Courtesy Photo The 2023 Alpena High School football team includes John Kurowski, Braeden Schaedig, Joe Schuh, Jake Zann, Carlos Calzadilla, Kaleb Donajkowski, Carter Stark, Brady Chapman, John Eaton, Cole Herman, Nathan Southard, Gabriel Ratz, Hunter Cohoon, Elyja Chism, Owen Kocan, Joe Sheridan, Easton Srebnik, Jack Krawczak, Eric Eades, Mikai Maychen, Alex Corwin, Vince MacArthur, Brady Carlson, Trenton Stephenson, Austin Poirer, Chris Wherry, Owen Barnhardt and Oliver Duthler.

ALPENA — After three straight defeats, the Alpena High football team hopes to reverse its fortunates this week on the road.

The Wildcats (1-3, 0-2 Big North Conference) will travel to Petoskey (2-2. 1-1 BNC) for its second road contest of the year. The Northmen have won the three meetings between the two schools, including a 24-20 win last season.

Alpena held an early lead last season and got a three-touchdown performance from Kaleb Donajkowski. But the Northmen took the lead late in the third quarter and never looked back. A last-second rally by the Wildcats fell just short with a touchdown caught in the end zone that was ruled out of bounds.

Petoskey opened the season with a 32-14 win over Ludington and won in week three against Escanaba 50-0 in its conference opener. The Northmen are coming off a 9-0 loss to Gaylord last week.