass to give them the 20-7 halftime lead.  Ypsilanti would fumble their first play from scrimmage in the 2nd Half, setting up Alpena inside enemy territory.  A fourth and goal stand by the Ypsilanti defense kept the lead at 20-7.  The Wildcats would finally cut into the lead when Guthrie scored his 2nd Touchdown of the day, this time from the 1.  Ypsilanto pushed the lead back to two scores when Emerson Wilson scored a three-yard run to make it 26-14.  Alpena would get back to within one score when Nathan Slominski took the counter handoff for the four yard score.  After a strong defensive stand late in the 4th Quarter, the Wildcats found themselves with the ball and one timeout.  They would get to midfield before a 4th down fumble ended the comeback for Alpena.  Logan Guthrie rushed the ball 37 times for 180 yards while Quarterback Anakin Sims had 44 yards on ten carries.  Alpena (2-4, 0-3 BNC) will travel to Traverse City Central on Saturday, October 5 at 1pm.