Bethel's Cooper Drews ranks among MIAC's all-time best passers in his final season

For Cooper Drews, it started in Princeton, Minnesota. Playing sports in a tight-knit place."Small town. Small community for sure," he remembered. "But just growing up playing football there, you play against your buddies, you play with your buddies. Those are some of the best times ever."Bethel's starting quarterback since 2024, Drews did not pick the Royals at first. He began his college career at St. John's. Then transferred after his freshman year."I think it was down to us and them out of high school. So knew him well," said Bethel head coach Mike McElroy. "Then when we had some changes as far as Coach J leaving and new coordinator stuff just kind of opened it up. Like 'hey, what do you want, what do you want to be. Thought he was gonna be pretty good out of high school. I don't think we would have thought that he was gonna be setting all the records that he has now."Bethel and St. John's are Minnesota's two elite D-3 football programs. They battle for the MIAC title every year. Dr