Hall of Fame call was an emotional one for family of Jim Rockwell

More than 50 years after his father retired from coaching, Jim Rockwell Jr. got the news for which his family had long yearned. It was in the summer when he learned that his father, New Lexington coaching legend Jim Rockwell, would be inducted into the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame’s 2027 class. That high recognition will be honored, along with this year’s New Lex Athletic Hall of Fame class, during halftime of the team’s football game against Tri-Valley on Sept. 25 at the stadium named in Rockwell’s honor. He will be formally inducted on June 11,…