Gisborne Boys' High captain Nathan Trowell won the toss and chose to bat first.
Wilson's 64 and No.10 George Gillies's 14 were the home team's top scores.
Good players can make runs when batting is a challenge, as when the ball turns and bounces.
Leg-spinner Hamish James was superb in taking 2-8 from 10 overs, seven of which were maidens. Left-arm orthodox spinner Finn Diphoorn (2-22) gave all batsmen a different test, with his angle from around the wicket and his probing length.
Napier BHS, renowned for their pace bowling, used four spinners yesterday.
One off-break from Jacob Cotter — who usually bowls seam up — reached the 1.93-metre-tall Wilson's chest.
The magic moment of Wilson's 67-run stand with Gillies was not the remarkable flat six off a near drive-shot by Wilson over square leg for six, but Gillies's cut-shot for four off a no-ball from Napier spearhead Charlie Geange (2-34 off nine overs), the fourth-leading wicket-taker in the tournament.
Gisborne were bowled out for 124 in 43.4 overs.
After Cotter lost opening partner Andrew Rawnsley for one run — Trowell having bowled a wide first-up, swung the ball between the opener's bat and pad to hit middle stump — Cotter and first-drop Pawson were utterly professional in their approach.
Their concentration was faultless, their technique top-notch, and the wicket had eased. It was a textbook run-chase from Gisborne Boys' High School's oldest interschool rivals.
Nathan Trowell has seen his senior players step up, his younger cricketers play their roles and the Gisborne Boys' High School first 11 band together this week.
“It was tough to score early on against Napier, but both Seb and George played some magnificent shots, having shown a lot of courage and fight out there,” Trowell said.
“George bowled his off-spin without fear, too, during this tournament. He and our other new players — Lukas Fry, Bekko Page and Adam Situ — were great in the field. They came on this week.”
Napier first-year skipper Thomas Hall said: “Hamish (James) and Finn (Diphoorn) are two of our more experienced players.”
We know that when they work as spin bowlers in tandem, they can change a game, especially on a wicket that favours them.
With Jacob opening the batting as a Year 11, he is under a lot of pressure and to see him score as freely as he did — once he'd played himself in — was great.
“As Charlie was at the other end showing his skill and talent, it was good to see them both go on and finish with unbeaten 50s.”
Both schools produce high-achieving cricketers: Pawson and Wilson held seven and five catches respectively atop the fielding leaderboard.
The hero of Gisborne's 43-run win against Hastings BHS on Wednesday, Cohen Loffler, ranked at No.6 and off-spinning all-rounder George Gillies ranked at No.12 in the CricHQ-generated Super 8 tournament “Dream Team”.
Results of Super 8 schools' first 11 cricket tournament, Harry Barker Reserve, Day 4 —
Super 8 final, 50 overs: Tauranga Boys' College 195-6 (Harsh Patel 70 not out, Luke Scrimgeour 60; Logan McKay 2-39, Christopher Seel 2-43) beat Hamilton Boys' High School 191 (Daniel Kibby 35, Eli Parker 34, Lucky Devireddy 29, Ewald Schreuder 23; Jack Jones 4-31, Harsh Patel 3-39, Troy Barnett 2-37).
Third/fourth playoff: Palmerston North BHS 85-1 (Jaiden Meyer 46no, Van Prenter 31no) beat New Plymouth BHS 84 (Jacob Mitchell 23, Hrishi Bolar 15; Ethan Campbell 4-17, Jerome Robinson 2-9).
Fifth/sixth playoff: Napier BHS 125-1 (Jacob Rameka 62no, Charlie Pawson 51no) beat Gisborne BHS 124 (Sebastian Wilson 64; Hamish James 2-8, Finn Diphoorn 2-22, Charlie Geange 2-34).
Seventh already decided: Hastings BHS.
Did not attend: Rotorua BHS.
