ALPENA, MI - The Alpena Football team's 4th Quarter rally fell short during a 23-21 Homecoming loss to Petoskey on Friday night.  Trailing 23-6 with under seven minutes to play, the Wildcats scored twice to make the game interesting and had the ball near midfield as time ran down.  A fourth-down pass play with under 1:00 to play sealed the Northmen's victory.  Petoskey took the early lead on a Kaleb Kinsvatter 30-yard field goal, his first of two on the day.  Alpena quickly responded on a 77-yard Logan Guthrie Touchdown run to put the Wildcats on top 6-3.  Petoskey would dominate the game from that point building a 23-6 lead thanks to Parker Arms and his 2 rushing touchdowns.  Alpena would begin their rally in the 4th on a 23-yard Touchdown run by Eric Troy and then recovered the ensuing pooch kick.  Guthrie scored for the second time on the night from a yard out to make it 23-21.  Alpena would force a Petoskey punt after a crucial 3rd down sack by Eli Winter.  Alpena would get to midfield before Petoskey forced a turnover on downs to end the Wildcat comeback.  Logan Guthrie had 144 rushing yards and a pair of touchdown runs for Alpena and is only 38 yards away from breaking the school record for career rushing yards.  The current record of 2,652 yards was set by Austin Leeck in 2011.  The Wildcats (2-6, 0-5 BNC) wrap-up the 2018 season on October 19 when they host Chelsea.