Sources: Several Duarte players quit, Falcons down to 20 players program-wide …

Several members of the Duarte High School football team have quit the team, leaving the program with about 20 players program-wide, according to sources.

Because of the low numbers, Duarte will have to pool what players it has among all four classes to field one team for Wednesday’s game against La Puente, the sources say.

Duarte is 0-8 this season and has not won a game since principal Eric Barba fired former coach Wardell Crutchfield Jr. following the 2008 season.